# S08.42: Romance Reasons Meet Thriller Reasons with Anders de la Motte Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-42-romance-reasons-meet-thriller-reasons-with-anders-de-la-motte Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-42-romance-reasons-meet-thriller-reasons-with-anders-de-la-motte.md Podcast: [Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People](https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367) Published: 2026-07-15T04:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://fatedmates.net/episodes/2026/7/5/anders-de-la-motte Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/435ad2ae-5576-43fd-a04f-f94486068347.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/episodes/s08-42-romance-reasons-meet-thriller-reasons-with-anders-de-la-motte Duration seconds: 5842 ## Resource Once upon a time, Sarah went to Sweden and met a thriller writer who likes talking about the rules of writing in genre as much as we do. We’re so excited that to be able to bring Anders de la Motte’s brilliant thoughts about thrillers and mysteries to Fated Mates in this far-reaching conversation on romance’s sister genres—thrillers & mysteries. We talk about Anders’s path to writing, about the rules of writing thrillers and mysteries, about the covenant mysteries and thrillers have with readers, and about Mystery Reasons™️. We had the best time with this one — you’re going to love it. Learn more about Anders’s books at his English language publishers, Simon & Schuster and Harpercollins If you want to talk more about Genre Carrying the Myth, Jayne Ann Krentz’s genius way of thinking about the work of genre fiction, or about mysteries and thrillers, come join our Patreon! You’ll get an extra monthly episode from us and access to the incredible readers and brilliant people on the Fated Mates Discord. Learn more at fatedmates.net/patreon . Our next read along is an old school contemporary, Perfect by Judith McNaught. Sarah says it has the greatest all-is-lost moment in romance history. Read it to find out if she’s right. Get it at Amazon , Barnes & Noble , Kobo , Apple Books or wherever you get your books . Thrillers and Mysteries Mentioned in This Episode The Mountain King by Anders De la Motte The Glass Man by Anders De la Motte The Rust Forest by Anders De la Motte Shutter Island by Denis Lehane The Usual Suspects Widow's Bay Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie Columbo Poker Face Murder, She Wrote Knives Out The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson Killing Floor by Lee Child Orphan X by Gregg Hurwitz Small Mercies by Dennis Lehane The Da… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/episodes/s08-42-romance-reasons-meet-thriller-reasons-with-anders-de-la-motte/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/fated-mates-romance-books-for-novel-people-607367/s08-42-romance-reasons-meet-thriller-reasons-with-anders-de-la-motte.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.