In this week’s episode of The Bookshop at the End of the Internet, author Maggie Giles discusses her new book, Twisted. It is Maggie’s second novel and the first book in a duology, with the final installment, Wicked, due out next year. In Twisted, a mysterious drug is believed to be linked to several unsolved murders. When Detective Ryan Boone’s investigation finds more questions than answers, he has no choice but to team up with escort service madame Mel Parker to unravel the mystery behind the medication before someone else winds up dead. Maggie also discusses her debut novel, The Things We Lost. This book is a suspenseful take on the idea of an alternate reality. The main character Maddie has been haunted for many years by the death of a close friend. When Maddie wakes up one morning to find herself in a different life, one in which her friend is still alive, Maddie thinks she’s been given a do-over. But this second chance may mean giving up the life she had and never seeing her kids again. In this episode, I’ll chat with Maggie about her writing journey, how she writes her novels while dealing with aphantasia, a characteristic that means she lacks a visual imagination, and the reactions from her readers to the very human ideas of second chances and having a do-over.
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