Heather Gudenkauf

About Heather Gudenkauf

Take Back the Night: Their university buried an assault, so five women took it to the campus airwaves. Now the predator they exposed wants the last word—the bestselling authors and cohosts of the Killer Author Club join forces in this mind-bending thriller. Fifteen years ago, a group of college girls known as the “Dead Air Five” exposed a campus predator on live radio, ending his reign of terror one dark, unforgettable night. When Jake vanished into the lake’s black water, the world called it justice. The girls called it freedom. They were wrong.

Upcoming Titles

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  Take Back the Night January 12, 2027

  Their university buried an assault, so five women took it to the campus airwaves. Now the predator they exposed wants the last word—the bestselling authors and cohosts of the Killer Author Club join forces in this mind-bending thriller. Fifteen years ago, a group of college girls known as the “Dead Air Five” exposed a campus predator on live radio, ending his reign of terror one dark, unforgettable night. When Jake vanished into the lake’s black water, the world called it justice. The girls called it freedom. They were wrong.

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Earlier Books

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  The Perfect Hosts November 4, 2025

  A USA Today bestseller! "You don't know who to trust or where loyalties lie in The Perfect Hosts. I loved every minute of this fun, twisty wild ride!" –Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of Local Woman Missing A couple’s gender reveal party turns deadly and everyone is a suspect in this gripping thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest. Is it a boy or a girl?

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  The Overnight Guest January 25, 2022

  A woman receives an unexpected visitor during a deadly snowstorm in this chilling thriller from New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf. True crime writer Wylie Lark doesn’t mind being snowed in at the isolated farmhouse where she’s retreated to write her new book. A cozy fire, complete silence. It would be perfect, if not for the fact that decades earlier, at this very house, two people were murdered in cold blood and a girl disappeared without a trace.

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  Before She Was Found April 16, 2019

  A gripping thriller about three young girlfriends, a dark obsession and a chilling crime that shakes up a quiet Iowa town, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Weight of Silence. For twelve-year-old Cora Landry and her friends Violet and Jordyn, it was supposed to be an ordinary sleepover—movies and Ouija and talking about boys. But when they decide to sneak out to go to the abandoned rail yard on the outskirts of town, little do they know that their innocent games will have dangerous consequences.

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  Not a Sound May 30, 2017 View on Amazon: Not a Sound
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  Missing Pieces February 2, 2016 View on Amazon: Missing Pieces
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  Little Mercies June 24, 2014 View on Amazon: Little Mercies
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  Little Lies May 1, 2014 View on Amazon: Little Lies
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  One Breath Away July 1, 2012 View on Amazon: One Breath Away
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  These Things Hidden 2011 View on Amazon: These Things Hidden
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  The Weight of Silence 2009 View on Amazon: The Weight of Silence

More New Books Coming Up

• Bulldog by James Patterson & Mike Lupica · Jan 11, 2027
• A Court of Forgotten Melody by Sarah J. Maas · Jan 12, 2027
• A Song of Sugar Sparrows by Seanan McGuire · Jan 12, 2027
• Accidents Never Happen by Penny Zang · Jan 12, 2027
• Deathsworn by Meg Smitherman · Jan 12, 2027
• In One Brief Moment All Eternity by Elif Shafak · Jan 12, 2027
• Messy As Hell by Mark Waddell · Jan 12, 2027
• The Blade and the Last Sacrifice by Elizabeth May · Jan 12, 2027
• A Storm of Swallows by S.F. Williamson · Jan 14, 2027
• Graceless Heart by Isabel Ibañez · Jan 14, 2027

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