You Shouldn't Have Come Here

What makes You Shouldn’t Have Come Here’s use of an Airbnb (Calvin’s ranch) especially appropriate for a mystery-thriller? What fears does this setting evoke or seek to explore? How does this tie into the tropes and themes of contemporary thrillers? Use evidence from the text to support your answer.

How does the novel foreshadow Grace/Avery’s reveal as a serial killer? Is this foreshadowing successful? Is it disrupted or supported by the novel’s use of alternating first-person narrators?

What purpose does Calvin and Joe’s parents’ murder-suicide serve in the narrative? Why do Calvin’s family members and friends keep the deaths a secret?