Episodes
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Samantha M. Bailey - A FRIEND IN THE DARK
Friday Mar 01, 2024
Friday Mar 01, 2024
A pending divorce. An estranged child. Eden Miller, a 45-year old realtor, finds her life crumbling, her heart broken, and her ego bruised—
Until a chance glance at the Facebook page of her senior-year college crush has her sending him a friend request—
Which is answered.
And so it begins. A passionate communication with the sexiest man she’s ever known, who, it seems, is also soon to be single.
Is it too good to be true?
Best-selling author Samantha M. Bailey’s latest thriller, A FRIEND IN THE DARK, isn’t just a rollercoaster of passion and deception, but a deep dive into the psyche of a woman whose hope for a new start comes at a big price: one that may cost her everything.
Samantha and I discuss how she conceived such a vulnerable protagonist, how she ratchets up the tension for Eden, and how Samantha has honed the reputation for delivering thrillers about women whose trusting natures allow others to infiltrate their world with the intent to destroy their lives.
Check out Samantha M. Bailey's latest novel, the mystery A FRIEND IN THE DARK, in Amazon now.
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Thursday May 19, 2022
Samantha M. Bailey - WATCH OUT FOR HER
Thursday May 19, 2022
Thursday May 19, 2022
From USA TODAY and #1 national bestselling author Samantha M. Bailey comes this tense psychological thriller about a mother who must keep watch at all times if she wants to keep her family safe.
Sarah Goldman, mother to six-year-old Jacob, is relieved to move across the country. She has a lot she wants to leave behind, especially Holly Monroe, the pretty twenty-two-year-old babysitter she and her husband, Daniel, hired to take care of their young son last summer. It started out as a perfect arrangement—Sarah had a child-minder her son adored, and Holly found the mother figure she’d always wanted. But Sarah’s never been one to trust very easily—and one day, she saw something so shocking that all she could do was flee.
This spine-tingling, page-turning novel is psychological suspense at its very best—a chilling look at trust, voyeurism, and obsession in the modern age, and how far we will go to watch out for those we love.
Samantha and I discuss her journey to getting publishing, how the plot came to her, and her process in keeping readers turning the pages.
WATCH OUT FOR HER is in bookstores now.
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Hank Phillippi Ryan - HER PERFECT LIFE
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Monday Sep 13, 2021
Hank Phillippi Ryan’s latest thriller, HER PERFECT LIFE, Lily Atwood, is an award-winning on-air television reporter with a seemingly perfect life. A job she loves that earns her incredible celebrity status, a seven-year-old loving daughter, Rowen, who goes to a posh private school; and the perfect beautiful home in a safe neighborhood. But not everything is as perfect as it seems. Lily has several dark secrets—including the fact that her older sister disappeared when Lily was Rowen’s age.
This chilling psychological standalone has received starred reviews from Kirkus and Publishers Weekly, which called it "A superlative thriller." It has also garnered a starred review from Publishers Weekly, and is now nominated for the Anthony Award for Best Novel, and the iconic Mary Higgins Clark Award.
Like protagonist Lily, Hank is also a television news reporter. She and I discuss how the idea of this plot came to her; what about Lily’s on-air career mirrors her own; and how she overcomes the doubt every author faces: writing that next novel.
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Samantha M. Bailey - WOMAN ON THE EDGE
Friday Apr 03, 2020
Friday Apr 03, 2020
In Samantha M. Bailey’s debut thriller WOMAN ON THE EDGE, a mother hands her infant daughter to a stranger before falling to her death in front of a subway train. That is, the woman given the child claims they've never met.
But there is enough evidence to prove otherwise. If she's lying, it's because she has a lot to gain: the child she's always wanted, AND access to the fortune the child will one day inherit.
In other words, WOMAN ON THE EDGE has all the right elements for a taut, breakneck domestic thriller.
Sam and I discuss how the concept for her novel came to her, and why the book's plot hits home with so women. And having personally known Sam since WOMAN ON THE EDGE began it’s journey to publication, if your an aspiring author seeking insights and inspiration, our discussion on that process is one you won’t want to miss.
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke - THE TWO LILA BENNETTS
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Thursday Aug 29, 2019
Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke’s latest psychological thriller—The Two Lila Bennetts—has been lauded by Authorlink as an imaginative and unpredictable story of modern life, the choices we make and their consequences.” BookTrib calls it a “‘whose-doing-it’ masterpiece.”
And Publisher’s Weekly declares: "its flawless pacing will keep readers on the edge of their seats."
I had the opportunity of talking to this bestselling dynamic author duo about the book’s plot and their creative process for weaving two voices into stories that keep readers turning the pages to see what will happen next.