Bad Things Happening in Cul-De-Sacs with Brian Watson @bookwildcollective

Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

This week, I chat with Brian Watson @readingwithbrian about how long we've both been reading, thrillers that stood out as ones that created our love for thrillers, and some of our favorite domestic suspense thrillers!

Regrets Only by Kieran Scott

The Push by Ashley Audrain

You Deserve to Know by Aggie Blum Thompson

The Woman Inside by E.G. Scott

A.R. Torre

Madwoman by Chelsea Bieker

I'll Be You by Janelle Brown

Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica

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Bad Things Happening in Cul-De-Sacs with Brian Watson

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