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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 — 21,606 ratings — published 2021 — 2 editions
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Over Her Dead Body

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Lie by the Pool

3.93 avg rating — 3,412 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions
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Letters from Strangers

4.27 avg rating — 2,620 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions
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Running Cold

4.08 avg rating — 1,636 ratings — published 2024 — 5 editions
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Murder at 30,000 Feet

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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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Murder at 30,000 Feet by Susan   Walter
"This book! I'll be IN CONVERSATION with Susan Walter 2/16/26 in Miami, and boy am I excited. Fantastic, lightning fast read with twisty drama, everyone's a suspect, and the mystery unfolds like a heart-pounding movie. Grab your popcorn and be prepare" Read more of this review »
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Get ready for a total adrenaline rush! 🌬️ Susan Walter takes the universal fear of being trapped in the clouds and cranks it up to a ten. Imagine being 30,000 feet in the air w" Read more of this review »
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"Buckle up for a turbulent, adrenaline-fueled ride you won’t be able to put down.

Walter delivers a deeply claustrophobic locked-room mystery that is meticulously plotted, packed with suspects, red herrings, and nonstop tension. The characterization is" Read more of this review »
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"Thank you Blackstone for my free ARC. These thoughts are my own:

I was IMMEDIATELY sucked in! This was a very, very well set-up "locked room" mystery, with a whole cast of developed and rounded characters with motivations for living and for being on t" Read more of this review »
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This book seized my heart from the opening chapter and didn't let go until the very last page.
This Oprah’s Bookclub pick could not be more timely. I picked it up on the recommendation of my hairdresser, who said it was the best book she ever read an
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After the shocking death of her parents, Bess Rollins is forced to return to her family’s Finger Lakes estate where guilt, grief, and and an unfinished love story are waiting. Estranged from her younger siblings and haunted by the man she left behind ...more
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I totally geeked out on this highly technical aviation novel with one of the greatest female protagonists in the genre.
This is a dense read filled with technical jargon, but if you like Blake Crouch or Andy Weir you will devour it.
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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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