Sarah Waters' 'Fingersmith' deserves a mention, though it's more historical crime with intense erotic undertones. The obsession here is multifaceted: Maud's obsession with Sue as an object of her plotted revenge, Sue's obsession with the idea of freedom, and the genuine, obsessive passion that erupts between them. Power dynamics are everything—class, knowledge, deceit. Who is manipulating whom shifts with every twist. The erotic tension is woven into the con itself, making every touch and glance charged with double meaning.
What about 'The Little Stranger' by Sarah Waters? The obsession is with Hundreds Hall, the decaying mansion. Dr. Faraday's obsession is with the family and the house itself, a desire for the status it represents. The erotic charge is sublimated into the house—its rot, its history, its haunting. The power is the house's hold over the Ayres family and Faraday's growing influence over them. It's a slow-burn Gothic thriller where the true monster might be class resentment and longing, wearing a supernatural mask. The obsession is with a past that's crumbling to dust.
Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho' fits in a horrifying, satirical way. Patrick Bateman's obsession with surface—status, appearance, commodities—is eroticized. The power is his wealth and anonymity, which he uses to act out violent, misogynistic fantasies. The erotic thriller element is perverted into snuff. It's a critique of how consumerist obsession mirrors and enables psychopathic obsession. The power dynamic is one-sided atrocity. It's a brutal, controversial read that uses the trappings of the genre to eviscerate 80s yuppie culture.
I feel like the genre really peaked in the late 80s/early 90s with the whole 'panic' around female sexuality and power in the workplace. Those paperbacks were obsessed with the idea of the successful career woman being undone or empowered by her sexuality. The power dynamics were always razor-sharp—who's using whom? Was the secretary really the victim, or was she playing the boss? They were totally pulpy, but they tapped into real cultural anxieties. The covers alone are a sociology lesson.
I'm surprised no one's mentioned 'The Last of the Mohicans'... just kidding. Wrong thread. My brain short-circuited for a second there. Carry on!
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