Jul 25, 2022
For today’s episode I got to sit down with Chelsea Hoffman and Yolanda Skeete, founders of Thrillers by the Book Club. I can tell you from personal experience that both of these women are sweet and kind in real life, but they have an affinity for, as Chelsea calls it, murder-y books. They found each other online and formed a book club, which has morphed into a real-life book group with 27 chapters around the world. I asked them to join me for a Thriller-Palooza, because I wanted the lowdown on the best of the best in the world of thrillers, and holy moly, did these ladies ever deliver.
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Host: Julie Strauss
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Discussed in this episode:
Ivy + Bean by Annie Barrows and Sophie Blackall
Dork Diaries by Rachel Ren Russell
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak
Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
This Might Hurt by Stephanie Wrobel
The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager
Midwinter Murder by Agatha Christie
Rock Paper Scissors by Alice Feeney
Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney
In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead
The Last Housewife by Ashley Winstead
The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky
I Know Everything by Matthew Farrell
Nothing Important Happened Today by Will Carver
Who is Maud Dixon? by Alexandra Andrews
Blood Will Tell by Heather Chavez
Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six by Lisa Unger (releases Nov 8, 2022)
Last Girl Ghosted by Lisa Unger
Run Time by Catherine Ryan Howard
The Nothing Man by Catherine Ryan Howard
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
Don’t Fear the Reaper by Stephen Graham Jones (sequel to “My Heart is a Chainsaw;” releases Feb 7, 2023)
Just the Nicest Couple by Mary Kubica (releases Jan. 10, 2023)
Such Sharp Teeth by Rachel Harrison (releases Oct 4, 2022)
How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix (releases Jan. 17, 2023)
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
The Counselors by Jessica Goodman
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson
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