What is the title of your latest release?
BEHIND THESE FOUR WALLS
What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book?
A woman sets out to uncover the truth behind her best friend’s disappearance and expose the power family she knows is behind it.
How did you decide where your book was going to take place?
I decided where the book would take place as soon as I started thinking about the story. The setting is one of the first things I think about after the idea of a story or character takes hold of me. Then, I start thinking about what area would be the best backdrop for the story. I needed a place that was heavily secluded, beautiful, where a very wealthy family could have their property and kind of run the town around it without too much worry. My sister lives in Charlottesville and when I went to visit her there, traveling up the mountain to see her…yeah that image and fear of falling down the edge stuck with me and I knew I’d set this story there.
Would you hang out with your heroine in real life?
I’d definitely hang out with Isla. I think she’s really cool and a survivor. She knows how to obtain what she needs (the knowledge, the resources, the people) to achieve her goals. Plus, she seems like a good time when she relaxes.
What are three words that describe your hero?
Resourceful, tenacious, and people-smart…she has really learned how to read people and move accordingly, I think.
What’s something you learned while writing this book?
I must have a thing with woods because they always seem to pop up in my stories. Maybe I have some kind of fear of them (and what’s in them that can get me) that I’m working through by putting them in my books.
Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally done?
I try to wait until I’m totally done though I may do spot edits if I’m going back to read something so I can continue on with it. I have to get the story out of my head quickly, or else I can become fixated with trying to edit it, so better to write it all the way through.
What’s your favorite foodie indulgence?
I love chocolate milkshakes and freshly fried potato chips, you know the kind you get at burger and wing joints? Sometimes they’re called raw chips, but whatever they are, I love them.
Describe your writing space/office!
A mess! I took over my eldest’s room when he left for grad school so it has my desk, a wide monitor that’s like three monitors in one. It’s supposed to be a gaming monitor but I’m bad at video games, and I don’t like lining up a bunch of monitors so this is perfect. I saw it in a movie and looked it up because I just had to get it. LOL. There is also a TV in the room because I am not a writer who can write in complete silence. And my desk is messy with lots of post-it notes of whatever pops in my head that I don’t want to forget, which I tend to do easily. Too many things going on up in there.
Who is an author you admire?
There are many, but a couple off the top are Octavia Butler and Rachel Howzell Hall.
Is there a book that changed your life?
I don’t think there’s a book that’s changed my life. There are books that have definitely resonated with me for different reasons or brought about various feelings.
Tell us about when you got “the call.” (when you found out your book was going to be published). Or, for indie authors, when you decided to self-publish.
My agent called one afternoon and after assuring me that I didn’t do anything wrong—I always think I’m about to get bad news when someone calls out of the blue—she told me of my publisher’s offer for a two-book deal. I didn’t believe her initially when she said what it was or the lovely things the editor had said about my book, but eventually she convinced me this was real. Even after several books now, it all feels very surreal to me that I’ve been able to realize a childhood dream of mine.
What’s your favorite genre to read?
Thrillers, Psychological Suspense, Horrors…mostly these themes, but I really enjoy any genre if it totally draws me into the story.
What’s your favorite movie?
The Last of the Mohicans. I loved the movie score, and it’s been my favorite ever since I was young.
What is your favorite season?
Probably fall.
How do you like to celebrate your birthday?
With really, really good food.
What’s a recent tv show/movie/book/podcast you highly recommend?
Shrinking. I love that series way too much.
What’s your favorite type of cuisine?
Probably Italian and of course Ghanaian.
What do you do when you have free time?
I’m either reading, watching movies/binging, or tending my plants. I like to not have to think too hard in my down time. I don’t even want to make very many decisions because writing is all about making decisions for this story.
What can readers expect from you next?
They can expect my YA horror to come out in March, SHE DRINKS THE LIGHT. And I’m currently revising my next adult thriller that will come out later in the year or early next year which I’m extremely excited about. It’s my darkest writing and I had so much fun writing it.
From the author of Not What She Seems, Yasmin Angoe’s thriller explores revenge, morality, corruption, and wealth as a woman sets out to uncover the truth behind her friend’s disappearance and expose the powerful family behind it.
Isla Thorne had a rough start in life. Orphaned young, she spent her formative years in a group home where she met her best friend, Eden Galloway. At sixteen, they decide to run away to LA…but Eden never makes it.
It’s been ten years since Eden vanished. And Isla’s determined to find her.
She begins at the last place Eden visited: the Corrigan mansion in Virginia. Eden claimed to have unfinished business there. Posing as an aspiring journalist, Isla insinuates herself into the wealthy family’s home and begins searching for the truth.
The more she digs, the more Isla discovers Eden isn’t who she thought she was. Was she even a victim, or did Eden plan this all along? Desperate for answers and to keep her identity hidden, Isla finds an ally in one of the Corrigan sons. But as she wades deeper into this power-hungry family’s secrets and lies, she finds herself in the crosshairs of a bloodline that’s more lethal than loyal.
Thriller Domestic | Thriller Psychological [ Thomas & Mercer, On Sale: January 1, 2026, Hardcover / e-Book, ISBN: 9781662529696 / eISBN: 9781662529689 ]
Yasmin Angoe is the Anthony-nominated author of the critically acclaimed thrillers Her Name Is Knight and They Come At Knight of the Nena Knight series. She is a first-generation Ghanaian American and, in 2020, received the Eleanor Taylor Bland Award for Emerging Writers of Color from Sisters in Crime. Yasmin is a former educator, and she and her blended family of six live in South Carolina. She is also a proud member of several prestigious organizations, such as Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, Crime Writers of Color, International Thriller Writers, and the Women’s National Book Association.
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