Best friends Benny and Joy have been saving each other since they met-until Joy vanishes and Benny is accused of her murder. Co-hosts of one of the most beloved podcasts in the world, their fans are obsessed with Benny and Joy''s enviable, outsized chemistry. Each week, they delight listeners with different "against-all-odds" survival stories. But behind the scenes, tensions are brewing. Joy plans to divorce her controlling husband, Xander, and oust him from their business. Then both Joy and Xander go missing. As the police zero in on Benny as the prime suspect, dark secrets unravel. If Benny wants to find Joy in time, and clear his own name, he''ll have to solve the highest stakes survival story yet.

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Tiffany Crum grew up on a dairy farm just down the road from a maximum-security prison. A longtime Californian, she worked a variety of jobs in the film industry before earning her MFA in creative writing. She now lives in Atlanta with her husband, sons, and dogs, and spends her free time trying to keep her vegetable garden alive. This Story Might Save Your Life is her debut novel.

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Benny and Joy like to say that they've been saving each other since the moment they met.**

Until the day Joy disappears and Benny is accused of her murder.

Best friends Benny and Joy host a beloved 'comedy survival' podcast, gleefully finding life-affirming humour in near-death experiences.

When Benny arrives at Joy and her husband's home one morning to record, he finds shattered glass and an empty house.

With Joy missing and the hours ticking by, not even their most devoted fans could guess the terrible secrets they have hidden from the world - and from each other.

If Benny wants to find Joy in time, and clear his own name, he'll have to solve the highest stakes survival story yet.

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****'One of the best thrillers I've read this year' AMY TINTERA
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**'A meticulously plotted mystery wrapped up in a tender love story' CRESSIDA McLAUGHLIN

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