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Hi Jessica!
I'm always interested to know, is there anything you're seeing a lot of at the moment in submissions?
Maybe things that we as writers wouldn't expect or realise are cliche or common, because we don't see the huge volume of queries that agents do.
Hi Laura--
Most of my inbox is filled with women's fiction, mystery, thrillers, suspense and upmarket and literary fiction. I'm seeing a lot of psychological suspense which I want and am looking for.
I did poll the gang at BookEnds to see what everyone else is seeing. I've heard there are a ton of illness memoirs, ususally a parent or child.
There are a ton PI stories and cop stories that don't really differentiate themselves in any other way. The same holds true of serial killer stories. I see a ton, so any old serial killer isn't enough to make them stand out.
In romance we see a lot of stories where the protagonist inherits a house and ends up falling for the contractor. Another common trope is a house is given to two people who must live together for a specified period of time and fall in love.
Other things we see a lot of that we have not had good experience selling are cozy mysteries where the hook is a realtor or other professional that's not a cozy store or vocation (B&B owner, bookshop owner, knitting store owner, etc).
I'm sure there are more, but those are what we all thought of on the fly.
Thanks!