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This Story Might Save Your Life

Published
Mar 2026
Main Genre
Thriller Thriller
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368

About This Book

"Both a riveting mystery and a love story, This Story Might Save Your Life is one of the best thrillers I've read this year." —Amy Tintera, bestselling author of Listen for the Lie
"A heart-pounding thriller and a heart-melting romance, this is the most compelling novel I've read in years." —Annabel Monaghan, New York Times bestselling author of It's a Love Story

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.

"I truly loved reading This Story Might Save Your Life. The pace was terrific, and it was so smart and engrossing. The pages practically turn themselves in this nuanced thriller. I couldn't put it down!"
—Nina Simon, bestselling author of Mother-Daughter Murder Night

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First Edition Mar 2026 Flatiron Books ISBN 1250395232
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Mar 2026 Flatiron Books ISBN 1250395240
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Mar 2026 -- Not Selected ISBN B0F3WK8JTX
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Mar 2026 Hodder & Stoughton (UK) ISBN 1399744704
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Apr 2026 Thorndike Press Large Print ISBN 1420532707
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