Ninety-some entries into #read99women and I have been blown away by all these amazing recommendations! My TBR pile is truly toppling. And hearing great things from sources I trust about new (some even not yet out!) books and old, thrillers and romances, romps and heartbreakers, that feels good deep in my lifelong reader’s heart.

If your curiosity was piqued by Kathleen Barber’s recommendation of Layne Fargo’s TEMPER, good news! TEMPER is now out in paperback. (Snag your copy from Bookshop!) And Layne is today’s guest, with a pick that sounds just as thrilling.

Bio first: Layne Fargo is the author of the thrillers TEMPER and THEY NEVER LEARN. She’s a Pitch Wars mentor, Vice President of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the cocreator of the podcast Unlikeable Female Characters. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.

Her recommendation: TAKE ME APART. "Sara Sligar's debut novel is my favorite kind of thriller: subtle and psychological rather than action-packed (though trust me, it’ll make your heart pound all the same). TAKE ME APART is also packed full of stunning prose, and Sligar masterfully weaves in plenty of searing observations on art, sex, and power as her archivist heroine Kate's obsession with photographer Miranda Brand takes hold."