Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families. William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road.
So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-yearold daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper.
Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing. Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbors become increasingly unhinged.
Who took Avery Wooler? Nothing will prepare you for the truth. Everyone Here is Lying is a thrilling domestic suspense novel by author Shari Lapena.
As he continues showing me their incredible penthouse apartment, I have a terrible feeling about the woman behind closed doors. But I can't risk losing this job that is not if I want to keep my darkest secret safe .
It is hard to find an employer who doesn't ask too many questions about my past. So I thank my lucky stars that the Garricks' miraculously give me a job, cleaning their stunning penthouse with views across the city and preparing fancy meals in their shiny kitchen.
I can work here for a while, stay quiet until I get what I want. It's almost perfect. But I still haven't met Mrs. Garrick, or seen inside the guest bedroom. I'm sure I hear her crying.
I notice spots of blood around the neck of her white nightgowns when I'm doing laundry. And one day I can't help but knock on the door.
When it gently swings open, what I see inside changes everything. That's when I make a promise.
After all, I've done this before. I can protect Mrs. Garrick while keeping my own secrets locked up safe. Douglas Garrick has done wrong.
He is going to pay. It's simply a question of how far I'm willing to go. The Housemaid’sSecret is an psychological thriller by author Freida McFadden.
Celebrating her fortyfifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with anunassumingwomancalled Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her fortyfifth birthday.
They are, in fact, birthday twins. A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for her series.
She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep making the podcast.
Slowly, she starts to realize that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it, Josie has wheedle her way into Alix's life and into her home. But, as quickly as she arrived, Josie disappears.
Only then does Alix discover that Josie has left a terrible and terrifying legacy in her wake, and that Alix has become the subject of her own true crime podcast, with her life and her family’s lives under mortal threat.
Who is Josie Fair? And what has she done? None of this is True by Lisa Jewell is a psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast.