Episode 145 - Psychological Suspense Authors We'd Like to See More From

Psychological suspense continues to be one of the most popular subgenres, but it can sometimes be hard to find the best. This week, we’re covering the authors we’d like to see become household names.

Books and other media mentioned in this episode:

Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Sarah J. Maas books
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Ruth Ware books
Mary Kubica books

Ann’s picks:

• Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry
  – Near the Bone by Christina Henry
  – Horseman by Christina Henry
• Arrowood by Laura McHugh
  – Safe and Sound by Laura McHugh
  – The Weight of Blood by Laura McHugh
• What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
  – No One Can Know by Kate Alice Marshall

Halle’s picks:

• Kala by Colin Walsh
  – Tana French books
  – Jane Harper books
• The Quiet Tennant by Clémence Michallon
  – Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll
  – Nightwatching by Tracy Sierra
• More Than You’ll Ever Know by Katie Gutierrez
  – The Push by Ashley Audrain
  – The Whispers by Ashley Audrain

What We’re Reading This Week:

• Ann: The Puzzle Box by Danielle Trussoni
  – The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni
  – Rain Man (film)
  – Sherlock (TV)
  – The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
• Halle: Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner
  – 2024 National Book Awards Longlist for Fiction
  – Booker Prize 2024 shortlist
  – Ann Patchett books
  – Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver

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