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Susan Walter

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Susan Walter is a recovering screenwriter and film director who started writing books to kill people because it was frowned upon in real life. Her first two novels, “Good as Dead” and “Over Her Dead Body” are set in the movie business, but then she discovered there are places that are even more dangerous. She is now murdering people on airplanes, on ski hills, and in safehouses while on the run from organized crime.
A sometimes director, her Netflix movie ALL I WISH, which she also wrote, stars Sharon Stone and Tony Goldwyn and won a screenwriting award that you have never heard of, but that she is proud of nonetheless. Her latest novel, "Letters from Strangers," is based on the real-life mystery that riddled her own childhood. You can lear
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Susan Walter When I get writer's block, I READ! It jumpstarts my imagination every time.…moreWhen I get writer's block, I READ! It jumpstarts my imagination every time.(less)
Susan Walter I love this question. Because there is a mystery from my past I want to write about, but it is VERY scary for me ... not sure how much to reveal, and …moreI love this question. Because there is a mystery from my past I want to write about, but it is VERY scary for me ... not sure how much to reveal, and how much to fictionalize. I originally thought about making it a memoir, but decided against it. Am working through the outline now. Writing it could be very healing ... or very painful. It won't be my next book, probably two or three books down the road, if I write it.(less)
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Good as Dead

4.08 avg rating — 21,824 ratings — published 2021
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Over Her Dead Body

3.98 avg rating — 14,736 ratings — published 2022
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Letters from Strangers

4.26 avg rating — 3,380 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions
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Lie by the Pool

3.93 avg rating — 3,498 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions
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Running Cold

4.07 avg rating — 1,723 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions
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Murder at 30,000 Feet

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Covid and my new book

The 2020-2021 school year was hard. I was living in Canada with my two daughters while my husband was living and working in the States. Schools in LA, where we lived when the pandemic hit, had closed their doors, and there was no promise that they would reopen. But Vancouver schools were all in-person. So we packed our car and made the move.
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Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
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Yes, the hype is deserved. This is the book of the year. The high concept idea is a winner, we knew that. But the execution is flawless. The prose is so good it made me gasp.
Plotted like a thriller, but with satirical undertones and characters you l
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The Secret of Secrets by Dan    Brown
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I just saw Dan Brown has written 78 books. Whaaaat???
This is only my third, but yes, I see why he's the master. This one is plotted tight a spring about to be sprung. I geeked out at the scientific theory threaded through it, which was ingeniously em
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Strangers in the Villa by Robyn Harding
Strangers in the Villa
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What an amazing escape!
Take a wildly entertaining vacation without leaving your armchair. I felt transported in this twisty tale of revenge and murder set in a charming coastal village in Spain. This one has all the thrills. A couple trying to find
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The Life Impossible by Matt Haig
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Strangers by Belle Burden
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This was a fascinating story, perhaps a little heavy-handed at times. Metaphors of birds coming home to roost and incessant rhetorical questions ("Should I have seen this coming? Am I partly to blame?") gave the otherwise elegant writing a bit of an ...more
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Canine Custody by Gary Goldstein
Canine Custody
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Smart, funny, with heart for days, Gary Goldstein's newest release is pure delight! With charm on every page and a story so propulsive it practically wags its tail, this is the kind of book that leaves you smiling long after you’ve finished.
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The Museum of Lost Dreams by Christine Nolfi
"This story was such an emotional and heartfelt journey about grief, family, forgiveness, and finding your way back home. Bess’s return to the Finger Lakes after years away sets the stage for a deeply layered family drama filled with long-buried secre" Read more of this review »
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The Defection and Subsequent Resurrection of Nikolai Pushkin by Ken Pisani
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"The Defection and Subsequent Resurrection of Nikolai Pushkin" (catching my breath here) by Ken Pisani is a cocaine-fueled fever dream of a novel. Set in the twilight of the 1980s, it takes history, shoves it through a blender of surreal absurdity, a ...more
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Happiness Falls by Angie  Kim
Happiness Falls
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This book is my jam!
It's quirky and smart, with an intriguing mystery that kept me turning pages. Two mysteries, actually. First, what happened to Mia's father that day in the park ... Kidnapped? Disappeared? Ran away? And what does it mean to be tru
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“I hate when people dismiss the loss of an object because “it’s just a thing.” Things are important. They give comfort, shelter, style, identity. The sum total of your things is a road map of your life. They show where you’ve been, what you accomplished, who you loved, who loved you back. They are an expression of who you are. You can learn a lot about a person by their things. Material things are not what’s most important in life, of course!”
Susan Walter, Good as Dead

“No, a home is not where your heart is, it’s where your effort is. It’s where you cook and eat and sleep and take pains to decorate. It’s where your memories are made and kept. It’s the photos on the mantel, the artwork on the walls, the blankets that you snuggle under, the trees and flowers that you plant and care for.”
Susan Walter, Good as Dead

“If you can’t share your true self with someone, he once told me, you’re wasting your time.”
Susan Walter, Good as Dead

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