Emma Fern Reading Order
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Until I Met Her | 2017 | Buy |
| After He Killed Me | 2017 | Buy |
Standalone Novels
| Title | Published | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|
| Missing Molly | 2018 | Buy |
| The Loyal Wife | 2018 | Buy |
| The Accident | 2019 | Buy |
| The Housekeeper | 2019 | Buy |
| Unfaithful | 2020 | Buy |
| Unforgivable | 2022 | Buy |
| Finders Keepers | 2023 | Buy |
Natalie Barelli started publishing psychological thrillers in 2017 and has maintained a consistent output since, producing books that fit squarely in the domestic thriller tradition while keeping her own voice. Her debut pairing, Until I Met Her and After He Killed Me, follows Emma Fern, a writer whose ambitions take her into dangerous territory. The two books work as a unit and are best read in order.
Her standalone novels, beginning with Missing Molly in 2018, cover a range of scenarios united by an interest in what happens when ordinary domestic arrangements become sites of deception. The Loyal Wife, The Housekeeper, and Unfaithful each start from a recognizable situation (a marriage, a household hire, a suspected affair) and push it toward the kind of extreme outcome that the genre handles best. Barelli writes quickly and her books tend to move at a pace that suits evening reading.