A companion playlist to Thicker Than Water, the new mystery thriller by Robin James. These are the songs Mercy Gale has been blasting since high school—when life at home was chaos and trust came hard. Loud, emotional, and just the right kind of messy.
When I outline a book and build character sketches, I often hear a character’s emotional truth in music before I can put it on the page. A lot of their story is defined by the music of their generation. If you’ve read Thicker than Water, you know Mercy’s core family comes from three different generations….
Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved Chapter One “Unless you can walk on water, I don’t think you’re gonna make it, lady.” At the ripe age of twenty-eight, had I already graduated to being a lady? My Uber driver was probably twenty-one at best. He had shaggy brown hair and wore a Nirvana tee shirt…
Copyright © 2025 All Rights Reserved Chapter One I liked his hands. The way he gripped his glass in one, then reached for me across the table with the other. Warm hands. Strong. I traced the lines of the corded veins over his wrist and webbed around his knuckles. “Mara?” he asked. “Did you hear…
Copyright © 2024 All Rights Reserved Chapter One “It’s bad luck!” one of the shower guests shouted. “Every time you break a ribbon it means you’re going to have another baby.” My fingers froze. I balanced the giant gift-wrapped box on my lap, poised to rip the bow off the top. “Having babies isn’t bad…
Copyright © 2024 All Rights Reserved Chapter One “He looks terrible,” I whispered. “Well, I mean…he’s dead,” Eric whispered back. “So, all things considered, I’d say he looks pretty good.” I nudged his elbow as he knelt beside me. I said a quick Hail Mary and made the Sign of the Cross. There were people…
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