Hi! I’m Elle Marr, author of five thrillers, and I’m excited to share a little about my latest psychological thriller THE ALONE TIME. Two sisters, Fiona and Violet, survived a plane crash that killed their parents twenty-five years ago. Now, when a true crime documentary filmmaker begins digging into the past, they must face the secrets they left buried in the woods. This story has twist after twist, with an antagonist that will surprise even the most well-read thriller lover. It’s also loosely inspired by my own experience with a plane crash when I was a kid.   T is for travel. Fiona and Violet swear off it after they are rescued from the Washington wilderness. H is for Henry. Henry is Fiona and Violet’s father, and the pilot of the passenger plane that crash landed in the forest. E is for explorers. True story: in the 1800’s, a band of explorers got lost in the Olympic National Park, the same location in which Fiona and Violet were stranded. It took the explorers six months to find their way out.   A is for art. As an adult, Fiona has channeled her trauma into creative expression, through her modern art installations in…

Hello, readers! As the author of THE FAMILY BONES, I’m excited to introduce you to the Eriksen family, a group of individuals, some of which have committed crimes so egregious that True Crime fans know them by name. The Eriksens’ notoriety is in part fueled by neurotypical Olivia Eriksen, a psychology graduate student working on her doctorate, who has been publishing social media videos on her relatives since she was a pre-teen. When Olivia is invited to a family reunion, at a rural mountain resort in eastern Oregon, she reluctantly joins the event with her fiancé, assuring them both that they can leave whenever they want. Then a storm sweeps through the region, decimating roads and causing mudslides. What was billed as a rustic luxury getaway quickly spirals into chaos beyond Olivia’s greatest fears.   T is for Trainwreck. The only way to describe a family reunion among psychopaths. H is for Help, which will not be coming. E is for the Eriksens. The family in question, whose genes carry the spectrum of cognitive conditions.   F is for Fun and games, which quickly devolve into chaos. A is for Alarm, which is raised after a relative is found floating…