Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Until I Met Her | 2017 | Natalie Barelli | Buy |
| 2 | After He Killed Me | 2017 | Natalie Barelli | Buy |
The Emma Fern series begins with Until I Met Her, in which Emma, a struggling writer, forms an intense friendship with a successful author that quickly becomes something more dangerous. Natalie Barelli builds the story around Emma’s ambition and her willingness to rationalize increasingly questionable choices, making her a narrator whose reliability is always in question. The setup is sharp and the pace barely lets up.
After He Killed Me picks up the thread and pushes Emma’s situation to its conclusion. Barelli keeps the domestic-thriller atmosphere tight across both books, using Emma’s interior voice to control what the reader knows and when. The two books together form a complete and satisfying story, and readers who enjoy unreliable narrators at the center of crime plots will find a lot to like here.