Hey, booklovers! Welcome back to another edition of Jen’s Jewels! This week, I had the absolute pleasure of sitting down with Mary Kubica, the mastermind behind some of the most gripping thrillers out there. From Local Woman Missing to Just the Nicest Couple, Mary’s stories always keep us on the edge of our seats. Today, she’s here to chat about her newest release, SHE’S NOT SORRY, a tale woven with secrets, remorse, and the intricate dance of human relationships. So, grab your favorite beverage and get cozy because you won’t want to miss this thrilling conversation.   Jennifer Vido: What inspired you to write this gripping thriller, particularly the intertwining themes of secrets, remorse, and the complexities of human relationships? Mary Kubica: The twist in this book actually came to me first, and then I went back and very deliberately created the story of Meghan and others to work toward the twist. That said, characters are very important to me and having the complex relationships between mother and daughter, wife and ex-husband, a woman and an old friend, and a nurse and her patient helped make these characters all the more authentic and relatable. One of the most vital parts of…

Jennifer Vido: What inspired your new release, JUST THE NICEST COUPLE? Mary Kubica: I loved the idea of writing about a missing husband for a change. Many books in this genre – my own included – deal with missing women and missing wives, and I wanted to flip the script and see what it looked like from the other side.   Jen: What was the most challenging part of alternating points of view by chapter? Mary: I’ve always written from multiple points of view, but I don’t write my books in the same way that someone reads them. Just The Nicest Couple, for example, has two narrators: Christian, whose wife believes she was the last to see Jake Hayes before he went missing, and Nina, a woman whose husband didn’t come home after work one night and is desperate to find him. I started with Christian’s story and wrote it almost in its entirety before going back to the beginning and picking up with Nina’s storyline. I’ve done this for all of my novels. I love this method because it allows me to form a clearer picture of the character and to make his or her voice more distinct. One…