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This Girl's a Killer

Emma C. Wells

2024 · 432 pages · Thriller

tense moodfast pacedlight and escapist toneresolved and happy ending

How it reads

This Girl's a Killer is thriller (psychological thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in a big city setting, in the present day, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are identity, secrets and redemption. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 432 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a hidden gem — known to relatively few readers.

Pick it up if…

  • you're in the mood for something tense
  • you want a book that pulls you through
  • you want an escape

Maybe not if…

  • you need something cosy or heartwarming
  • you want dense, lingering prose

All 15 dimensions

Author gender
female
Author experience
debut
Setting: place
big city
Setting: time
contemporary
Mood / feeling
tense
Tone / weight
light and escapist
Length
medium
Narrative style
third person, one viewpoint
Publication era
recent
Popularity
hidden gem
Series vs standalone
standalone
Themes
identity, secrets, redemption
Ending style
resolved and happy

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