• Satellite Image

Satellite Image

by Michelle Berry

October 22, 2024 | ISBN 978-1-998408-04-7 | 266 Pages

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The night before they move from the bustling, expensive rat race of the city to a sleepy, innocent, affordable small town two hours away, Ginny and Matt decide to look up their new home on a satellite image website. When they see what appears to be a body lying in their new backyard everything changes and an uneasy chain of events is set into motion. Little do they know they have bought a house with a baffling history and life in their new town is not all it’s meant to be. Odd neighbourhood dinner parties and a creepy ravine just… Read more

Advance Praise

“Michelle Berry has crafted a super-creepy, anxiety-filled tale that will dash any urbanite's fantasy of escaping to the tranquil countryside.” – Elyse Friedman, author of The Opportunist and The Answer to Everything

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  • **Finalist for the 2024 Foreword INDIES Award for Thriller & Suspense**

     

    • Power Q & A with Michelle Berry (River Street Writing, 10/10/2024)
      “I imagine a tightrope. Let’s call it a Literary Thriller Tightrope. I’m walking along it. One foot falls off occasionally but I remain pretty steady to the end. Now I imagine another Tightrope. Let’s call this one a Thriller Tightrope. Again, I’m walking along and suddenly I really fall off. Both are tight ropes, but on one my foot just dips into the unknown, on the other I fall completely in.”
    • Looking Under the Hood: A Conversation on the Writing Life with Michelle Berry and Peter Darbyshire (River Street Writing, 10/10/2024)
      Michelle and Peter Darbyshire have a refreshingly real conversation about their writing processes and the writing life.

    • Satellite Image (Adam McPhee, Rain Taxi, 26/11/2024)
      "Yet, as it keeps suggesting questions and refusing answers, Satellite Image maintains a steady propulsion that enlivens its mundane subject matter and linear narrative structure – an effect many thriller writers aspire to achieve."
    • Satellite Image by Michelle Berry (Jerry Levy, Ottawa Review of Books, 14/10/2024)
      Satellite Image is a true page-turner, one that keeps readers guessing and on edge throughout. Overall, a remarkable and compelling read."
    • Welcome to the chaos machine – Bibliofiles August 2024 (Peter Darbyshire, Peter Darbyshire, August 2024)
      "A psychological thriller that cranks up the tension with each chapter. You’ll be checking the locks over and over on your own home during your sleepless nights after finishing this book."
    • March Mood Reads – What to Pick Up Based on Your Vibe (All Lit Up, 14/03/2025)
      Find out which March mood Michelle's novel is a perfect match for.
    • What We Are Reading This Week! (The City & the City Books Facebook, 01/02/2025)
      Janet from the City & the City Books recommends Satellite Image.
    • Read an Excerpt from Satellite Image, the New Novel from Michelle Berry (Michelle Berry, Open Book, 11/11/2024)
      Michelle shares an excerpt from her novel.
    • Shelf Talkers: November 2024 (Robert J. Wiersema, 49th Shelf, 08/11/2024)
      Wonderful to see Satellite Image on this roundup from booksellers.
    • A Very Off/Kilter Hallowe’en (All Lit Up, 31/10/2024)
      It's wonderful to see Michelle Berry's Satellite Image in this great mix of spooky books.
    • Why I Wrote This Book: Issue #37 (Michelle Berry, Miramichi Reader, 25/10/2024)
      "I had this image in my head of a body seen from the sky lying in the backyard of a typical suburban home. How many murders or crimes, I thought, have been unknowingly caught on satellite images? I went to my computer and began to creep."
    • Unputdownable Canadian Mysteries and Thrillers (Michelle Berry, Wolsak & Wynn blog, 15/10/2024)
      A fabulous blog post from Michelle Berry up at the site talking about the mysteries she can't stop thinking about!
    • Local fiction to read this fall (Alex Karn, Peterborough Currents, 18/10/2024)
      Michelle's book is highlighted in this roundup of local authors.
    • Tim and Janet's Favourite Fall Books (Tim and Janet, Wolsak & Wynn, 09/09/2024)
      Michelle's new novel is included in this great roudup.
    • Most Anticipated: Our Fall Fiction Preview (49th Shelf, 19/07/2024)
      Lovely to see Michelle Berry's Satellite Image on this great list of Fall titles to watch for from the 49th Shelf.

  • Michelle Berry is the author of seven novels and three books of short stories. Her books have been shortlisted, longlisted and won awards. Her writing has been optioned for film several times and she has been published in the UK. Berry was a reviewer for the Globe and Mail for many years. She teaches at the University of Toronto in the Continuing Education department and has also taught at Toronto Metropolitan University, Humber College and Trent University. She has been on the board of PEN Canada and the Writers’ Union of Canada and on the Authors’ Advisory Group of the Writers’ Trust of Canada. For five years Berry owned and operated her own independent bookstore in Peterborough, Ontario, called Hunter Street Books.