Brittany Murrain is an author of dark psychological thrillers, crime fiction, and suspenseful stories that explore the secrets people keep—and what happens when those secrets refuse to stay buried.
A lifelong lover of crime stories, mysteries, and psychological thrillers, Brittany has always been fascinated by the darker side of human nature: what drives people to lie, manipulate, betray, and sometimes kill. Her novels are built around unsettling questions, unexpected twists, morally complicated characters, and the kind of suspense that keeps readers saying, “Just one more chapter.”
Her debut novel, The Confession Files, introduced readers to her world of dark secrets, disturbing revelations, and psychological games. Her growing collection of thrillers continues to explore obsession, deception, murder, and the frightening possibility that the person you trust most may be the person you should fear.
When she isn’t writing, Brittany works in luxury hospitality and enjoys traveling, discovering new places, and finding inspiration for the next story.
For readers who love dark mysteries, psychological suspense, serial killers, shocking twists, and endings that linger long after the final page, welcome—you’ve found the right author.
Brittany Murrain
Author of The Confession Files
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Brittany Murrain is an author of dark psychological thrillers, crime fiction, and suspenseful stories that explore the secrets people keep—and what happens when those secrets refuse to stay buried.
A lifelong lover of crime stories, mysteries, and psychological thrillers, Brittany has always been fascinated by the darker side of human nature: what drives people to lie, manipulate, betray, and sometimes kill. Her novels are built around...
She goes to sleep in her bed. She wakes somewhere else. And then another woman is found dead.
Elena Baptiste has built a quiet, respectable life on the Caribbean island of St. Mary. At thirty-six, she is a devoted wife, a respected secondary-school teacher, and the last person anyone would associate with murder.
When Category Five Hurricane Helena bears down on the Caribbean island of Isla Esperanza, twelve people take shelter inside Villa Marisol, a luxury cliffside estate built to withstand almost anything.
Then every phone in the villa receives the same emergency alert:
Don’t follow a light into the hills. Don’t look back when you hear a chain dragging behind you. Never walk beneath the Moongazer’s arms—and be careful what you accept from someone who should be dead.
In The Things the Elders Warned Us About, old Caribbean tales return in a collection of eerie stories...
