So I’m writing my first mystery/suspense/thriller and need help. It’s about a serial killer and the woman who survives him. A little background: he’s been at it for more than fifty years. He’s trained a protege. Well they kidnap a girl and the protege decides to keep her. But she’s uncooperative. So he has to get rid of her. He doesn’t want to, but he has no choice. Well she survives, but her mind blocks the trauma and she can’t remember.
Here’s where I need the help. I want to give my serial killer a tick, a tell. She won’t know him when she sees him face to face. I want to give him a song. When he kills, he hums or sings. The song takes him to his happy place. That same song is how she’ll remember.
So so my question is, which is more terrifying?
A serial killer that sings Wham! Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-Go, George Michaels’ Faith, or Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine?
Here’s where I need the help. I want to give my serial killer a tick, a tell. She won’t know him when she sees him face to face. I want to give him a song. When he kills, he hums or sings. The song takes him to his happy place. That same song is how she’ll remember.
So so my question is, which is more terrifying?
A serial killer that sings Wham! Wake Me Up Before Yo Go-Go, George Michaels’ Faith, or Katrina and the Waves Walking on Sunshine?