Charlie Hudson has worked hard her whole life not only to get by, but to live up to her mother’s high-flying aspirations for her. It’s not easy growing up in a small town like Sawyer, Pennsylvania. Sawyer’s particular mix of unyielding social prejudices makes life difficult not only for a teenage mom having a baby…
In Wendy Walker’s thrilling novel Don’t Look for Me, the greatest risk isn’t running away. It’s running out of time. With this sharp and riveting new thriller by Wendy Walker, take your psychological novel reading to a higher and deeper level. These last six years or so have seen a renewed interest in psychological thrillers…
Don’t Look for Me by Wendy Walker is a gripping, fast-paced psychological thriller that proves the greatest risk isn’t running away but running out of time. One night, Molly Clarke walked away from her life. She doesn’t want to be found. Or at least, that’s the story. The car abandoned miles from home. The note…
Women are having a moment in the suspense genre. Look on any bestseller list, and there we are, pressed between the Harlan Cobens and the Lee Childs—these books written by, marketed to, and starring women. They have pretty titles and prettier covers, with images designed to appeal to female readers. Even so, readers should not…
As the author of psychological thrillers, plot ideas often come out of nowhere. I’ll be running at the track and see a plastic bag in the woods—hmmm, what if it was used to kill someone that morning? I’ll hear a creak on the wood floor outside my room—hmmm, what if it’s not the dog or…
The Night Before by Wendy Walker “takes you to deep, dark places few thrillers dare to go” as two sisters uncover long-buried secrets when an internet date spirals out of control—take a visual tour with GIFnotes! Laura Lochner has never been lucky in love. She falls too hard and too fast, always choosing the wrong men.…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Wendy Walker's incredible follow up to All Is Not Forgotten and a new Karin Slaughter standalone highlight a fantastic week of books!…
Every Wednesday, we here at Criminal Element will put together a list of Staff Picks of the books that published the day before—sharing the ones that we are looking forward to reading the most! Check back every Wednesday and see what we're reading for the week!
Wendy Walker, author of All Is Not Forgotten, took time out of her busy schedule to answer some of CrimeHQ's questions about her new book, the controversial topic of memory supression, and the upcoming film based on the novel! What authors inspired you to write and/or influenced your writing style? I was influenced by…
All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker explores the effects of a sexual assault on a family and the controversial treatment to erase the memory of the attack (Available July 12, 2016). It begins in the small, affluent town of Fairview, Connecticut, where everything seems picture perfect. Until one night when young Jenny Kramer is…
