It seems to me that the exclusion of sex scenes in mainstream thrillers is almost a policy decision. The exclusion of sex and yes to a degree the school run does great harm to characterisation. So many thrillers have utterly unbelievable central characters anyhow so taking away their "life" makes them even more wooden. Plot is all in these thrillers and I think it is a shame that this is so.
In my writing I am trying to counteract this trend.
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