This Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum, podcast hosts Benny Abbott and Joy Moore have built a massive following by sharing incredible “against all odds” survival stories with humor and heart. When Benny shows up to record their next episode and finds Joy and her husband Xander missing and their home in disarray, the situation…
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Innocence Road
Detective Leanne Everhart swore she’d never return to her hometown near Marfa but after her father’s death and with her brother needing support, she finds herself back in a town still fractured by a decades-old murder. When a Jane Doe is discovered at the edge of the desert, Leanne begins to suspect the new crime is…
Whidbey
Whidbey is a literary exploration of three women bound together by the murder of Calvin Boyer, the man who harmed them in different ways. As Birdie flees to Whidbey Island and discovers another survivor’s memoir, and as Calvin’s mother grapples with his death, the novel examines justice, storytelling, and the long shadow of abuse. More character…
Nothing Tastes as Good
Nothing Tastes as Good is a weird, dark, and emotionally unnerving horror-thriller that lingers long after you finish it. Retail worker Emmett Truesdale has never fit the Southern California ideal—over three hundred pounds, carrying childhood trauma and generational ennui, he’s stuck in a dead-end job and lonely love life. Desperate, he joins a clinical trial for…
Her Last Breath
Her Last Breath by Taylor Adams is a relentless, claustrophobic thriller that completely had me in its grip. The story follows best friends Tess and Allie as they embark on a long-delayed caving expedition that quickly turns into a nightmare. After a violent encounter deep underground leaves Tess trapped in a narrow crawl space, the narrative…
Nowhere Burning
Set in the unforgiving maw of the Rocky Mountains, Nowhere Burning is Catriona Ward’s latest unsettling novel, blending isolation, cult dynamics, and simmering menace in a story that will appeal to fans of Yellowjackets. When Riley flees her uncle’s home with her younger brother to the ruins of an infamous movie star’s ranch, rumored to house feral children,…
So Old, So Young
So Old, So Young hooked me right away. The premise is strong, the writing is sharp, and so much of it immediately felt familiar. Grant Ginder does an excellent job capturing that millennial space between feeling young and realizing you’re suddenly not, especially when it comes to friendships and the passage of time. As a full-time…
Anatomy of an Alibi
Two women, Camille Bayliss and Aubrey Price switch lives for twelve hours to uncover secrets tied to Camille’s suspicious husband, Benjamin Bayliss. When Benjamin is found murdered the next morning, both women need an airtight alibi but only one of them has it. With timelines tangled and identities blurred, one wrong move could unravel everything….
Scythe & Sparrow
Fionn Kane, a heartbroken small-town doctor hiding out in Nebraska, just wants a quiet life after his career and almost-fiancé imploded. Rose Evans, a motorcycle-riding circus performer who moonlights as an assassin, literally crashes into his world after a job goes wrong. What follows is a messy, hilarious, and emotionally charged entanglement full of secrets,…
Is This a Cry for Help?
Darcy appears to have built a quietly perfect life: she’s a librarian, married to her wife Joy, living in a sun-filled house by the lake with two cats and shelves overflowing with books. But when she learns of her ex-boyfriend’s death, unresolved guilt sends her into a mental health crisis that forces her to step…