The Rise of the Domestic Thriller: Salon with Lucie Whitehouse, Julie Corbin and Alex Heminsley

Psychological thrillers in which girlfriends mysteriously disappear, husbands turn out not to be who you thought they were (or end up roasted and eaten) have gripped the nation. We peer under the covers of the domestic thriller to find out what it is we love about a gripping suspense that’s too close to home for comfort.

Bestselling author of Before We Met, Lucie Whitehouse, and serial psychological thriller writer Julie Corbin discuss the rise of the domestic thriller and reveal the twists, turns, lies, secrets and shocking revelations in their own novels with journalist, broadcaster and author Alex Heminsley.

‘I’d define “chick noir” as psychological thrillers that explore the fears and anxieties experienced by many women,” Lucie Whitehouse told the Telegraph. ‘They deal in the dark side of relationships, intimate danger, the idea that you can never really know your husband or partner or that your home and relationship is threatened. In these books, danger sleeps next to you. Marriage is catnip for writers of psychological suspense because it’s such a private, intimate relationship.’

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