Authors Anonymous
Thriller killers
Series vs. Standalone
Dysfunctional Relationships
100

This author who wrote our very first book club book (March ‘25) is popular among young adult romance readers. 

Who is Colleen Hoover

100

The killer in our most recent read 

Who is Kylie’s (the first missing girl) dad 

100

This 2026 read was actually book 2 of a series that we read as a standalone 

What is One Golden Summer 

100

In the movie adaption of our December ‘25 read, this dysfunctional duo teams up to kill the main antagonist in his own home & they get away with it

Who are Nina Winchester and Mille Calloway in The Housemaid

200

This author of our October ‘25 and December ‘25 books is actually a traumatic brain injury surgeon by day and usually wears disguises to avoid mixing business and pleasure in her everyday life. 

Who is Frieda McFadden 

200

The main character and killer of Andrew Winchester in The Housemaid

Who is Millie (Calloway)

200

This standalone novel is about a woman who wants to die and a man who craves life

What is The Fabric of Our Souls

200

This July ‘25 read is full of dysfunctional family drama including lies, manipulation, and even ghosts. One character has a quote in the Prime Video Series calling it the “family mindfuck Olympics”

What is We Were Liars 

300

This author wrote the May ‘25 book club pick about a plane crash that leads to a decade-long reunion of a political and military nature

Who is Rebecca Yarros 

300

The motivation behind Lana Myers’ years long revenge killing spree 

What is her and her brother’s brutal sexual assault and the cover up from the town leaders 

300

Not to be confused with a standalone novel, this dark romance/psychological thriller series actually consists of 5 short novellas 

What is the mindfuck series 

300

In this book the heroine falls in love with the man who killed her father at just 13 years old

What is Powerless 

400

Ironic pen name for this author of our June ‘25 book who was shot and killed by her own husband in self defense

Who is S.T. Abby 

400
The killer couple’s relationship to main character, Claire, in Frieda McFadden’s One by One

What is Claire’s best friend & her new boyfriend 

400
This Book was part 1 of the Onyx Mist Series 

What is Wish by Sara Flanagan 

400

In this book’s twist, we find out the male love interest is actually responsible for traumatizing and permanently scarring his female companion’s face years prior

What is November 9

500

This author’s pseudonym consists of 2 first names. She wrote the Jan ‘26 smut book- “Praise”

Who is Sara Cate 

500

The name of the unlikely female accomplice and, years later, killer in her own right in Mary Burton’s “What She Saw”

Who is Bailey Briggs Jones 

500

Praise by Sara Cate was the first installment of the Salacious Players Club which is comprised of how many total books

What is 6

500

Dysfunction at its finest: the name of this unorthodox rehab center where the main characters Liam & Wynn of the August ‘25 pick met and fell in love 

The Harlow Sanctum