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Saratoga Schaefer

Saratoga Schaefer (they/them) is a USA Today Bestselling and Indie Press Bestselling author of horror and thriller novels, including Trad Wife, Serial Killer Support Group, A Thousand Monsters, and The Last Time We Drowned. Their books have been featured in Variety, People Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, and Glamour.
On LuvemBooks, we've reviewed The Last Time We Drowned.
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Ask LuvemBooks about Saratoga Schaefer

Saratoga Schaefer writes thrillers that turn internet fame into a pressure cooker: in our 1 reviewed title, The Last Time We Drowned, a bookstagrammer is dropped among wealthy influencers on a luxury yacht before the trip becomes a locked-room mystery at sea. Their wider bio spans horror and thriller novels, and the reviewed book carries a 3.7/5 reader rating from 213 Amazon ratings rather than a LuvemBooks score.
Where should I start?
Start with The Last Time We Drowned, because it is the 1 Saratoga Schaefer book we have reviewed and its setup is easy to grasp: a luxury-yacht psychological thriller with a bookstagrammer lead and a locked-room mystery at sea. It also has a 3.7/5 reader rating from 213 Amazon ratings, so readers can calibrate expectations before boarding.
What's their writing style?
Based on the reviewed book, Schaefer favors high-concept thriller premises built around social media status and confined spaces. The Last Time We Drowned puts Charlie Engles, a bookstagrammer, inside a wealthy influencer circle on a yacht, then tightens the screws as the voyage turns into a locked-room mystery. The effect is glossy online performance colliding with isolation and suspicion.
Books we've reviewed
LuvemBooks has reviewed 1 Saratoga Schaefer book. The Last Time We Drowned is a psychological thriller about Charlie Engles, a bookstagrammer whose job among wealthy influencers on a luxury yacht spirals into a locked-room mystery at sea; it has a 3.7/5 reader rating from 213 Amazon ratings.
What genre do they write?
Saratoga Schaefer's bio places them in horror and thriller. On LuvemBooks, the reviewed example is The Last Time We Drowned, tagged Thriller and described as a psychological thriller with a locked-room mystery at sea. That makes the reviewed work a useful sample of their thriller side rather than proof of every mode they write in.
Is The Last Time We Drowned part of a series?
The summary describes The Last Time We Drowned as Saratoga Schaefer's third novel, but it does not say it belongs to a series or concludes one. The safest reading is to treat it as the reviewed standalone setup unless the book page says otherwise.
What should I read after The Last Time We Drowned?
If you want more Saratoga Schaefer after our 1 reviewed title, the bio also names Trad Wife, Serial Killer Support Group, and A Thousand Monsters. LuvemBooks has not reviewed those, so we can point to them as author-adjacent options without claiming their plots or quality.
Who is Saratoga Schaefer?
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