I have now moved from the struggle into the resolution. It’s all down hill from here. I expect the novel to be 70-80k words. The shortest novel I’ve written yet. But I always seem to add on most of my revisions. I hope to keep it shorter, but we’ll see.
Now you may ask, hey, how does that compare with other thrillers? Well, here are the lengths of a few of James Patterson’s.
| Title | Words |
| Honeymoon | 65,572 |
| 4th of July | 68,000 |
| Lifeguard | 71,634 |
| Mary, Mary | 72,426 |
| Judge and Jury | 74,288 |
| Doublecross | 70,753 |
And here are some more by some other authors.
| Author | Title | Words |
| Lee Child | Gone Tomorrow | 146,000 |
| Lee Child | One Shot | 124,000 |
| Lee Child | Killing Floor | 162,000 |
| Lee Child | Persuader | 164,000 |
| Michael Connelly | The Brass Verdict | 145,000 |
| Ridley Pearson | Cut and Run | 114,000 |
| Robert Crais | The Watchman | 82,000 |
| Robert Crais | Taken | 84,000 |
| Robert Crais | The First Rule | 76,000 |
| Robert Crais | The Sentry | 82,000 |
| Brad Thor | Full Black | 117,000 |
| Brad Thor | Athena Project | 102,000 |
| Dean Koontz | The Good Guy | 93,000 |
| Dean Koontz | The Husband | 94,000 |
