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Jess Lourey

Jess Lourey writes about secrets. She is a bestselling Agatha, Anthony, and Lefty-nominated author of crime fiction, young adult adventure, nonfiction, and magical realism. Her latest suspense novel, Unspeakable Things, released January 1, 2020, and was inspired by a terrifying true story from her hometown. She also has a TEDx Talk about the power of transforming fact into fiction. You can find out more at www.jessicalourey.com.

Four Authors Who Blurred the True Crime Line

By Jess Lourey

January 3, 2020

I picked up The Stranger Beside Me at a garage sale in the spring of 1983. Thirteen years old, I was deep in my V. C. Andrews phase and searching for books that awoke that same forbidden thrill.

5 Codebreaking Thrillers You Should Be Reading

By Jess Lourey

September 8, 2018

At 80 million copies sold and counting, Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code is poised to surpass the current bestselling mystery of all time, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Clearly, Brown hit on something with his fourth novel: readers love to crack a code. Mix in a little romance and some heavy intrigue…

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