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This week, I talk with Ruth Ware about her newest thriller One Perfect Couple. We dive into the inspiration for the book, and what stereotype Ruth would be on a reality show.
One Perfect Couple Synopsis
Lyla is in a bit of a rut. Her post-doctoral research has fizzled out, she’s pretty sure they won’t extend her contract, and things with her boyfriend, Nico, an aspiring actor, aren’t going great. When the opportunity arises for Nico to join the cast of a new reality TV show, The Perfect Couple, she decides to try out with him. A whirlwind audition process later, Lyla find herself whisked off to a tropical paradise with Nico, boating through the Indian Ocean towards Ever After Island, where the two of them will compete against four other couples—Bayer and Angel, Dan and Santana, Joel and Romi, and Conor and Zana—in order to win a cash prize.
But not long after they arrive on the deserted island, things start to go wrong. After the first challenge leaves everyone rattled and angry, an overnight storm takes matters from bad to worse. Cut off from the mainland by miles of ocean, deprived of their phones, and unable to contact the crew that brought them there, the group must band together for survival. As tensions run high and fresh water runs low, Lyla finds that this game show is all too real—and the stakes are life or death.
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This week, I talk with Alexander Boldizar about his new thriller The Man Who Saw Seconds. We dive into the gray areas of morality, the vulnerabilities of government structures and the willingness to do anything for the people you love.
The Man Who Saw Seconds Synopsis
Preble Jefferson can see five seconds into the future.
Otherwise, he lives an ordinary life. But when a confrontation with a cop on a New York City subway goes tragically wrong, those seconds give Preble the chance to dodge a bullet—causing another man to die in his place.
Government agencies become aware of Preble’s gift, a manhunt ensues, and their ambitions shift from law enforcement to military R&D. Preble will do whatever it takes to protect his family, but as events spiral out of control, he must weigh the cost of his gift against the loss of his humanity.
A breathless thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat until the very last page, The Man Who Saw Seconds explores the nature of time, the brain as a prediction machine, and the tension between the individual and the systems we create. Alexander Boldizar provides an adrenaline-pumping read that will leave you contemplating love, fear and the abyss.
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This week, Halley Sutton is back to talk about good gateway or starter thrillers - like when your non-thriller reader friend asks you what they should read and you don't want to scare them away from the genre immediately.
Books We Talked About
Kate's Picks
All the Missing Girls
Death of a Dancing Queen
All Good People Here
The Lies I Tell
Never Have I Ever
Halley's Picks
Stephanie Plum Series
Gold Coast
Carl Hiassen Books
I Have Some Questions For You
Fake Like Me
Hollywood Homicide Series
Patricia Wants to Cuddle
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This week, I talk with Kimberley G. Giarratano about her second book in The Billie Levine Series Devil in Profile. We dive into her favorite parts about writing the series and where she got her inspiration for the art theft plot.
Devil in Profile Synopsis
Unlicensed P.I. Billie Levine is trying to bank some extra cash, so she picks up hours working as a process server for another investigative firm. Mindless and mostly 9 to 5, Billie is content to simply hand over court documents until during a routine stakeout, she stumbles upon the corpse of an elderly man, an art collector with ties to Nazi Germany.
Compared to Billie, the dead man has it easy. Billie is feeling on edge lately. Maybe it’s because her father is insisting his estranged kids come to his wedding in Sedona, or that David is making plans to move out, or that a smug teaching assistant is getting underfoot on her latest case.
Although, it’s possible she could use the help when the cops zero in on Billie’s boyfriend, Aaron, and his connections to an international art ring. Turns out, Aaron’s stint in Israel has left him with more than just a thick scar across his neck. The woman he screwed over wants revenge, and she’s determined to leverage Billie’s murder case to get it.
With the detectives focused on Aaron, Billie sets her sights on stopping a killer who is tying up loose ends — Billie being one of them. -
Gare is back! And we are talking about all the summer 2024 thrillers we are excited to read!
Books We Talked About
Bodies to Die For
A Talent for Murder
On the Surface
The Sorority
Ladykiller
The Hollywood Assistant
Letters to a Serial Killer
Assassins Anonymous
Shadowheart
It Had to Be You
The Last Party
The Haters
The Best Lies
Behind You
Society of Lies
Talking to Strangers
You Will Never Be Me
The Last Girl Left
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This week, I talk with Mailan Doquang about her action packed jewel heist thriller Blood Rubies. She shares how her work as an architectural historian influenced the way she approached writing fiction, and we discuss our mutual love for anti-heroes.
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Check out Blood Rubies
Blood Rubies Synopsis
Seven days are all it takes for Rune Sarasin’s life to completely derail. It starts with a routine heist: lifting a pouch of rubies from the Bangkok hotel room of wealthy smuggler Charles Lemaire. Rune nearly gets caught when Lemaire’s goons give chase, but she manages to escape with her boyfriend Kit. Then Kit delivers some terrifying news: his teenage sister Madee has gone missing. They track her cell phone to the dangerous Khlong Toei slum, but the trail ends there. The night gets even worse when Rune realizes she lost the pouch of gems somewhere in the slum while searching for Madee.
Charles Lemaire is the wrong man to mess with. He is a perfectionist when it comes to both his attire and his crimes, and he isn’t afraid to kill to get what he wants. When he catches up to Rune and Kit, he gives Rune an ultimatum: return his rubies or she will never see her boyfriend again. Now Rune must race against time to either recover the lost gems or find something even more valuable with which to ransom Kit back from Lemaire. But she also still needs to find out what happened to Madee. As Rune investigates deeper into the shadows of the Khlong Toei slum, she uncovers a web of crime with consequences far more insidious than just one missing girl and a handful of stolen rubies.
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This week, I talk with the co-host of Thrillers By the Book Club Podcast Olivia Day Wallace about our favorite tropes in thrillers!
Books We Talked About
Murder Road
Nightwatching
Alias Emma
My Darling Husband
The Mentor
I’m Not Done With You Yet
Th1rt3en
Fourth Monkey
Original Twin
Where You End
Blood Rubies
Counterfeit
Nena Knight Series
The Inheritance Games
Very Bad Things
House on the Cerulean Sea
On the Surface
Chloe Kates is Missing
Dark Corners
Everyone is Watching
How to Kill Men and Get Away with It
They Never Learn
If Something Happens to Me
First Lie Wins
Bluff
The Night Side
Pretty Things
Look Closer
Sometimes I Lie
None of This is True
Small Secrets
The Inmate
This Girl’s a Killer
Look in the Mirror
What We'll Burn Last
The Midnight Feast
You Will Never Be Me
Ladykiller
Everybody Knows
It Had to Be You
The Peacock and the Sparrow
Long Time Gone
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This week, I talk with Kellye Garrett about her writing journey and her new thriller Missing White Woman. We discuss Kellye's early interest in writing, her inspiration for her Hollywood Homicide Series, and her writing process. Kellye also shares how her experience in TV writing influenced her novel writing, particularly in creating suspenseful chapters and realistic dialogue. We dive into the themes of Missing White Woman, including true crime Internet culture and the racial dynamics explored in the story.
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This week, Amy Allen Clark, host of the Book Gang Podcast and the Book Gang Book Club, joins me and shares 5 non-thriller books she thinks thriller lovers would love!
Books Amy Recommends
We Are Watching Eliza Bright
Rust Stardust
The Warehouse
All's Well
One's Company
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This week, I talk with Halley Sutton about the books we loved reading in our childhood, and how they shaped our reading preferences as adults!
Books We Talked About
Ella Enchanted
The Uglies Series
The Hunger Games
Sally Lockhart Series
Sammy Keyes Series
Mara, Daughter of the Nile
Inside the Walls of Troy
Walk Two Moons
Song of the Lioness Series
Into the Land of the Unicorns
A Wrinkle in Time
A Ring of Endless Light
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
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This week, Steph and Kate discuss different ways you can support authors that don't cost a thing! Then, they dive into thriller authors they feel deserve more attention on Bookstagram and BookTok.
Authors We Talked About
JM Cannon
Vera Kurian
Yasmin Angoe
Hannah Morrissey
Susan Walter
Julia HeaberlinAudra McElyea
Jaime Lynn Hendricks
Sagit Schwartz
Jess Lourey
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This week, Audrey Egner and I share some of our thoughts on this season of Vanderpump Rules and share recommendations for books that are as messy as reality TV!
We talk about Vanderpump Rules for the first 20ish minutes, so if you want to get straight to the book recommendations, skip ahead to 23:10.
Books We Talked About
Shiver
The Hunting Wives
Tell Me Everything
The Hunting Party
Unmissing
The Romantics
The Real Deal
The Daydreams
The Club
Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead
Kill Show
We Are the Brennans
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This week, I'm back with writing duo Elizabeth Keenan and Greg Wands, a.k.a E.G. Scott! They share a little about the book they are currently working together, which includes a con plot. We dive into how cons are orchestrated, why it's hard to stop them, and how our own unreliable narration of ourselves can keep us from catching certain details. We also share books we've been reading lately that we've enjoyed.
Books We Talked About
Splinters
The Book of Love
The Split
Listen for the Lie
Anita de Monte Laughs Last
The Coldest Case
You Know What You Did
Missing White Woman
While We Were Burning
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This week, I talk to the thriller writing power group behind Young Rich Widows, Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo,, Cate Holahan and Vanessa Lillie!
Young Rich Widows came out first on Audible last year, and as of today, it's available in print! We dive into what it was like writing in a group, who write which characters, and plans for the rest of the series!
The next book in the series, Desperate Deadly Widows is available on Audible now and will be available in print next year.
Young Rich Widows Synopsis
When the four partners of a prominent law firm are killed in a mysterious plane crash, their widows must come together to uncover the truth in this explosive, edge-of-your-seat novel.
It’s 1985 in Providence, Rhode Island, and the four partners of a prominent, mafia-affiliated law firm have been killed in a private jet that went down outside New York City. Four very different women have just lost the loves of their lives: Justine, a former fashion model adjusting to suburban life; Camille, a beautiful, young second wife some suspect is a gold digger; Krystle, committed to leaving the firm to her sons after her husband worked his whole life to support them all; and Meredith, a stripper at the local club who was in a secret relationship with the firm’s sole female partner. While the crash is initially ruled a tragic accident, something’s not adding up: The team wasn’t supposed to be in New York that day, and it’s soon revealed that there was a very large sum of cash that burned up with the plane. The women find themselves thrown together in search of the truth, with new danger and threats unfolding at every turn.
Could a dissatisfied client be seeking revenge? Or were the partners involved in something bigger—something dangerous and deadly? What other secrets were the partners keeping, and how far might people go to ensure they stay hidden? The widows must find the answers in order to protect their inheritance, their families, and their lives.
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This week, Halley Sutton is back with a super fun topic: art theft! She's been taking a class that dives into art theft, and it inspires conversations about forgeries, the non-violent nature of the crime, and how status symbols gain their worth. We also shares some of our favorite books that include art-related theft or crimes!
Books We Talked About
Where Are You Echo Blue
Everybody Knows
Society of Lies
When I’m Her
What Meets the Eye
The Art Thief
Fake Like Me
My Death
Blood Rubies
Yellowface
The Plot
The Lock Box
Documentary We Talked About
Made You Look
Podcast We Talked About
Death of an Artist
Acting but people believe it’s you
Could past and present be ai vs real
build a model of you as an actor in case you die during filming
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This week, I talk with writing duo Addison McKnight, Nicole Moleti and Krista Wells about their new thriller The Vineyard Remains! We dive into the process they used to write with each other, their initial idea for the book, and the book's similarities to The Affair and Bloodline.
Addison McKnight's Instagram
Addison McKnight's Website
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This week, Stpeh Lauer @books.in.badgerland and I talk about our favorite revenge thrillers!
Books We Talked About
The Last Housewife
The Weight of Blood
Kill for Me, Kill for You
The Golden Cage
Look Closer
Mindfuck Series
An Inconvenient Woman
You Know Her
Never Saw Me Coming
They Never Learn
Lay Your Body Down
The Change
Ask for Andrea
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This week, Halley Sutton returns!
We talk about her experience in a month long residency in France, writing processes, books about writing, and books we've read and loved recently.
Books We Talked About
Story Genius
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel
The Night Side
Disappearing Earth
Everybody Knows
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This week, Audrey Egener aka @chaptersandconverse shares some of her favorite thrillers, and we talk about our favorite parts of Bookstagram and BookTube!
Books We Talked About
Jar of Hearts
Final Girls
The Kind Worth Killing
Th1rt3en
Ralph’s Party
And Then There Were None
The Secret History
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