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Tori Eldridge's Kaua'i Storm: Family Drama, A Missing Persons Case, and A Setting That's Its Own Character

27 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Tori Eldridge about her newest novel Kaua'i Storm. Tori shares the inspiration for the book, how her settings matter so ...

Bad Things Happening in Cul-De-Sacs with Brian Watson

23 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I chat with Brian Watson @readingwithbrian about how long we've both been reading, thrillers that stood out as ones that created our love f...

Jaime Lynn Hendricks' Their Double Lives: What Would You Do to Save Your Dog?

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, the iconic Jaime Lynn Hendricks is back for the fifth time to chat about her newest page turner Their Double Lives! Gare and I ask all our ...

Summer Thriller Releases We Are Excited for with Gare and Steph

16 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I are talking about the 2025 Summer thriller releases we are excited to read!Bookwild MerchThrillerFest GoFundMeBooks We Ta...

Judy Huston's Spy Notes: The Music Business as the Perfect Cover for a Spy

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Judy Hutson about her new spy thriller Spy Notes! We dive into the inspiration for the story, how her job as a publicist in the...

Five Fave Authors and Books with Gare and Steph

09 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about five of our favorite authors and our favorite book of theirs!Books We Talked AboutThe Last HousewifeBright You...

Robert Bailey's The Boomerang: Hidden Cancer Cure, An Outspoken Land Baron and One Dedicated Father

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Robert Bailey about his emotionally driven action thriller The Boomerang. We dive into the inspiration for the book, the...

The Role of Subconscious in Writing, Milling for Empathy, and Craft Tactics with Halley Sutton

06 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley Sutton is back and we delve into character development, the subconscious influences on storytelling, and the darker themes that ofte...

Sinners Reactions and Analysis with MacKenzie Green

02 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, MacKenzie Green and I dive into everything we loved about Sinners. We dive into Ryan Coogler's succinct visual storytelling, how he tackled...

Liann Zhang's Julie Chan is Dead: Estranged Twins, Toxic Influencers and a Wild Trip

29 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Liann Zhang about her incredibly voicey and suspenseful thriller Julie Chan is dead. We dive into the inspiration for th...

Books We Took a Chance on and Loved with Gare and Steph

25 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and i talk about books we took risks on that we ended up loving!Books We Talked AboutLion Women of Tehran Marjan KamaliHush Ann...

Analyzing Agatha All Along with Halley Sutton SPOILERS

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

THIS EPISODE CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR AGATHA ALL ALONGA couple weeks ago, Halley told me she watched Agatha All Along and loved it, which lead to me bing...

Pyschological Thrillers, Reality TV, and a Tornado with Marishka Lunde and Gare Billings

18 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Marisha Lunde, Gare and I set out to talk about psychological thrillers, but veered into all kinds of other topics, including reality TV. T...

Saumya Dave's The Guilt Pill: Mom Guilt, Ambition and Maintaining Your Individuality

15 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Saumya Dave about her new thriller The Guilt Pill! She shares how she found the inspiration for the book, how her work a...

White Lotus Season Three Reactions with Halley

11 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley and I do a DEEP dive into our thoughts after the season three finale of The White Lotus. Grab a piña colada and enjoy! 🙃Links Me...

White Lotus Finale Predictions and Writing Catchup with Halley

06 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

If you're listening to these episodes as their air, you're getting what was going to be April 8ths Tuesday episode today, because Halley Sutton and I ...

Single POV Thrillers with Gare and Steph

04 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I share some of our favorite single POV thrillers!Books We Talked AboutAnd Now She’s GoneChasing the BoogeymanThe Devil a...

Olesya Lyuzna's Glitter in the Dark: 1920s Harlem, Prohibition, Showgirls and Noir

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week I got to talk with Olesya Lyuzna about her historical noir Glitter in the Dark! We dive into Olesya's lifelong obsession with the 1920s, som...

Elizabeth Rose Quinn's Follow Me: A Thrilling Takedown of Mommy-Influencer Culture

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Elizabeth Rose Quinn about her new thriller Follow Me! We dive into the personal inspiration for this book, and how cath...

More Kindle Unlimited Thrillers We Love

28 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gare, Steph and I share more Kindle Unlimited thrillers so you can basically read for free.Blacktop WastelandValentineThe Devil and Mrs DavenportFract...

Emily Carpenter's Gothictown: Southern Hospitality Turns Out to Be Anything But Hospitable

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to chat with Emily Carpenter about her new horror-thriller Gothictown.  We dive into how a newspaper article she saw during the pand...

Ashley Winstead's This Book Will Bury Me: A Roman à Clef About Processing Grief, and True Crime Obsessions

25 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to chat with one of our podcast faves ASHLEY WINSTEAD! In her third appearance on the show, we talk about her new thriller, This Book...

Marshall Karp's Don't Tell Me How to Die: A Family Saga, A Dying Woman Looking for Her Replacement, and A Wild Third Act

23 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Gare and I talk with Marshall Karp about his book that we all loved (Gare, Steph and me) Don't Tell Me How To Die. He shares the inspiration fo...

Books to Read if You Love White Lotus

21 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and I share books we think will cure your White Lotus hangover after the season finale!Books We Talked AboutBorn for ThisIt Could Be A...

Nick Kolakowski's Where The Bones Lie: Bodies in Barrels, An LA Fixer and Smugglers

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Nick Kolakowski about his mystery-thriller Where the Bones Lie! We dive into the inspiration for the story, his closeness to on...

Popcorn Thrillers We Love!

14 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and I share some of our favorite popcorn thrillers, AND discuss actors we want to see on future seasons of White Lotus.Books We Talked...

Keeping the Paint Wet: A New Writing Series with Halley Sutton (aka I said I would finish my book this year so I need to get on it)

11 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley Sutton and I introduce a new series about writing! I've said on this podcast a few times that I will finish my book this year, and t...

Books We Wish We Could Erase From Our Memory And Read Again

08 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and I talk about books we wish we could erase from our memories and re-read!Books We DiscussedLocal Woman MissingThe Last Winter of Da...

Spring 2025 Thrillers We're Excited About

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about 2025 thrillers we are excited about!Glitter in the DarkCount My LiesThis Book Will Bury MeImmaculate Conceptio...

Books You Can Easily Escape Into with Gare and Steph

21 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I share books that you can easily escape into!Books We Talked AboutWatch Out for HerDon’t Tell Me How to DieNotes On Your...

Dark Valentine Thrillers with Halley Sutton

14 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley and I dive into recommendations for Dark Valentine coded thrillers!Books We Talked AboutCross My HeartIt Takes MonstersTo Die ForThe...

Heather Levy's This Violent Heart: Mystery, Romance, and Coming of Age

11 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I go to talk with Heather Levy about her new mystery thriller This Violent Heart! We dive into her inspiration for the book, how her person...

Thrillers with Romance with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

07 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we answer a listener request for thrillers with romance. At least, we tried to answer it. Some felt questionable to call romance once we st...

Carter Wilson's Fast Paced Podcast Thriller Tell Me What You Did

04 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Carter Wilson about his new page turner Tell Me What You Did. We dive into the inspiration for Poe's name, what got him writing...

Going Bookwild in Manhattan with Jamie Hergott

31 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After three days of bookish tourism, my sister-in-law Jamie and I recapped our trip while we waited to board at LaGuardia.  We dove into Liz and Greg...

Jakob Kerr's Gritty Technothriller Dead Money

28 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Jakob Kerr about his new technothriller Dead Money! We dive into hos his experience in Silicon Valley informed the book,...

Our Next 3 TBR Picks with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

24 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I talk about the next 3 books on our TBRs!Books We Talked AboutTemperRabbitsVantage PointThe Dark Hours A Long Time GoneA ...

Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part Two

17 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Tyler and I finish up our recap of the movies we saw in theaters in 2024!Movies We Talked AboutOddityIt Ends With Us Strange DarlingBlink TwiceSaturd...

Layne Fargo's The Favorites: Wuthering Heights Meets Figure Skating

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley Sutton, Steph Lauer and I talk with Layne Fargo about her new book The Favorites! We dive into her inspiration for the book, trips H...

Mind Benders and Cold Cases with Gare Billings

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and I chose our own sub-genres to give recommendations for!I chose "Mind Benders" and Gare chose "Missing Persons/Cold Cases" so if yo...

Recapping the 33 Movies We Saw in Theaters in 2024 Part One

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Tyler joins me to discuss the many movies we saw in 2024 thanks to our AMC membership.Movies We Talked AboutAnyone But YouAmerican FictionA...

More Backlist Thrillers We Want to Read with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

03 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This week, we catch up on how our holidays went, talk about words/phrases of the year for 2025, and share ore backlist thrillers we want to read!Books...

The Ways I Went Bookwild in 2024

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

There isn't an author interview this Tuesday, so I did a year in review solo episode! I dive into everything that happened with Bookwild in 2024, incl...

2025 Books We Can't Wait to Read with Gare Billings and Halley Sutton

27 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley, Gare and I catch up and also share 2025 book releases we are super excited about!Books We Talked AboutThis Book Will Bury MeBeautif...

Hyped Books Recommendations with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

24 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and each chose a hyped book and share three books like it that deserve more hype!Kate's Books Like The Guest List (And White L...

Some of Our Favorite Subgenres with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

20 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I chose our own genres to pick books from, and tried to guess what each other picked based on our choices! Listen and you c...

Sagit Schwartz's Broken Threads: Ageism in Publishing and Social Media, And the Writer's Battle Against AI

17 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Sagit Schwartz about her new short story thriller Broken Threads! We dive into the inspiration for the story, the fun of writin...

Some of Our Favorite Books We Read in 2024 with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

13 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and Steph and I share SOME of our favorite books we read in 2024! I have to add that we all had plenty of others we loved, and it was ...

You're Never Too Old to Start Writing with Karen E. Osborne

10 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Karen E. Osborne about how she published her first book at 69, and continued publishing more! We dive into the grit and grace t...

The Difference Between Twists and Reveals, But Also, Gladiator II, A Man on the Inside and a Writing Challenge with Halley Sutton

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Halley Sutton is back this week, and per usual, we cover ALL the things! We dive into the visuals of Gladiator II vs the plot, Michael Schur's A Man o...

Pip Drysdale's The Close Up: Hollywood, A Stalker, and A Book Within a Book

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Pip Drysdale about her new Hollywood thriller The Close Up!  We dive into her inspiration for the book, how she made LA come t...

Victor Methos' The Silent Watcher: A Guardian, A Survivor, A Detective and a Terrifying Serial Killer

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Victor Methos about his chilling new legal thriller The Silent Watcher.  We dive into how Batman inspired the story, how Victo...

BONUS: Explaining What Can Be Explained in We Used to Live Here *SPOILERS*

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

I just finished reading We Used to Live Here, and it was truly one of my favorite reading experiences ever! I was annotating and highlighting like a m...

Winter Thriller Releases We Are Excited for with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

29 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I are talking about thrillers we are excited to read that will be released between December 2024-February 2025!Books We Tal...

Emma Dues' Return to Midnight: A Massacre in a Victorian House, Dual Timelines and Ballerinas

26 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Emma Dues about her stunningly creepy debut thriller Return to Midnight! We dive into the inspo for the book, how teaching affe...

Female Rage Thrillers with Halley Sutton

22 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley and I once again commit to one subject, and end up covering multiple. On top of some great female rage thriller recommendations, we ...

Jan Gangsei's Dead Below Deck: A Backwards Timeline, A Deadly Cruise and Complex Female Friendships

19 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Jan Gangsei about her salacious new thriller Dead Below Deck! We dive into how the idea came to her, how she chose to st...

Thrillers from Indigenous Authors with Vanessa Lillie and Gare Billings

15 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week Vanessa Lillie and Gare “Bleak” Billings share recommendations from Indigenous authors for Native American Heritage Month, and I think I...

Emma. C Wells' This Girl's a Killer: A Feminist Vigilante, Preying on Male Predators, And Chosen Family

12 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Emma C. Wells about her stunning debut serial killer thriller This Girl's a Killer! We dive into her inspiration for th...

Backlist Books We Want to Read with Gare and Steph

08 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I share backlist books we really want to read.  We also manage to sneak in two that aren't even really backlist, but we st...

Katherine Greene's The Lake of Lost Girls: Mixed Media, Missing Girls and The 90s

05 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week I got to talk with writing duo Katherine Greene, made up of A. Meredith Walters and Claire C. Riley.  We dive into how they became friends ...

Scandals: Evelyn Hugo, Hollywood Babylon, and More with Halley Sutton

02 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley Sutton and I talk about scandals both fictional and non-fictional!Books, Movies, Docs We Talked AboutThe Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hu...

Danielle Trussoni's The Puzzle Box: Savant Syndrome, Puzzle Masters and a Japanese Puzzle Box

29 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Danielle Trussoni about her new installment in The Puzzle Series, The Puzzle Box!  We dive into how she created this genre-mas...

Ranking Our Top Three from Auto-Buy Authors with Gare and Steph

25 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I share some of our auto-buy authors and rank the top 3 books we've read of theirs!Books We Talked AboutAmina AkhtarKismetA...

Alexis Henderson's An Academy for Liars: Psychological Magic, Dark Academia and Consent

22 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Alexis Henderson about her new dark academia, psychological magic thriller An Academy for Liars.  We dive into her initial ide...

Tell Me Lies Season 2 Recap, Reactions and Predictions *SPOILERS*

19 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Time for a bonus episode!!  I've had so much fun talking to so many of you about Tell Me Lies, and I just had to do an episode on my thoughts now tha...

Hyped Books We Want to Read with Halley Sutton

18 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley Sutton joins me to talk about hyped books we have on our TBRs but haven't gotten to reading yet.  We also, somehow, accidentally, p...

Carinn Jade's The Astrology House: A Group Getaway, An Astrologist with a Secret, and Free Will vs Fate

15 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Carinn Jade about her deliciously twisty thriller The Astrology House.  We dive into her lifelong interest in astrology, the i...

Great Thrillers on Kindle Unlimited with Gare Billings & Steph Lauer

11 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I share thrillers on Kindle Unlimited that you just have to read!KU Books We Talked AboutFatal IntrusionThe InmateReal Easy...

Rob Hart and Alex Segura's Dark Space: Espionage, Conspiracies and A Mission Gone Wrong

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Rob Hart and Alex Segura about their new space thriller Dark Space.  We dive into their world building, their joint writing pr...

Susan Walter's Running Cold: An Olympic Biathlete, An Eerie Hotel, And So Many POVs

08 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Susan Walter about her new skiing related thriller Running Cold.  We dive into how the Banff Springs Hotel felt like it deserv...

Halley's Egypt Trip, Books We've Loved, Strange Darling, Oddity & The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives

04 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I catch up with Halley Sutton who just got back from her trip to Egypt.  She shares highlights from the trip, and books she read while the...

Lauren Ling Brown's Society of Lies: Secret Societies, Complex Sister Relationships and Dark Academia

01 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Lauren Ling Brown about her debut dark academia thriller Society of Lies!  We dive into the inspiration for the idea, the mora...

Thrillers with Podcasts with Gare and Steph

27 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In "honor" of National Podcast Day on September 30, Gare, Steph and I share some of our favorite thrillers with podcasts in the plots!Books We Talked ...

Damian McCarthy's Oddity: A Paranormal Horror Whodunit Thriller

24 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Damian McCarthy about his genre-mashup, paranormal horror thriller Oddity.  We dive into how he crafted plot around visuals, a...

Audra McElyea's Hush, Dear Sister: An Ex-Hollywood Star, A Haunted Mansion and The Red Carpet Killer

20 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Audra McElyea about her newest thriller Hush Dear Sister.  We dive into the inspiration behind the story, the Gothic mansion a...

Marjan Kamali's The Lion Women of Tehran: Friendship, Feminism and Religious Fundamentalism

17 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Marjan Kamali about her beautiful novel about friendship, The Lion Women of Tehran.  We dive into how the book covers the natu...

What to Read If You're Obsessed with Tell Me Lies

13 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare, Steph and I share books to read if the sleazy, sexy, toxic, dark academia of Tell Me Lies has you in a chokehold! Books We Talked Ab...

Emily Layden's Once More From the Top: Fame, Misogyny, and Parasocial Relationships

10 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Emily Layden joins me to talk about her new contemporary fiction novel Once More From The Top!  We dive into her inspiration for the book, and our sh...

Caileigh's @thebookpear Favorite Reads from 2024

06 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Caileigh Hynes @thebookpear joins me and shares 5 of her favorite reads in 2024 so far!  We dive into what we love about thrillers, how sh...

Hannah D Sharpe's Between Lies and Revenge: Cons, MLMs and Revenge

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Hannah D Sharpe about her new domestic suspense Between Lies and Revenge.  We dive into how she learned about gemology, her ex...

Chelsea Bieker's Madwoman: Motherhood, and Cycle Breakers

03 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Chelsea Bieker about her powerful emotional suspense novel Madwoman.  We dive into the story's exploration of motherhoo...

Fatal Intrusion by Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado: A Serial Killer, Hackers and an Unlikely Duo

01 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to talk with Jeffery Deaver and Isabella Maldonado about their new action thriller Fatal Intrusion.  We dive into their joint writin...

Yapping About How Much We Love Books with MacKenzie Green

30 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, MacKenzie Green joins the show, and we talk about our shared love for reading, how reading expands empathy, and five books that define her ...

How Reading Increases Empathy with Halley Sutton

27 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Halley Sutton and I dive into an NYU study that showed how reading raises empathy, and share books that have expanded our empathy as well.B...

2024 Fall Thrillers We Can't Wait to Read with Gare Billings

23 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and I dive into our very long lists of fall books we can't wait to read!Books We Talked AboutWhere They Last Saw HerThe Bachelorette P...

Eye of the Beholder by Emma Bamford: A Vertigo Retelling from the Female Gaze

20 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Emma Bamford about her thriller Eye of the Beholder, a feminist retelling of Hitchcock's Vertigo.  We dive into what inspired ...

All the Missing Girls By Linda Hurtado Bond: A Missing Sister, Brujerias and Revenge

19 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Linda Hurtado Bond about her new action thriller All the Missing Girls.  We dive into how her husband helps her write, and how...

Books That Got Us Into Reading, Changed Our Life and Changed Our Brain Chemistry with Gare Billings and Steph Lauer

16 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and Steph and I talk about books that got us into reading, changed our lives, and changed our brain chemistry!Books That Got Us Into R...

What Makes Stories Scary with Halley Sutton

09 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I'm back with Halley Sutton and we dive into what makes something scary.  We discuss different movie and book concepts and the way differe...

The Outlier by Elisabeth Eaves: A Female Corrective to the Psychopath Thriller

06 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Elisabeth Eaves about her thriller The Outlier.  We dive into what attracted her to writing an "unlikeable" female psychopath ...

Serial Killer Thrillers, Action Thrillers and Psychological Thrillers with Gare and Steph

02 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare and Steph are both on the podcast and we all talk about books from our favorite thriller sub-genres!  Gare shares serial killer thril...

Not What She Seems by Yasmin Angoe: Small Town Theatrics, The "Prodigal" Brodie Girl, and Complex Family Relationships

01 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Today, I talk with Yasmin Angoe about her new domestic thriller Not What She Seems!  We talk about the end of the Nena Knight series, how we both mis...

People Will Talk by Kieran Scott: A Surprise Wedding, a Dead Bride, and Three Women with Motives

30 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I talk with Kieran Scott about her dishy new thriller People Will Talk.  We dive into her inspiration for the book, how she crafted three ...

Bingeworthy Summer Thrillers with Audrey

26 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Audrey Egner ( @chapterandconverse ) and I share some of our favorite bingey summer thrillers!Books We Talked AboutDon’t Believe ItThe We...

The Recruiter by Gregg Podolski: An Action Hero Who's Bad at Action with a Comedic Voice

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I talk with Gregg Podolski about his debut action thriller The Recruiter.  We discuss how his job as a recruiter inspired the story,...

No Road Home by John Fram: Gothic Thrills, A Toxic Televangelist Family, and a Devoted Father

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I talk with John Fram about his genre-bending gothic thriller No Road Home.  We dive into how he found inspiration for the story in ...

What We'll Burn Last by Heather Chavez: Missing Teenagers, Feuding Families, Star Crossed Lovers and a Wildfire

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On this episode, I talk with Heather Chavez about her newest thriller What We'll Burn Last.  We dive into her desire to write a thriller with a wildf...

2024 Mid-Year Favorites with Gare

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, Gare is back!  And we share some of our favorite reads of the first half of 2024.Books We Talk AboutListen for the LieKill for Me, Kill fo...

Things Don't Break on Their Own by Sarah Easter Collins: A Missing Sister, A Dysfunctional Family, and the Power of Found Family

16 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

This week, I got to chat with Sarah Easter Collins about her exceptionally emotional debut novel Things Don't Break on Their Own.   She shares how th...