What we’re about
There are no group member fees anymore!!! (YAY!). Each meetup will have a charge of $2. This is to prevent trolls that often appear through Zoom (even with the below precautions) and to help pay the hosting fees and zoom costs. There will also be codes provided through the blog for each meetup (see the meetup description) to join the meetup up for FREE. The blog link is below.
This group reads and discusses the Thriller genre. Mainly psychological thrillers. The group meets 2x a month. Feel free to join as many meetings/discussions as you like.
Make Book Suggestions Here: https://forms.gle/NBZxJGy3joWJW7wQ6
I have many books in queue right now that are some best sellers. I will read each book in advanced and then create a meetup about 5 weeks after I complete the book to give you time to read it before I open for a video discussion.
I will include a brief synopsis of the book in the meetup and a link to the specific blog about it. The blog will include the discussion questions that will be asked during the Meetup. Feel free to respond on the blog if you like. You can also add more questions in the comments.
Preview previous blogs and add to the Discussion on the Blog: The Thriller Book Club Blog
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ZOOM/MEETUP RULES:
- Sign in with the same name as on your RSVP to Zoom
- Your camera MUST REMAIN ON the entire meeting.
- Be respectful to everyone and their individual values. Discussion is encouraged but arguments and discriminatory comments will not be tolerated.
- Anyone entering under false pretenses will be immediately removed from the Zoom meeting, reported on their platform, and removed from this meetup. All dues paid will be forfeited.
- If you realize you cannot attend for any reason, please send a note and/or change your RSVP. Failure to inform the host of an absence prior to the meetup will result in a "No Show" designation at Event Check In. Three (3) "No shows" will result in removal from the group and forfeiture of all dues. You may rejoin at the host's discretion.
Upcoming events (4+)
See all- CLASSIC - The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeLink visible for attendees$2.00
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Oscar Wilde's alluring novel of decadence and sin was a succes de scandale on publication. It follows Dorian Gray, who, enthralled by his own exquisite portrait, exchanges his soul for eternal youth and beauty. Influenced by his friend Lordy Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, indulging his desires in secret while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only his portrait bears the traces of his depravity.
- The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko JeanLink visible for attendees$1.00
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A missing girl returns. But that isn't the end of the story - it's only the beginning.
It's been twenty years since Detective Chelsy Calhoun's sister vanished. Ever since, Chelsey's been searching: for signs, for closure, for other missing girls. But happy endings are rare in Chelsey's line of work.
Then, a glimmer of hope. Local teenager Ellie Black, who disappeared without a trace two years earlier, has been found alive in the woods of Washington State.
Only - something isn't right with Ellie. She won't say where she's been or who she's protecting. Now, it's up to Chelsey to find answers before it's too late: for herself and the memory of her sister. But mostly for the next girl who could be taken - and who, unlike Ellie, might never return.
The debut thriller from bestselling author Emiko Jean is both a feminist tour de force about the embers of hope that burn in the aftermath of tragedy and a twisty page-turner that will shock readers right up to the final page.
- Kill for Me Kill for You by Steve CavanaghLink visible for attendees$2.00
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She will kill your worst enemy. All you have to do is kill hers.
One dark evening on New York City's Upper West Side, two strangers meet by chance. Over drinks, Amanda and Wendy realize they have much in common, especially loneliness and the intense desire for revenge against the men who destroyed their families. As they talk into the night, they come up with the perfect plan: if you kill for me, I'll kill for you.
In another part of the city, Ruth is home alone when the beautiful brownstone she shares with her husband, Scott, is invaded. She's attacked by a man with piercing blue eyes, who disappears into the night. Will Ruth ever be able to feel safe again while the blue-eyed stranger is still out there?
As these storylines collide in the Hitchcock-ian and heart-racing psychological thriller, Kill for Me, Kill for You grips you and doesn't let go until the shocking conclusion.
- House of Glass by Sarah PekkanenLink visible for attendees$2.00
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On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.
A young nanny who plunged to her death - or was she pushed? A little girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying?
Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnesses the possible murder of her nanny - in the midst of her parents' bitter divorce - and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in high-conflict custody cases. She never accepts clients under thirteen due to her own traumatic childhood, but Stella's mentor, a revered judge, believes Stella is the only one who can help.
From the moment Stella passes through the iron security gate and steps into the gilded, historic home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she feared. And there's something eerie about the house itself: It's a plastic house, with not a single bit of glass to be found.
As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, danger wraps around her like a shroud, and her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. The mother, the father, the grandmother, the nanny's boyfriend. Even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?
