Lisa Unger is back in the clubhouse to dish on Served Him Right, a deliciously dark thriller that begins with an ex-orcism brunch. We talk about female friendships and the power of sisterhood, Lisa’s use of botanicals as a plot device (harmless herbs… or something more?), her return to the Hollows as a setting, and the truly unhinged Google searches that come with writing about curses, poisons, and payback.

Download and listen today—because some exes don’t just disappear… they get served.

Kaira Rouda joins us to unpack We Were Never Friends, a wickedly sharp thriller that peels back the polite smiles and champagne toasts of female friendship—and exposes what’s really simmering underneath. She talks about writing women who can adore and despise each other in the same breath, balancing dark humor with the serious stakes of betrayal and murder, and why Palm Springs isn’t just a setting, but a character with secrets of its own. Bright, biting, and deliciously tense, this is friendship with a knife behind its back.

Download and listen today—because some friendships don’t end… they explode.

Jenna Blum joins us to talk about Murder Your Darlings, her razor-sharp leap from historical fiction into the thriller space—and why switching genres is both exhilarating and risky. She reveals how much of the story grew out of very real author anxieties, how she deliberately broke genre rules (and turned up the heat between her two leads), and why satire was the perfect lens for skewering the literary world. From fan culture and book tours to egos, pressure, and stalkers, this episode pulls back the curtain—and sharpens the knife.

Download and listen today—because the publishing world has secrets worth killing for.