Killer Author Club

Before we get into today's episode, a little news from the Killer Author Club: your hosts Kimberly, Heather, and Kaira have written a thriller of their own. Take Back the Night publishes January 12, 2027 — and you can...

Before we get into today's episode, a little news from the Killer Author Club: your hosts Kimberly, Heather, and Kaira have written a thriller of their own. Take Back the Night publishes January 12, 2027 — and you can...

Before we get into today's episode, a little news from the Killer Author Club: your hosts Kimberly, Heather, and Kaira have written a thriller of their own. Take Back the Night publishes January 12, 2027 — and you can...

Dervla McTiernan joins us to talk about Three Reasons for Revenge , a thriller that begins with a woman walking into a police station — and ends with a question about justice that doesn't have a clean answer. We get...

Jessica Knoll joins us to talk about Helpless , a smoldering, mind-bending thriller about two former college lovers pulled back together twelve years later — and the something old and dangerous neither of them ever...

Andrea Bartz joins us to talk about The Last Ferry Out , a thriller set on a Mexican island where the expats are charming, the secrets are lethal, and the ferry to the mainland runs once a week — if you're lucky. We get...

The duo behind the pen name Jamie Day joins us to talk about Beach Thriller , a novel that somehow fits a crumbling beach house, a cold case, a psychic, a runaway teen, and a shadowy Watcher into one gloriously unhinged...

Alex Finlay joins us to talk about The Anniversary , a novel that opens with a quote from Ted Bundy and somehow is also a love story. We get into the singular challenge of writing a serial killer thriller with genuine...

Lauren Oliver joins us to talk about The Girl in the Lake, a novel that asks one of the most unsettling questions in suspense: what if the key witness to a decades-old disappearance is a six-year-old who wasn't even...

Allison Winn Scotch joins us to talk about The Insomniacs — and the genre pivot that ten novels of commercial fiction finally led her to. We get into why she crossed over to the dark side of suspense, how she landed on...

Sally Hepworth joins us to talk about Mad Mabel, and the character at the center of it — Elsie Mabel Fitzpatrick, 81 years old, gloriously grumpy, desperately lonely, and Australia's youngest convicted murderer. We get...

Deborah Goodrich Royce joins us to talk about Best Boy , a thriller built on one of the most chilling questions in suspense: what if the past you buried comes back — and you can't even remember it? We get into the...

Will Dean joins us to talk about Adrift , a thriller that proves you don't need a deserted island or a locked room to feel utterly, terrifyingly trapped. We explore the creative challenge of confining an entire story to...

Danielle Girard joins us to talk about Pinky Swear, a twisty thriller built on the most innocent vow of all—a childhood pinky promise that refuses to stay buried. We dive into the high-stakes world of surrogacy and the...

Lisa Unger is back in the clubhouse to dish on Served Him Right , a deliciously dark thriller that begins with an ex-orcism brunch. We talk about female friendships and the power of sisterhood, Lisa’s use of botanicals...