Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lottie Jones, a retired serial killer, thought she left her life of crime behind. She moved to a small town, changed her name and ...

According to popular fiction, being a serial killer is troublingly easy, a game played by people with near-supernatural intelligence and abilities. But Samantha Downing knows the truth. "Killing ...

You just never know about other people, even the folks next door. Take a suburban couple: She’s a successful realtor, he’s a popular tennis instructor. Their two kids seem pretty normal too. And yet, ...

Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with author Samantha Downing about her latest novel, "For Your Own Good." It's a mystery set at an elite private school. At an elite private school, the parents are ...

Warning: This article contains spoilers about Samantha Downing's new novel He Started It. Imagine a two-week road trip across the United States to visit some of the nation's most bizarre roadside ...

Perhaps no one is more surprised by the fuss over Samantha Downing’s debut novel, “My Lovely Wife,” than Downing herself. Like the 11 books she’d written prior — some finished, some not — the Marin ...

We all know publishing is a tough business. But if I’ve learned one thing from writing this column, it’s that the people working in it have an unmatched capacity for taking chances and expecting ...

According to family lore, Samantha Downing was named after a female relative who, in the early 1800s, robbed and pillaged as a pirate on the Mississippi River. She inherited her namesake’s spitfire ...

Samantha Downing is back on her thriller game with her upcoming release. Downing is the author of bestsellers like My Lovely Wife, A Twisted Love Story and For Your Own Good. PEOPLE can exclusively ...