Why You'll Love This
She can't trust the police to find her sister's killer — so she joins his support group instead.
- Great if you want: queer feminist revenge with dark humor and sharp edges
- The experience: propulsive and sardonic — tense scenes cut with biting wit
- The writing: Schaefer's debut voice is caustic, confident, and deliberately provocative
- Skip if: uneven pacing or a messy third act frustrates you
About This Book
When justice fails, grief becomes fuel. In Serial Killer Support Group, Cyra Griffin does what the police won't — she goes looking for her sister's killer herself, even if that means convincing a room full of murderers that she's one of them. The premise alone crackles with tension, but what keeps the pages turning is the emotional core beneath the dark premise: a woman who loved someone and refuses to let that love disappear quietly into an unsolved case file. The stakes are immediate, the threat is constant, and the moral compromises Cyra makes to stay in the room raise questions that linger long after the plot resolves.
Saratoga Schaefer writes with a sharp, acerbic wit that keeps the darkness from becoming suffocating — there's real bite here, and real tenderness too, often in the same sentence. The book's queer feminist lens isn't decorative; it reshapes how violence, survival, and complicity are framed throughout. For readers who want their thrillers to carry actual weight, to unsettle rather than simply excite, this debut delivers something with more friction and more feeling than the genre often allows.