Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · 8d

Edinburgh peeps, there's a lovely pile of signed paperbacks of #TheWeekendGuests in Waterstones Edinburgh West End... Time for some early Xmas shopping?! #psychologicalthriller #darkacademia #jurassiccoast #edinburghnoir

2

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Aug 4

PAPERBACKS! So excited to get these beauties. #TheWeekendGuests UK paperback out 28/8. Preorder from your local bookshop or here: tinyurl.com/yx35xcx7 #psychologicalthriller #darkacademia #edinburghnoir

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jun 1

'Unputdownable', 'brilliant', 'heart-racing', Woman's World book club pick - and now only 99p for UK readers! #TheWeekendGuests is a Kindle monthly deal for June.

Grab your summer read now: tinyurl.com/3mws7scj

#psychologicalthriller #lockedroom #darkacademia

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Feb 25

So excited to see #TheWeekendGuests as a Woman's World top locked-room thriller fab company incl. Agatha Christie,
@ruthwarewriter.bsky.social @writerkmc.bsky.social @ladyhawkins.bsky.social & @karinslaughter.com #psychologicalthriller #lockedroom @harperperennial.bsky.social tinyurl.com/ynwznpf6

8 Locked-Room Thrillers You Won’t Be Able to Put Down

These must-read locked-room thrillers will shock you with twists and turns. Discover all of our recommendations. Enjoy them all by Agatha Christie, @ruthwarewriter, Rachel Hawkins, @ShariLapena, @juli...

tinyurl.com

1

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Feb 20

'Addictively wicked and thrilling'! Loving this review of #TheWeekendGuests over on Fresh Fiction. freshfiction.com/review.php?i... #psychologicalthriller #lockedroommysery #darkacademia

THE WEEKEND GUESTS by Liza North

THE WEEKEND GUESTS by Liza North review ISBN-0063422646 ISBN13-9780063422643 An Old Secret Plagues the Reunion of Five College Friends in This Addictively Dark Thriller Reviewed by Sandra Martin

freshfiction.com

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Feb 17

Thank you Vicki Weisfield @crimefictionlover.bsky.social! Lovely review of #TheWeekendGuests - and loving the Christie comparisons... #psychologicalthriller #lockedroom #darkacademia

Crime Fiction Lover @crimefictionlover.bsky.social · Feb 17

New today - The Weekend Guests by @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social reviewed
At a reunion down in Devon, five old friends must reckon with a crime committed 20 years ago
crimefictionlover.com/2025/02/the-...
Review by @vickiweisfeld.bsky.social

1

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Feb 5

So excited to see #TheWeekendGuests as a Woman's World book club pick! #psychologicalthriller #lockedroommystery #darkacademia
tinyurl.com/4hrh3r97

WW Book Club: Charmaine Wilkerson’s New Novel + More Must-Reads!

From family sagas to twisted thrillers, discover Woman’s World Book Club’s fave new reads from Charmaine Wilkerson, Heather McBreen, @LizaNorthWriter, Julia Bryan Thomas and @inquiringchef.

tinyurl.com

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Feb 3

Another lovely review for #TheWeekendGuests over on Insta...#psychologhicalthriller #darkacademia #lockedroommystery

www.instagram.com/p/DFlNP6_ShA6/

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Feb 1

Loved doing this interview with Jen Vido for Fresh Fiction! tinyurl.com/4tr7sdfv #psychologicalthriller #TheWeekendGuests #darkacademia #lockedroommystery

Jen's Jewels Author Interview: The Weekend Guests by Liza North

Step into the world of suspense and secrets with this week’s Jen’s Jewels on FreshFiction.com! I’m sitting down with Liza North to unravel the dark twists of THE WEEKEND GUESTS, a gripping thriller wh...

tinyurl.com

2

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 31

Fab to be interviewed for The Boston Herald! #TheWeekendGuests #psychologicalthriller #lockedroommystery #darkacademia www.bostonherald.com/2025/01/31/t...

‘The Weekend Guests’ check in with intrigue

Liza North’s new thriller, “The Weekend Guests” might be titled “The Weekend from Hell” as murder, guilt and insanity run amok among a circle of once-close college friends who years later answer an…

www.bostonherald.com

2

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 31

Lots of lovely buzz around #TheWeekendGuests over the pond. Meanwhile, in the UK it's the last day of Jan so grab it on Kindle for a bargain 99p while you can. tinyurl.com/aznr2u4p Perfect accompaniment to your end-of-dry-Jan tipple! #psychologicalthriller #lockedroommystery #darkacademia

1

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 30

Lovely review of #TheWeekendGuests from Woman Around Town! tinyurl.com/2cusevz8 #psychologicalthriller #darkacademia #lockedroommystery

Liza North’s The Weekend Guests - A Friendly Reunion Turns Deadly

Aline, Sienna, Rob, and Michael were college friends, studying, partying, and vacationing together. On one of their last trips they were joined for the weekend by an American, Brandon. Aline and Brand...

tinyurl.com

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 29

My piece for @crimereads.bsky.social on the eternal appeal of #darkacademia - and what I do with it in #TheWeekendGuests crimereads.com/dark-academi...

I’m an academic. Here’s why I wanted to write a dark academia thriller.

‘It was the best of times. It was the worst of times.’ For me, (with apologies to Dickens!) those were the student years. I was blindsided by the Brideshead radiance of Oxford, a city so beautiful …

crimereads.com

2

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 28

Out TODAY in the US and Canada with Harper Collins! Locked room destination thriller meets dark academia. Sarah Strohmeyer calls it 'the intelligent thriller you've been craving'. #psychologicalthriller tinyurl.com/5esnaesn

3

Reposted by Liza North

Cailean Steed @caileansteed.bsky.social · Jan 27

I can finally talk about this!!
I’m so excited that my next two books will be with Helen at Little, Brown and Charlotte at John Murray Press - and I’m blown away that my book will be published in French, Spanish and German as well!
Thanks so much to Oli and all at AM Heath for all their hard work!

25 9 79

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 27

THE AMERICAN EDITIONS HAVE ARRIVED! #TheWeekendGuests #psychologicalthriller #darkacademia #lockedroommystery Out tomorrow in the US & Canada! tinyurl.com/5esnaesn

2

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 26

'Insightful writing, a brilliant plot, and an ending that took me totally by surprise.' Gorgeous surprise to spot this review of #TheWeekendGuests on Marilyn's Mystery Reads. tinyurl.com/um55ddnn 99p in UK (Kindle) until Fri tinyurl.com/aznr2u4p... & out in the US from Tues! tinyurl.com/vakdk8w4

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 26

Fab interview in the Nerd Daily ahead of the North American launch of #TheWeekendGuestson Tuesday! thenerddaily.com/liza-north-t...
Preorder the book here: tinyurl.com/vakdk8w4
#psychologicalthriller #lockedroommystery #darkacademia

Q&A: Liza North, Author of 'The Weekend Guests' | The Nerd Daily

We chat with author Liza North about The Weekend Guests, which is a compulsive, psychological thriller about a group of old university friends whose seaside reunion will end in betrayal and murder.

thenerddaily.com

1

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thank you for this lovely review! 😍

1 1

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 23

#TheWeekendGuests is out in the US on Tuesday, but in the meantime UK readers have until the end of the month to grab at as a bargain 99p on Kindle! shorturl.at/YVxY3

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year lovely people! If anyone wants to treat themselves to an 'absolutely brilliant', 'unputdownable' thriller, #TheWeekendGuests is a #Kindlemonthlydeal: 99p for January. shorturl.at/YVxY3 #psychologicalthriller #lockedroom #darkacademia

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 23

So chuffed with this lovely 4.5 star review by Amy for Novels Alive, ahead of the North American launch on 28/1! bit.ly/4ghPqPe Preorder here: shorturl.at/ugEjF #TheWeekendGuests #psychologicalthriller

1

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 16

North American friends, don't forget you can now #preorder your new favourite #destinationthriller #TheWeekendGuests (Harper Paperbacks)! #lockedroom drama meets #darkacademia in 2 stunning locations. Perfect excuse to stay warm inside on these winter days... shorturl.at/bZkHQ

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 7

Happy January! Big excitement for me this month is #TheWeekendGuests coming out with @harperperennial in North America. Available from Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, et al... Links here: tinyurl.com/5esnaesn #psychologicalthriller #lockedroommystery #newyearbooks #darkacademia

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Jan 1

Happy New Year lovely people! If anyone wants to treat themselves to an 'absolutely brilliant', 'unputdownable' thriller, #TheWeekendGuests is a #Kindlemonthlydeal: 99p for January. shorturl.at/YVxY3 #psychologicalthriller #lockedroom #darkacademia

2

Liza North @lizanorthwriter.bsky.social · Dec 23

#TheWeekendGuests has made it to Mexico! Signing off for Xmas with this fab reader pic. Wishing wonderful festive times to all you fab folks in the amazing bookish community I'm so lucky to have found! #HappyHolidays #psychologicalthriller #HolidayReads