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Meg Gardiner

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Meg Gardiner is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of seventeen thrillers. Shadowheart, her latest novel, is part of the UNSUB series featuring FBI agent Caitlin Hendrix. The Real Book Spy calls it “A mind-trip of a story.” Booklist says, “As always, the writing is exquisite and the story is perfectly crafted.” UNSUB, the first novel in the series, won the 2018 Barry Award for Best Thriller. The Dark Corners of the Night was bought by Amazon Studios for development as an hour-long television drama.

Heat 2 is a prequel/sequel to the film Heat, co-authored with the film’s writer/director, Michael Mann. Booklist’s starred review calls it “Riveting… the fully fleshed human stories support and even transcend the often-breathtaking action.” ...more

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Coming up: Santa Barbara Literary Festival

I’m going to be at the inaugural Santa Barbara Literary Festival the first weekend in May, and I am stoked. Hometown! Writing! Workshop! Panel! So many things I love. If you’re in Southern California or the Central Coast, check it out. I’d love to see you.

Santa Barbara Literary Festival
May 2-3, 2026
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My schedule for Sunday, May 3:

Workshop: Beginnings, Middles, and En

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Average rating: 4.0 · 80,484 ratings · 10,027 reviews · 48 distinct works • Similar authors

	UNSUB (UNSUB, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 17,082 ratings — published 2017 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Black Nowhere (UNSUB, #2) 4.15 avg rating — 9,805 ratings — published 2018 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Corners of the Night (UNSUB, #3) 4.16 avg rating — 7,027 ratings — published 2020 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dirty Secrets Club (Jo Beckett #1) by Meg Gardiner (Goodreads Author), Susan Ericksen (Narrator) 3.67 avg rating — 4,116 ratings — published 2008 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shadowheart (UNSUB #4) 4.04 avg rating — 3,071 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Memory Collector (Jo Beckett #2) 3.79 avg rating — 2,454 ratings — published 2009 — 53 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Shadow Tracer 3.84 avg rating — 2,167 ratings — published 2013 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	China Lake (Evan Delaney, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 2,216 ratings — published 2002 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ransom River 3.74 avg rating — 1,935 ratings — published 2012 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantom Instinct 3.58 avg rating — 1,901 ratings — published 2014 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Was it hard to watch people go?
No. Breathing afterward, every day, was harder.”
― Meg Gardiner, The Dirty Secrets Club

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“Running cured almost anything. It eased pain; it exhilarated; it served as penance and validation. It turned lone wolf into a compliment. Running was objective – the stop-watch never lied. Races judged competitors on how long and hard they could run fast, not on a coach’s decision to play favorites with the starting lineup. Running was pure.”
― Meg Gardiner, Ransom River

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“I've been an investigator longer than you've been playing Vulcan Mind Meld with dead people - Tang”
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UNSUB by Meg Gardiner

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You by Caroline Kepnes

29 votes, 41.4%

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“neatness can be carried too far, so that the work begins to seem fussy and overwrought, anal compulsive, unspontaneous, and remembering that, on the other hand, mess is no adequate alternative.”
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