Too Old for This

The character's reflections on getting older and feeling out of place made the stakes feel more personal. How do you think this theme influenced the suspense?

Most thrillers focus on youth or early middle age, but here age feels central. I'm curious whether this was a deliberate choice to challenge genre norms.

Their backstory and motivations felt so human and complex that I wondered if the author intended us to question who the real 'villain' is.