What’s it like to be me—Mandy Thorne: award-winning podcast creator, host, and star; OnlyFans superstar; mega influencer, best contestant on reality dating show Love Hut; masterful actor?
What do you think? It’s frickin’ amazing! But those accolades do come with a price.
Even though my revenge podcast Dish Served Hot has done good—the best—by exposing cheaters and liars while also empowering women, there are obviously consequences. You do piss people off when your show announces their cheating ways to the world, then inspires the wronged women to put Tabasco in their Fleshlights or sleep with their dads in revenge.
But I’m doing the work of the gods. The world needs me.
Unfortunately, all this gods’ work is coming back to bite me in my perfectly shaped ass.
I’ve always gotten threats—it just comes with the territory—but this one is different, I can feel it. I’ve been seeing the same person everywhere, and I think they know where I live. My assistant has noticed it too, which is really saying something because she never seems to notice when my OnlyFans messages need responding to.
Unfortunately, there’s only one person who can help me. Er, really, one club. No one else will believe me. And no one else has the ability to help.
I need…the Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club.
Only…I spent the last season of Dish Served Hot trying to take them down for murder. But! Sometimes journalists get it wrong, right? And no matter what anyone tells you, I did not engage in any unethical practices, I swear to gods!
Anyhoo, I’ll find a way to make them help me today. I have the means. I’m Mandy Thorne, award-winning podcast creator, host, and star; OnlyFans superstar; mega influencer, best contestant on reality dating show Love Hut; masterful actor.
Unfortunately, it’s not going quite how I planned.
“Get out.”
“Please,” I begged. “You’re my last hope. No one believes me.”
“And you thought we would?”
The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club members were not responding how I thought they would. It was time for drastic measures.
“I sh*t in the Love Hut,” I blurted out.
The girls whipped their heads toward me.
“What?”
I steeled myself. “I took a sh*t in the hut, okay? The bathrooms were unbelievably stinky—not at all what you’d think for a hit reality show—and I thought there weren’t any cameras in that corner, and . . . I did it, okay?”
Whether or not I had taken a dump inside the Love Hut I had shared with twenty other contestants had been a hot debate the last few years, and I had vehemently denied doing it because why in the hells wouldn’t I have? Nobody wants to admit to that (literal and metaphorical) sh*t.
“Do you believe me now?” I exclaimed. “Someone’s trying to kill me!”
It had been mortifying, but I had to do it. I had to find a way for us to become…the Mortal Enemy Murder Club. They’re going to save my life now…right?
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THE MORTAL ENEMY MURDER CLUB
Series: A Hu Done It Mystery, Book 2
Genre: Cozy Mystery
Release: July 2026
Format: Print, Digital, Audio
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The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club is back with a twist in this smart, hilarious mystery by USA TODAY bestselling author Gloria Chao.
Kathryn Hu is not getting into the business of solving murders. Yes, she and her friends Olivia and Elle figured out who killed their cheating ex-boyfriend. But now Kat can get back to her usual, murder-free existence.
Then she gets an unexpected plea for help. Mandy Thorne has ruined countless lives through her revenge podcast. She also did her best to frame the girls. Now, she claims, someone is trying to kill her. And the girls are the only ones who can save her.
But can the trio and Mandy put aside their mutual contempt long enough to prevent a murder and solve this case? Can they become…the Mortal Enemy Murder Club?
Filled with humor and shenanigans, The Mortal Enemy Murder Club is a romp of an adventure by USA TODAY bestselling author Gloria Chao, perfect for fans of Dial A for Aunties and Finlay Donovan Is Killing It.
About the author
Gloria Chao is a USA Today bestselling author and a screenwriter. Her novels include The Mortal Enemy Murder Club, The Ex-Girlfriend Murder Club, Ex Marks the Spot, When You Wish Upon a Lantern, Rent a Boyfriend, Our Wayward Fate, and American Panda. She graduated from MIT and became a dentist before realizing she’d rather spend her days in fictional characters’ heads instead of real people’s mouths. When she’s not writing, you can find her on the curling ice, where she and her husband are world-ranked in mixed doubles. Visit her tea-and-book filled world at gloriachao.wordpress.com and find her on Instagram and Twitter @GloriacChao.