# Sun-Drenched Thrills: A New Summer Mystery + 4 More Reads You Need | Jaclyn Goldis

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Podcast: [What to Read Next — Book Recommendations for Romance, Thrillers & Escape Reads](https://stenobird.com/podcast/what-to-read-next-book-recommendations-for-romance-thrillers-escape-reads-9873)
Published: 2026-06-15T10:00:00+00:00
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This post contains affiliate links, which means I may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. What if your thriller author and your meditation teacher turned out to be the same person? That's exactly how this conversation started — and it only gets better from there. Laura sits down with author Jaclyn Goldis, whose upcoming novel The Last Time We Saw Her follows a group of former campers who return to the volcanic Azores Islands a decade after one of their own vanished — only for another death to shatter the reunion. It's a twisty, sun-drenched thriller full of unreliable narrators and cold-case documentary vibes, perfect for summer reading. They also dig into Vedic meditation, the creative benefits of boredom, and a stack of thriller and mystery recommendations you'll want to add to your TBR immediately. 📚 Books Mentioned The Last Time We Saw Her by Jaclyn Goldis — Buy on Amazon | Thriller My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney — Buy on Amazon | Psychological Thriller We Solve Murders by Richard Osman — Buy on Amazon | Cozy Mystery Magpie Murders (series, Book 1) by Anthony Horowitz — Buy on Amazon | Mystery Rewilding by Jane Green — Buy on Amazon | Memoir / Nonfiction ⏱️ Timestamps [00:00] Welcome & how Laura and Jaclyn know each other [01:00] Jaclyn's background: lawyer turned novelist, life in Tel Aviv [02:00] The Last Time We Saw Her — summer camp, the Azores, cold case documentary [04:00] Vedic meditation — what it is and why Jaclyn swears by it [08:30] The creative benefits of boredom & phone-free walks [10:00] Jaclyn's reading tastes — thrillers, rom-coms, nonfiction [10:30] My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney [11:30] The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman [12:00] Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz [13:00] Rewilding by Jane Green — memoir, Jane Gre…

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