7 Classic Thriller Tropes That Have Stood the Test of Time
What, there’s seven of these tropes? Just kidding. There are literally hundreds of tropes just for thrillers.
It’s difficult to imagine the field of thrillers and crime fiction today without the fictional psychologists and psychiatrists who have played unforgettable roles in bringing some of literature’s most chilling villains to justice — especially after Thomas Harris’s Red Dragon introduced the world to FBI profiler Will Graham, best known for successfully bringing in (and you may be familiar with the name) Hannibal Lecter.
Some of these classic themes have long outlived their original creators.
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