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Library Journal (starred review): The story is an intense, high-stakes thriller that also explores what it means to be a family and the lengths to which one will go in order to keep that dynamic intact and safe. Fans of suburban thrillers or of Lisa Unger and Alex Finlay will want to read this one.

Booklist (starred review): Before She Finds Me is intricately plotted and wildly exciting. Despite the inherent rivalry between Julia and Ren, both women are similarly beguiling and flawed characters. The changes in points of view allow for backstory to be revealed while still moving the pace along. Recommended for readers of the gritty, complex thrillers by Ruth Ware, Paula Hawkins, and Gillian Flynn.

BookPage (starred review): With its cinematic pacing and fascinating protagonists, Before She Finds Me is a fresh and surprising thriller.

BookBub: The Best Mysteries and Thrillers of Summer 2023

BuzzFeed: The 20 Most Anticipated Thrillers of 2023

SheReads: Most Anticipated Thrillers, Mysteries and Suspense Coming Summer 2023

CrimeReads: The Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Of Summer 2023

Novel Suspects: Our Most Anticipated Crime Fiction Books of June 2023

Novel Suspects Q & A: Carnivorous Plants, Assassin Mothers, and Getting Your Hands Dirty

CrimeReads: Killers with a Code: Heather Chavez on some of fiction’s most memorable assassins and vigilantes.

Novel Suspects Q & A: Carnivorous Plants, Assassin Mothers, and Getting Your Hands Dirty

Novel Suspects: Women Who Get Revenge; Thicker Than Water: Six Crime Fiction Novels If You Love Family Dramas; and 20 Psychological & Domestic Thrillers We’re Excited to Read This Year

The Press Democrat: Santa Rosa Novelist pens new thriller

Up Close: The Big Thrill Magazine

Poisoned Pen Podcast with John Charles

CrimeReads: Seven books where fun and games threaten to turn fatal

Guest blog: Novels Alive

Novel Suspects: Yes, Heather Chavez Bases Characters on People She Knows (Kind of)

Q & A with The Buzz Magazines

Curious Man’s podcast Click here

Diane Bator’s  blog Pens, Paints, and Paper Click here 

Impact Radio’s Larry Matthews of “Matthews and Friends” Click here

Interview with NPR affiliate WGVU’s Shelley Irwin: Click here

Listen to the Just One More Chapter Podcast. Click Here

Speaking of Mysteries podcast.  Click Here

Here, I talk about practice books, the novel that started it all for me, and why Cassie got out of the car. Click Here

A guest spot on Jungle Red Writers. Click Here

Want to hear author Hannah Mary McKinnon read NO BAD DEED’s first chapter? Click Here

Fast 15 with author Heather Gudenkauf. Click Here

Listen to an audio excerpt read by Megan Tusing . Click Here

Strand Magazine’s “You are not Alone … and After Reading These You Won’t Want to Be”. Click Here

“Domestic Suspense Gains a Stellar New Author”. Click Here

On CrimeReads, my essay on “When the Detective is also a Protective Parent”. Click Here

“My Publishing Journey” on Women Writers. Click Here

Click here to read my Crime Files co-interview with WOMAN ON THE EDGE author Samantha M. Bailey

Click here to read a Halloween-themed excerpt on Crime Files

Click here to listen to Library Love Fest’s podcast featuring an excerpt from NO BAD DEED

Click here to read Samantha M. Bailey’s interview of me for The Thrill Begins.

Click here to listen to The Inside Flap podcast, where I chat about No Bad Deed, Jerusalem crickets, and asking co-workers how to attack someone.

Click here for an interview with The Press Democrat.

In a starred review, Booklist says, “An extraordinary thriller… that may well become the book everyone is talking about…In a mesmerizing first-person narrative, [Cassie’s] fear is palpable, then vanquished by an astonishing ferocity she finds within herself. Where does that come from? Wait until you find out. This one glows in the dark.”

Publisher’s Weekly says, “Chavez is in full command of plot and pacing.” Read the full review.

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