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Quiz: Would You Survive A Thriller Novel?

Emily Martin

Contributing Editor

Emily has a PhD in English from the University of Southern Mississippi, MS, and she has an MFA in Creative Writing from GCSU in Milledgeville, GA, home of Flannery O’Connor. She spends her free time reading, watching horror movies and musicals, cuddling cats, Instagramming pictures of cats, and blogging/podcasting about books with the ladies over at #BookSquadGoals (www.booksquadgoals.com). She can be reached at emily.ecm@gmail.com.

This quiz to find out if you would survive a thriller novel is sponsored by Forge Books.

Trust Me book coverCAN YOU SPOT THE LIAR?

An accused killer insists she’s innocent of a heinous murder.

A grieving journalist surfaces from the wreckage of her shattered life.

Their unlikely alliance leads to a dangerous cat and mouse game that will leave you breathless.

Who can you trust when you can’t trust yourself?

Trust Me is the chilling stand-alone novel of psychological suspense and manipulation that award-winning author and renowned investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan was born to write.


When we read thrillers, we often think we would make the smart choices and would solve the mystery and/or come out the other end alive. It’s easy to feel that way as a reader, when you’re on the outside looking in, but would we be as smart if we were actual characters in a thriller? In this quiz, I walk you through the day in the life of a character in a thriller novel so you can see how you would fare. Good luck.