Steph Mullin & Nicole Mabry met as co-workers in New York City in 2012, discovering a shared passion for writing and true crime. After Mullin
relocated to Charlotte, NC in 2018, they continued to collaborate creatively. Separated by five states, they spend countless hours scheming via Facetime and editing each other’s typos in real time on live Google docs.
The Family Tree is the writing duo's first co-authored crime novel. Their second novel,
When She Disappeared, is now available.
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The Page 69 Test: The Family Tree;
My Book, The Movie: The Family Tree]
At CrimeReads the authors tagged eight favorite thrillers "with female friendships at the center," including:
Deadly Little Lies by Stephanie DeCarolis
What happens when female friendships and the desire to fit in turns fatal? Deadly Little Lies shines a light on toxic
group dynamics and examines how secrets shared between friends can lead to long-term consequences. When the main character, Juliana, receives a message from an old college friend who had tragically died while they were at school, her whole world unravels. She and her friends were at the heart of the mystery surrounding Jenny’s death but have tried to move on to form families and dream careers. Now, someone is threatening to bring their lives crashing down to get to the truth. Juliana reconnects with her old friends to figure out who is haunting them before she loses her marriage and her career. In the end, some friendships are destroyed, and some renewed after a twist that will leave even savvy readers satisfied.
Read about
the other entries on the list.
--Marshal Zeringue
relocated to Charlotte, NC in 2018, they continued to collaborate creatively. Separated by five states, they spend countless hours scheming via Facetime and editing each other’s typos in real time on live Google docs. The Family Tree is the writing duo's first co-authored crime novel. Their second novel, When She Disappeared, is now available.
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