Eliza Jabore began globetrotting at seventeen and spent the next decade devoted to traveling. She met her husband abroad and, after many years of adventure, finally planted roots back in her hometown in Iowa, where she has two kids, two cats, and a dog. Backstabbers is her debut novel.

"A tense, edge-of-your-seat reading experience that will have you turning pages well into the night . . . It's one of the most twisted and shocking explorations of female friendship I've read . . . and I loved every pulse-pounding moment."--Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, USA Today bestselling author of The Girls Are All So Nice Here and Till Death Do Us Part

"Like the Blair Witch Project with a serial killer, Backstabbers is full of twists and unexpected turns. Every time I thought I'd identified the killer, I became lost on the map. Perfect for fans of murder podcasts, hikers, and people who don't completely trust their best friends."--Tasha Coryell, author of Love Letters to a Serial Killer

"Don't you dare turn your back on Backstabbers, a deliciously sinister sojourn into true crime country, full of cunning switchbacks and eviscerations, where every shocking twist threatens to send the reader's jaw plummeting straight down."--Clay McLeod Chapman, author of Wake Up and Open Your Eyes

"A biting satire of true crime, a spine-tingling tale of survival, and an electric exploration of just how far we'll go for our besties, Backstabbers is bloody, brilliant, and even laugh-out-loud funny. It sinks its animal claws into you and doesn't let go."--Leah Rowan, author of Marion

"Filmic, fresh, and frightening with shocks galore . . . Three best friends hike across the hunting ground of a serial killer in this survivalist thriller-meets-slasher story. It's high octane and incredibly tense!"--Allie Reynolds, author of Shiver

"[An] exceptional debut . . . Jabore keeps the intensity at a fever pitch throughout, balancing raw terror with the more subtly haunting collapse of long-standing friendships. Readers will be on tenterhooks from the first page to the finale."--Publishers Weekly, starred review

Publisher: Bantam

Pub date: 2026-06-02

Length: 320 pages