pulse deepened by the mist-laced forests and rain-slicked streets of Oregon, where she lived for several years. She is the co-host of the acclaimed true crime podcast Going West, which she created with her husband, Heath Merryman, in 2019.
When she’s not chasing down stories of the strange and sinister, Woolsoncroft can be found sinking into films at the cinema or curled up on the couch of her California home with a good book -preferably a literary classic or terrifying modern horror- alongside her loyal English bulldog, Dewey.
Her debut thriller is Night Watcher.
At CrimeReads Woolsoncroft tagged four novels "that echo themes of surveillance, female resilience, and the fixation on catching the ones who lurk in the margins." One title on the list:
The Last Girl Left by A.M. Strong and Sonya SargentRead about another novel on Woolsoncroft's list.
Five years ago, Tessa was the sole survivor of a horrific mass murder on Cassadaga Island – a remote beach town off the coast of Maine now plagued by dark touristswho are obsessed with the gruesome slayings. Although Tessa has spent years trying to move on, she discovers that maybe the only way out is through, and perhaps writing a book about her experience can help in more ways than settling her trauma.
But the island in winter is more ghost town than getaway, and it soon becomes clear that Tessa isn’t just patching up old wounds, she’s being hunted again. But is the person that’s after her now -as she stays in the very same house her friends were slain in- connected to the original killer? This is a classic slasher wrapped in a modern psychological package: foggy coastal home, missing memories, and the gnawing sense that the past is circling back to get her.
Tessa, like Night Watcher’s Nola, is a woman who refuses to stay a victim. And they both know what it means to just barely survive a menacing killer – twice…
--Marshal Zeringue
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