The thriller writers who are making a killing with crime fiction - BBC News

Julia Wisdom, crime and thriller publisher for HarperCollins, said the rise in sales of crime fiction was mostly down to the "phenomenal popularity" of psychological thrillers. "People have got sucked into these stories which are told from the first person, usually, and often with an unreliable narrator. It immerses you straight into someone's psyche rather than seeing them from the outside," she said. "They often don't have very complicated plots but it's all about the build-up of suspense and fear, and you have to be completely immersed in the voice."