A. J. Banner (born in Calcutta, India) is the author of The Twilight Wife, her second thriller of mystery and psychological suspense (2016). Her debut novel, The Good Neighbor, was the #1 Kindle bestseller for 34 days, remained in the top five on the Kindle bestseller list throughout the book’s release month, and was in the top 50 in the Kindle store for 145 days in a row.
A. J. Banner lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and five rescued cats.
She grew up in North America reading Agatha Christie, Daphne du Maurier and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. As a child, she was interested about everything from Nancy Drew to Tolkien to her parents’ spy novels, borrowed or rather sneaked from their bookshelves. She wrote her first thriller, Mystery at Crane Corner, at the age of 11. She drew her own cover art and bound the pages with staples.
She graduated from high school in southern California and received degrees from the University of California, Berkeley. She always dreamed of writing gripping stories in which nothing is what it seems.
Before dedicating herself exclusively to writing in her home office overlooking a Pacific Northwest forest, she tried various professions, including a stint in law school and a memorable job at a veterinary clinic, since she loves animals. A longtime fan of love and mystery master writers, she feels at home writing stories with unexpected twists and turns.
A. J. Banner‘s new novel of psychological suspense, The Twilight Wife, was reliesed in December 2016.
Synopsis:
From bestselling author A.J. Banner comes a dazzling new novel of psychological suspense in the vein of S.J. Watson’s Before I Go to Sleep and Mary Kubica’s The Good Girl that questions just how much we can trust the people around us.
Thirty-four-year-old marine biologist Kyra Winthrop remembers nothing about the diving accident that left her with a complex form of memory loss. With only brief flashes of the last few years of her life, her world has narrowed to a few close friendships on the island where she lives with her devoted husband, Jacob.
But all is not what it seems. Kyra begins to have visions—or are they memories?—of a rocky marriage, broken promises, and cryptic relationships with the island residents, whom she believes to be her friends.
As Kyra races to uncover her past, the truth becomes a terrifying nightmare. A twisty, immersive thriller, The Twilight Wife will keep readers enthralled through the final, shocking twist.