CJ Leede joins The Dark Mind Podcast to discuss her new novel Headlights, a slow burn supernatural thriller set in the high country of Colorado.

We explore serial murder by proxy, violence as a contagious force, and the terrifying loss of control at the center of the story.

CJ talks about grief, death, trauma, home, and why Headlights became one of her most hopeful books.

The conversation moves through Colorado’s beauty and danger, the shadow of The Shining, FBI procedural research, haunted landscapes, and horror as a way of telling the truth.

We also discuss Maeve Fly, American Rapture, Catholic guilt, rescue dogs, writing on the road, and the strange places where darkness becomes meaningful.

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Headlights

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Target

https://www.target.com/p/headlights-by-cj-leede-hardcover/-/A-1007397194

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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240019947-headlights

Maeve Fly

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https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/93030763-maeve-fly

American Rapture

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