Do you think the readers ability to trust the narrator increases the suspense in this story?

They speak to our irrational side.

They free our imagination and make us childlike.

They allow emotion to triumph over reason.

They remind us of the problem of evil.

They take us out of the safe, everyday world.

They stir our curiosity and excite us.

They cause an adrenaline rush.

They make us imagine the most dire ending.

yes

Explanation:

if the readers trust the narrator then the readers would trust him/her when they say they didn't kill someone. then when the truth comes out the reader would be surprise and expect more from the story like how they killed the person. how they hid the body and why they did what they did.