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EPISODE · Aug 19, 2025 · 39 MIN

Sarah Pekkanen — The Locked Ward - Alex Finlay

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Whatever the cause--and everyone has a theory--it's the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family.Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, "I didn't do it. You've got to get me out of here."Amanda doesn't trust Georgia, but she can't abandon her in a place so eerie and menacing that it seems to exist in another dimension. Is Georgia the victim of a powerful family that's so depraved murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Amanda being led down a path of madness into the web of a master manipulator?Nothing is as it seems in Sarah Pekkanen's The Locked Ward, a shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood--and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point.Some doors in the Locked Ward should never be opened.PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781250349514?ic_referral=QE2vyVzGUR1tw4abZzHgM4mST4q1dbz4RbZ3XLjpfBIwM01l85Fl8eVP6EqH1DTyBNnJzx6m7MYd8RI_8DsjhNu-mog0737famC8N9fwh1rd1-QyOIY5um4XaXxKIyd1TWvaIckSarah Pekkanen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fifteen solo and co-authored novels. Her books are sold in thirty-six countries, with several optioned for TV and film. Sarah also co-wrote the screenplay for The Wife Between Us for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. She serves on the board of directors of International Thriller Writers, and is the founder of the nonprofit IndiaStreetPaws.com, which rescues injured and abused street dogs in India. She lives just outside of Washington, DC.Pekkanen is in conversation with Alex Finlay, the bestselling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including the 2024 national bestseller, If Something Happens to Me. His work regularly appears on best-of-the-year lists and has been translated into twenty-five languages and sold around the world. Nearly all of Alex’s books have been optioned or are in development for film and television. His May 2025 release, Parents Weekend, has already been scooped up by Hollywood for adaptation to the screen. Alex lives in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

Whatever the cause--and everyone has a theory--it's the Crime of the Decade when glamorous Georgia Cartwright, who was adopted as a newborn, is accused of killing the biological daughter of her wealthy, Southern family.Georgia is locked in a psychiatric institution where the most violent offenders are held while she awaits trial. The only words she whispers when her estranged twin sister Amanda visits are, "I didn't do it. You've got to get me out of here."Amanda doesn't trust Georgia, but she can't abandon her in a place so eerie and menacing that it seems to exist in another dimension. Is Georgia the victim of a powerful family that's so depraved murder is the least of their crimes? Or is Amanda being led down a path of madness into the web of a master manipulator?Nothing is as it seems in Sarah Pekkanen's The Locked Ward, a shocking psychological thriller about the complex bonds of sisterhood--and what happens when they are stretched to the breaking point.Some doors in the Locked Ward should never be opened.PURCHASE BOOK HERE: https://politics-prose.com/book/9781250349514?ic_referral=QE2vyVzGUR1tw4abZzHgM4mST4q1dbz4RbZ3XLjpfBIwM01l85Fl8eVP6EqH1DTyBNnJzx6m7MYd8RI_8DsjhNu-mog0737famC8N9fwh1rd1-QyOIY5um4XaXxKIyd1TWvaIckSarah Pekkanen is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of fifteen solo and co-authored novels. Her books are sold in thirty-six countries, with several optioned for TV and film. Sarah also co-wrote the screenplay for The Wife Between Us for Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. She serves on the board of directors of International Thriller Writers, and is the founder of the nonprofit IndiaStreetPaws.com, which rescues injured and abused street dogs in India. She lives just outside of Washington, DC.Pekkanen is in conversation with Alex Finlay, the bestselling author of several critically acclaimed novels, including the 2024 national bestseller, If Something Happens to Me. His work regularly appears on best-of-the-year lists and has been translated into twenty-five languages and sold around the world. Nearly all of Alex’s books have been optioned or are in development for film and television. His May 2025 release, Parents Weekend, has already been scooped up by Hollywood for adaptation to the screen. Alex lives in Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

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