If your toxic trait is saying "just one more chapter" at 2:47 AM... welcome home.

This week on Book Slayers, we're diving into FIVE thrillers that kept us questioning everyone, trusting no one, and side-eyeing every suspicious neighbour.

This episode we review:

📚 The Fourth Monkey by JD Barker (yes... Stacey interviewed him and yes, she's still fangirling.)

📚 Heart of Glass by Jennifer Hillier

📚 I Will Find You by Harlan Coben (Betty has thoughts... including why the TV adaptation might actually beat the book.)

📚 Hidden Strangers by Minka Kent

📚 Pretty Dead Things by Kelsey Cox

We talk plot twists, psychopaths, unreliable narrators, red flags we absolutely ignored, and which books deserve a permanent place on your thriller shelf.

As always...

No spoilers without warning.

Plenty of sarcasm.

Questionable life choices.

And entirely too much enthusiasm for fictional murder.

 

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Heart of Glass

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Bonus: Stacey has interviewed JD Barker before, so we also chat about what makes his writing—and The Fourth Monkey in particular—so addictive for thriller fans.