THE OUTBACK
Thriller, 432 pages, Transworld, Jun 2025
It was supposed to be paradise.
For one group of friends, it’s a study abroad program like no other: a month-long adventure filled with sunshine, whirlwind romances, and all-night parties. But it isn’t long before their trip of a lifetime unravels into betrayal, heartbreak, and one missing girl.
Until one of them didn’t come home.
Ten years later, the girl’s remains are found, and it’s time for the group to return to Australia. All of them have secrets, but only one knows what really happened the night the girl went missing.
And they’ll do anything to keep the truth buried…
SARA OCHS
Agent: Kate Burke
Assistant: Sian Ellis-Martin
Sara Ochs is an attorney, law professor, and author who splits her time between the United States and Sweden. When she’s not writing psychological thrillers set in far-flung destinations, Sara can usually be found on a flight with a glass of wine in one hand and a novel in the other.
THE RESORT
Thriller, Transworld, 368 pages, July 2023
Escape to paradise: scuba diving instructor Cass leads her students out for their first dive off the beautiful coast of Koh Sang, Thailand's world-famous party island. It's supposed to be a life-changing experience, but things quickly spiral out of control...
Leave your secrets behind: by the time she gets back to the shore, one of her students is dead, another badly injured, and she knows that her idyllic life is about to be smashed to pieces on the rocks.
But don't get lost for ever... Someone has discovered Cass's secret, and on an island as remote as this, accidents happen. Plenty of backpackers choose to stay here for ever - but some are never heard from again... Perfect for fans of THE SANATORIUM, SHIVER and THE BEACH, THE RESORT is a pacy, gripping international thriller from an exciting American debut writer.
Her debut novel, THE RESORT, a psychological thriller set on a remote Thai backpacker island, was published by Transworld in July 2023.