A Beautiful Lie
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- Pre-Order
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- Expected Sep 8, 2026
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In this juicy psychological thriller, home organizer Emily is invited to vacation at her beautiful and wealthy new client's summer home—but once inside, Emily doesn’t want to leave.
Every one of my home organizing clients is a fabulous liar.
They tell themselves they need to keep clutter in their lives for rainy days or just-in-cases. They hold onto things too tightly. Most people don't know how to cut to the heart of what's important and purge everything that's not.
That's where I come in. I can look into my client’s lives and see exactly what's weighing them down, and I get rid of it for them.
It sounds easy, but I’ll let you in on a secret: I have trouble letting go of things, too.
When Cap slides into my life with her neon signs and velvet hair bows and magnetic energy, I know I can't just let her walk away. Because one of the first rules of home organizing is that like belongs with like. And Cap and me? We're destined to be together.
She may not know it yet, but that's okay. I'd be lying if I didn't say the challenge is part of the thrill. And luckily for Cap, I'm not afraid of a little hard work.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Grant (Made You Look) delivers an underheated thriller narrated by professional organizer Emily Lowell. At the outset, Emily arrives at the Providence, R.I., home of her new client, buzzy artist Calliope "Cap" Pine. As Emily works to bring order to Cap's scattered life, the pair develop a genial rapport, lunching together and sharing secrets before Cap welcomes Emily into her inner circle. Eventually, Cap suggests Emily spend July at her family's Newport estate. What starts as an idyllic vacation grows sinister when Emily reveals a jealous, possessive side that makes for a dangerous combination with her ruthless propensity for eliminating clutter. Grant fails to generate much suspense as the stakes ramp up, with two-dimensional characters and a parade of far-fetched bloodshed that barely leaves an emotional mark. "The unspoken rule of home organizing is that in order to get everything as perfect as you want it in the end, it has to get a whole lot messier first," Emily tells readers at the start of the novel. Unfortunately, Grant never gets this in good enough order to stick the landing.
