This week, I'm back with writing duo Elizabeth Keenan and Greg Wands, a.k.a E.G. Scott! They share a little about the book they are currently working together, which includes a con plot. We dive into how cons are orchestrated, why it's hard to stop them, and how our own unreliable narration of ourselves can keep us from catching certain details. We also share books we've been reading lately that we've enjoyed. Books We Talked About Splinters The Book of Love The Split Listen for the Lie Anita de...
Apr 05, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 97
This week, I talk to the thriller writing power group behind Young Rich Widows , Kimberly Belle, Layne Fargo,, Cate Holahan and Vanessa Lillie! Young Rich Widows came out first on Audible last year, and as of today, it's available in print! We dive into what it was like writing in a group, who write which characters, and plans for the rest of the series! The next book in the series, Desperate Deadly Widows is available on Audible now and will be available in print next year. Young Rich Widows Sy...
Apr 02, 2024•38 min•Ep. 96
This week, Halley Sutton is back with a super fun topic: art theft! She's been taking a class that dives into art theft, and it inspires conversations about forgeries, the non-violent nature of the crime, and how status symbols gain their worth. We also shares some of our favorite books that include art-related theft or crimes! Books We Talked About Where Are You Echo Blue Everybody Knows Society of Lies When I’m Her What Meets the Eye The Art Thief Fake Like Me My Death Blood Rubies Yellowface ...
Mar 29, 2024•59 min•Ep. 95
This week, I talk with writing duo Addison McKnight, Nicole Moleti and Krista Wells about their new thriller The Vineyard Remains ! We dive into the process they used to write with each other, their initial idea for the book, and the book's similarities to The Affair and Bloodline. Addison McKnight's Instagram Addison McKnight's Website Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the...
Mar 26, 2024•26 min•Ep. 94
This week, Stpeh Lauer @books.in.badgerland and I talk about our favorite revenge thrillers! Books We Talked About The Last Housewife The Weight of Blood Kill for Me, Kill for You The Golden Cage Look Closer Mindfuck Series An Inconvenient Woman You Know Her Never Saw Me Coming They Never Learn Lay Your Body Down The Change Ask for Andrea Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out t...
Mar 22, 2024•52 min•Ep. 93
This week, I talk with M.M. DeLuca about her newest thriller The Night Side . We dive into what draws her to writing thrillers, inspiration from her family for this book, and the staying power of thrillers with character development. M.M. DeLuca's Instagram M.M. DeLuca's website Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follow @imbookwild...
Mar 19, 2024•32 min•Ep. 92
This week, Halley Sutton returns! We talk about her experience in a month long residency in France, writing processes, books about writing, and books we've read and loved recently. Books We Talked About Story Genius Save the Cat! Writes a Novel The Night Side Disappearing Earth Everybody Knows Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Fol...
Mar 15, 2024•1 hr 27 min•Ep. 91
This week, Audrey Egener aka @chaptersandconverse shares some of her favorite thrillers, and we talk about our favorite parts of Bookstagram and BookTube! Books We Talked About Jar of Hearts Final Girls The Kind Worth Killing Th1rt3en Ralph’s Party And Then There Were None The Secret History Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follo...
Mar 08, 2024•57 min•Ep. 90
This week, Steph Lauer aka @books.in.badgerland shares some of her favorite thrillers, and we discuss our favorite parts of the Bookstagram community! Books We Talked About The Mindf*ck Series Listen for the Lie Don’t Forget the Girl Chain Gang All Stars Almost Surely Dead Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Greg Follow @imbookwild on In...
Mar 01, 2024•50 min•Ep. 89
This week, Kate shares thrillers she can't wait to read coming out in Spring 2024. Books Discussed Missing White Woman A Lovely Lie The Man Who Saw Seconds You Know What You Did While We Were Burning Daughter of Mine She's Not Sorry The Last Murder at the End of the World When I'm Her Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Commun...
Feb 23, 2024•49 min•Ep. 88
This week, we share books that match the vibes of movies and TV shows. Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch If you liked the TV show Mr. and Mrs. Smith , you might like First Lie Wins If you liked the movie Gone Girl , you might like Finding Tessa If you liked the movie American Fiction , you might like The Other Black Girl If you liked the movie Luckiest Girl Alive , you might like Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead If you liked the TV show Bad Siste...
Feb 16, 2024•38 min•Ep. 87
This week, we share books that had huge hype around them that we loved reading! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Verity Gone Girl Where the Crawdads Sing The Girl on the Train The Silent Patient Twilight The Hunger Games Fifty Shades of Grey Big Little Lies Pretty Little Liars Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Che...
Feb 09, 2024•54 min•Ep. 86
This week, I talk with Sagit Schwartz about how she integrated her own experiences with her mother, eating disorders AND the opioid crisis into her emotional, action-packed thriller Since She's Been Gone! Synopsis Can we ever truly know the people we love? Losing her mother to a hit-and-run at age 15 threw Beatrice “Beans” Bennett’s life into turmoil. Bereft, she developed a life-threatening eating disorder, and went through a challenging recovery process which paved the way for her work as a cl...
Feb 06, 2024•45 min•Ep. 202
This week, we share books that A24 Films should adapt into movies! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Ace of Spades Nice Girls Bath Haus Seeing Strangers Prophet Real Easy The Lady Upstairs Look What You Made Me Do Almost Surely Dead How We Named the Stars Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hou...
Feb 02, 2024•59 min•Ep. 85
This week, I talk with Caitlin Devlin about her debut novel The Real Deal ! Synopsis Belle Simon was just 12 years old when she was one of six girls plucked from obscurity to star in reality TV sensation The Real Deal. Under the wing of dazzling star Donna Mayfair, she and the other five girls were meant to become world-famous actresses, singers and dancers. But at 26, Belle is trying to live anonymously, away from being loved or loathed. The public eye has never fully shut, however, and when a ...
Feb 01, 2024•29 min•Ep. 201
This week, I talk with Amina Akhtar about her new thriller Almost Surely Dead ! Synopsis Dunia Ahmed lives an ordinary life—or she definitely used to. Now she’s the subject of a true crime podcast. She’s been missing for over a year, and no one knows if she’s dead or alive. But her story has listeners obsessed, and people everywhere are sporting merch that demands “Find Dunia!” In the days before her disappearance, Dunia is a successful pharmacist living in New York. The daughter of Pakistani im...
Feb 01, 2024•50 min•Ep. 200
This week, we share books we loved reading that stretched us outside our comfort zones! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: The Real Deal The Paper Palace Last Night at the Hollywood Canteen Just By Looking at Him The Prediction White Ivy Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz ...
Jan 26, 2024•41 min•Ep. 84
This week, we share our favorite wintry thrillers for this freezing weather! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: The Deep, Deep Snow No Exit Rock, Paper, Scissors The Silent Girls The Hunting Party The Overnight Guest White Out The Snowman Shiver The Mountain King Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Impos...
Jan 19, 2024•52 min•Ep. 83
This week, I talk with Susan Walter about her LA-based, fast paced thriller Lie By the Pool! Follow Susan on Instagram here Check out her website here Lie By the Pool Synopsis Bree’s new home is luxurious and private, with a fancy Beverly Hills address. What a shame it’s not hers. Widowed, penniless, living in her car, and out of options, she’s climbed the fence and crashed in the pool house. All she wants is a good night’s sleep. But when Sophie, the absentee owner, finds her, she gets a whole ...
Jan 16, 2024•40 min•Ep. 199
This week, we talk about the books we are starting off 2024 with! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Walking Through Needles No One Can Know Good As Dead What Happened to Nina? They Are the Hunters The New Couple in 5B The Fury Listen for the Lie Ladykiller The Boyfriend Subscription Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreo...
Jan 12, 2024•58 min•Ep. 82
This week, we got to talk with Heather Levy about her character driven, dual-timeline, steamy thriller Hurt for Me! Get Hurt for Me now as an Amazon First Reads pick! Synopsis A single mother’s brutal past threatens to destroy the new life she’s built in this suspenseful dark romance set in the underground world of kink. Rae Dixon is lucky to be alive. Fifteen years ago, she survived being trafficked and abused, escaping her captors to reclaim her life. Now, she’s running a thriving business wit...
Jan 05, 2024•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 81
This week, I talk with Kate Brody about her emotionally and character driven debut thriller Rabbit Hole! Rabbit Hole Synopsis Ten years ago, Theodora “Teddy” Angstrom’s older sister, Angie, went missing. Her case remains unsolved. Now Teddy’s father, Mark, has killed himself. Unbeknownst to Mark’s family, he had been active in a Reddit community fixated on Angie, and Teddy can’t help but fall down the same rabbit hole. Teddy’s investigation quickly gets her in hot water with her gun-nut boyfrien...
Jan 03, 2024•30 min•Ep. 198
This week, we talk about our favorite books we read in 2023! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Let's Do This Daisy Jones and The Six The Gay Best Friend Ninth House How I'll Kill You Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? Dysfunctional Midnight Is The Darkest Hour The Trap The Push Hidden Scars The New One The Murder Between Us Never Saw Me Coming Bad, Wrong Things Lay Your Body Down The Shards The Hu...
Dec 29, 2023•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 80
This week, I talk with Jennifer McMahon about her newest release, My Darling Girl ! Alison has never been a fan of Christmas. But with it right around the corner and her husband busily decorating their cozy Vermont home, she has no choice but to face it. Then she gets the call. Mavis, Alison’s estranged mother, has been diagnosed with cancer and has only weeks to live. She wants to spend her remaining days with her daughter, son-in-law, and two granddaughters. But Alison grew up with her mother’...
Dec 27, 2023•25 min•Ep. 197
This week, Saltburn is available on streaming, and Kate shares book recommendations that match its "wealthy families behaving poorly" vibes! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books Kate Talked About: Over Her Dead Body The Heiress Stone Cold Fox Good Rich People Pretty Things We Were Liars Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the ...
Dec 22, 2023•28 min•Ep. 79
This week, we talk with Ashley Winstead about her multi-faceted Southern gotchi Midnight is The Darkest Hour! Ashley actually introduced us 2 years ago, so this is a very special full circle moment for the podcast. It probably wouldn't exist without her 💜 Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Ashley @ashleywinsteadbooks Midnight is the Darkest Hour Synopsis Beware of the dark. You might like what you find... Ruth Collier has always felt like an outside...
Dec 15, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 78
This week, we talk with Tessa Wegert about her fast paced, cinematic, New York based Shana Merchant series! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Tessa @tessawegert Check out the Shana Merchant series here! We aren't including the synopsis to her newest book in the series Devils at the Door to protect spoilers for the other books. Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwi...
Dec 08, 2023•42 min•Ep. 77
This week, we share books we are excited about in 2024 from debut authors! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About: Society of Lies Everyone Who Can Forgive Me Is Dead Since She's Been Gone When She Was Me Argylle Swiped Original Twin Dead Girls Walking While We Were Burning Nightwatching Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon...
Dec 01, 2023•47 min•Ep. 76
This week I talk with Katherine Faulkner about her new thriller The Other Mothers ! Follow Katherine here on Instagram The Other Mothers Synopsis When a young nanny dies under mysterious circumstances near new mom Tash’s home, she is certain that this could be the story to relaunch her journalism career. Meanwhile, she also needs to find a local playgroup for her son. Nearby is the gorgeous neighborhood filled with wealthy and friendly families, stunning houses, and lavish playdates. But when an...
Nov 29, 2023•42 min•Ep. 195
This week, Kate shares her favorite thrillers with dysfunctional families! Follow us on Instagram: Gare @gareindeedreads Kate @thegirlwiththecookonthecouch Books We Talked About Apples Never Fall All Good People Here Like a Sister The Lies We Told The Mother-In-Law He Started It The Family Upstairs Get Bookwild Merch Check Out My Stories Are My Religion Substack Check Out Author Social Media Packages Check out the Bookwild Community on Patreon Check out the Imposter Hour Podcast with Liz and Gre...
Nov 24, 2023•23 min•Ep. 75
