The Valley

The Valley: A gripping domestic thriller that will keep you reading late into the night
The year is 1998, and Lisa Newell and her family have just moved to Oak Valley, the bucolic suburb of the bustling Silicon Valley. Her husband, Michael, is hoping to cash in on the dot com boom. Lisa is hoping for a fresh start after their marriage has gone through a rough patch. Their daughters are less than pleased by the move, but they find their ways to cope. Fifteen year old Zoe spends her days locked in her room, chatting online to friends back home, while thirteen year old Ashley escapes to summer camp.
With her husband working long hours and her teenage daughters occupied, Lisa joins the local swim and tennis club in an effort to meet people. A tennis clinic leads to a chance encounter with the charismatic and beautiful Simone Culligan, who is clearly the queen bee of the tennis set. Lisa is delighted to be taken under her wing, but soon discovers that tennis isn’t the only recreational activity Simone and her friends engage in. But as Lisa indulges in a second adolescence and indulges in her friends’ hard partying lifestyle, she has no idea there is a monster quietly lurking, waiting to tear her family apart.
My name is Madison Culligan. I believe I’m your half sister.
Having spent the last twenty five years trying to put her life back together, Ashley Newell wants to keep the past in the past. Now a message from a stranger threatens to blow her life up once again. But it also may finally lead her to the truth of what happened all those years ago.
Fans of Tarryn Fisher, Jessica Knoll, and Frieda McFadden will love this tale of sex, scandal, and murder. The Valley is a gripping domestic thriller that will keep you reading late into the night.
Praise for The Valley
An emotionally-driven thriller of secrets, tragedy, and second chances…Propelled by terse, purposeful writing, The Valley succeeds as suspense but is most compelling when circling the theme of balance: what happens when one runs too far from the past or disappears completely into duty—and can belonging develop somewhere in between.
- Booklife
Praise for Jami Worthington
“With her keen observation and snarky humor, Jami Worthington masterfully reveals the dirty secrets festering beneath the seemingly “perfect” lives of Silicon Valley moms in this dark page-turner.”
- New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Monica McCarty
With a final twist you’ll never see coming, The Playgroup is a bitingly clever portrayal of women whose seemingly unbreakable friendships are tested by the lies and manipulations of a seductive newcomer.”
- #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy
"Infused with Jami Worthington’s sly wit, The Playgroup offers a dark and twisty take on 'mommy lit.’”
- National Bestselling Author Veronica Wolff
“With her keen observation and snarky humor, Jami Worthington masterfully reveals the dirty secrets festering beneath the seemingly “perfect” lives of Silicon Valley moms in this dark page-turner.”
- New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Monica McCarty
“Great Read - if you like White Lotus, you'll love this book!"
- Amazon Reviewer Jenni f
“Suspenseful, Suck-You-In and Mess-With-Your-Head Sort of Fabulous!”
- Amazon Reviewer M. Land