Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| When We Were Young | 2021 | Buy |
| The Chateau | 2023 | Buy |
| The Main Character | 2024 | Buy |
| The Safari | 2025 | Buy |
Jaclyn Goldis debuted in 2021 with When We Were Young, a novel that established her style of mixing personal drama with suspenseful plotting. She has since published three more standalone thrillers, each set in a different eye-catching location. The Chateau (2023) takes place in a French vineyard estate, The Main Character (2024) unfolds on a luxury train through Europe, and The Safari (2025) is set in the African bush.
Her novels tend to follow a similar structure: a group of people with tangled histories are brought together in an enclosed or remote setting, and old secrets begin to unravel as the story progresses. The books are driven by shifting perspectives and unreliable narrators, with each chapter revealing new layers of deception among the cast. Goldis writes in a fast-paced style that leans into cliffhanger chapter endings and a steady accumulation of reveals.