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by Tiffany Crum
Best friends Benny and Joy like to say they've been saving each other's lives since the moment they met. Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is suspected of murder ...
Benny Abbott and Joy Moore host one of the most beloved podcasts in the world. Each week, they delight listeners with a different "against all odds" survival story, gleefully finding the weird, life-affirming humor in near-death experiences. Since their first episode on Joy's experience with severe narcolepsy, they've been the best friends everyone wants to befriend―and thanks to the meticulous management of Joy's husband, Xander, they've built a lucrative empire.
The problem is, their next survival story may be their own. When Benny arrives at Joy and Xander's one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house. The one clue shedding light on the couple's disappearance is the incomplete, previously unseen first draft of Joy's memoir. Benny is desperate to find them, even when the police soon zero in on him as their prime suspect.
Millions of devoted listeners think they know the "real" Benny and Joy. But as the hours tick by, and the odds seem increasingly stacked against Joy and Xander being found alive, not even the most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets their favorite famous BFFs have hidden from the world―and from each other.
"By turns hilarious, harrowing, heartbreaking, and profound, Crum's mystery ticks every box. It's a triumph." ―Publishers Weekly (starred review)
Recommended for readers of and listeners of true-crime podcasts, Gone Girl, and Listen for the Lie and related fiction like I Have Some Questions for You."
—Booklist (starred review)
"A timely novel for fans of the growing trend of books featuring podcasters, such as Amy Tintera's Listen for the Lie." ―Library Journal
"The novel's did-they-or-didn't-they/will-they-or-won't-they tease goes down like a fizzy drink." ―Kirkus Reviews
"A clever and complex mystery fuses with an epic love story in a stunning debut that's both heart-pounding and heartbreaking. This story will definitely stay with you long after turning the final page." ―Lisa Gray, bestselling author of Thin Air
"An expertly crafted mystery, with a heartfelt will-they-won't-they romance at the core, This Story Might Save Your Life is complex and deeply immersive, with characters that leap from the page. Tiffany Crum's splashy debut breaks genre barriers in a fresh, exciting way." ―Ashley Tate, international bestselling author of Twenty-Seven Minutes
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Tiffany Crum is a writer from Southern California. After many years in Los Angeles, she now lives with her husband and two teenage sons in Atlanta, Georgia. This Story Might Save Your Life is her debut novel.
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