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The Twisted Women's Book Club

Written by: Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, B.A. Paris, Caroline Kepnes, Oyinkan Braithwaite, Sarah Pekkanen, Linwood Barclay, Naomi Hirahara, K. J. Howe, Robert Dugoni, Alison Gaylin, Heather Gudenkauf, Shari Lapena, Clare Mackintosh, Stacy Willingham
Narrated by: January LaVoy, Andi Arndt, Saskia Maarleveld, Kathleen Early, full cast
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A seemingly ordinary book group holds deadly secrets in this collection of connected stories from Karin Slaughter, Lee Child, B. A. Paris, and more of the world’s leading thriller writers.

Dr. Margaret Richter has it all. She’s rich, thanks to her best-selling self-help books. She has a beautiful home in Cape Cod overlooking the beach. And she has a monthly book club that everyone is dying to get invited to.

Literally.

Because behind the crystal wine glasses, the fine linens and the catered hors d'oeuvres lies a tangled web of secrets, of deceit, of murder. No member of the book club is innocent—and many are guilty.

And the person with the most to hide is Margaret Richter herself.

With an introduction by best-selling author Jennifer Weiner, The Twisted Women’s Book Club was created in partnership with International Thriller Writers. Special thanks to Joseph Finder, Gregg Hurwitz and Kimberley Howe.

Full cast of narrators include: Lauren Ezzo, Stephanie Epstein, Jenn Lee, Brittany Pressley, Cindy Kay, Nancy Wu, Nicola F. Delgado, Emily Lawrence, Karen Murray, Adepero Oduye, Daniela Acitelli

©2025 International Thriller Writers, Inc., and authors (P)2025 Audible Originals, LLC Anthologies & Short Stories Mystery
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The ending is summed up in 4 mins. Hoping that Margaret’s story would be detailed a little more

The amazing collection of stories

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When you're halfway through, you feel like this is never ending, but by the end you wish there was more.It is absolutely thrilling.I recommend it if you have the time to read it

I don't know if this book is too long or too short

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I love anthologies and to me this book is an anthology. Typically the anthologies I read are a series of short stories put together with a theme like horror, fantasy/sci-fi or a type of romance, like paranormal, each being a standalone short story. This anthology is a little bit different, these 17 stories are all linked together. None are standalone, so you can’t truly skip over a story. You have to listen to them all.

At first I didn’t think I would like it because some reviews stated it was confusing or that it was hard to find and follow the common thread, but in truth you don’t really have to pay that much attention. The main link is some sort of book club and the secondary link is Margaret, the therapist and self-help author. She is the link threading through nearly every story.

If you like psychological thrillers, then you will enjoy these short stories if you just think of each story as a chapter in the full novel. I am typically not a fan of psychological thrillers. However, I enjoyed these because they were short stories.

I found many of the main characters neurotic, some were paranoid, some were, for a lack of a better word, dumb, but all of them had a lot of psychological turmoil and Margaret was linked somehow. Nearly every story had a murder and/or a plot to commit murder.

There are a few of the stories that even though they link back to a book club, they don’t link to Margaret and come across more like standalone stories. “Name on the wind”, “Sandra finds a way”, “the beachcomer”, “such a good girl” and “a bottle of prosecco”, are some of these stories, that are very thinly linked, so if you pulled them out, you wouldn’t be missing the thread, but others feed into the Margaret thread.

I rated it four stars because regardless of how many lives Margaret trampled on and all the stories where people first thought she was great but realized she wasn’t and plotted her demise, nothing happens to her. She just becomes richer and carries on, sometimes even profiting from their demise and hardship. She foils every plan to bring her down.

Psychological thriller anthology

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The ending ruined it for me. But the way the stories weaved together was really
Cool !

The different voice actors !

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I love how the different stories come together. Definitely an entertaining form of writing. I look forward to reading similar books.

Unique and impressive

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I enjoyed the suspense of the stories in this book - but as a listener - I found it hard to keep track of the cross ties among the characters. I’ve never been a “sticky tabs” kind of reader - but I wished I could have done it with this book to keep track of it all.

Might be better as a physical book

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« The way they use a story within a story format to get the point across » …So good!

Perfection!

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Clever, interrelated stories by great authors. There were wonderful characters in many of
the stories. I was disappointed when it finished.

Loved listening to this book

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Great batch of stories with relatable characters - some predicable sections but overall entertaining and fun to listen to. Nice little plots twists.

Compelling

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I truly enjoyed this set of stories and their links back to each other. The voice talent was amazing! Listen it’s worth it!

Loved it!

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