Today I welcome back one of my favorite people, Jayne Ann Krentz. She is an incredibly kind and generous person who is also a much beloved Romantic Suspense writer that you may also know as either Jayne Castle or Amanda Quick. She came on the show to chat with me about her favorite Gothic tropes, and she gives some fun book recommendations that use these tropes too, listed below.
- Jayne's Bookstore Recommendation is The Poisoned Pen, in Scottsdale, Arizona
Jayne’s favorite Tropes and Character Types:
- “Natural” horror — mushrooms gone bad, storms, unknown species of animals, eco-disasters, etc.
- Isolated female protagonist
- Claustrophobic situation (the classic Big House on the edge of the cliffs)
- The growing realization that the protagonist can’t trust anyone.
- The protagonist’s fear that she might be going mad — the Gaslight trope.
Jayne’s book recommendations:
- The Vermilion Sea by Megan Chance
- Snake-eater by T. Kingfisher.
- The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
- Tell Me You Trust Me by Elle Owens
- A Box Full of Darkness by Simone St. James
- Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
- The Hacienda by Isabel Canas
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