You Deserve to Know
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4.2 • 84 Ratings
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
A brand new suspense novel from "the master of the suburban scandal" (Samantha M. Bailey), Aggie Blum Thompson.
Neighbors Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa share more than playdates and coffee mornings on their tranquil street in East Bethesda. They confide their deepest secrets, navigate the challenges of motherhood together, and provide a support system that seems unbreakable.
But when Gwen’s husband is found murdered after one of their weekly Friday night dinners, the peaceful quiet of their cul-de-sac shatters. The seemingly idyllic world of the three close-knit mom friends becomes a web of deception, betrayal, and revenge.
As the police investigate, the veneer of friendship begins to crack, revealing hidden tensions, clandestine affairs, and long-buried jealousies among the three women. With suspicions mounting and the neighborhood gripped by fear, Gwen, Aimee, and Lisa must confront the chilling truth about their husbands, and the sinister undercurrents in their own friendship.
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PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In this captivating standalone from Thompson (Such a Lovely Family), tragedy and scandal rock a neighborhood in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. Gwen Khoury, Aimee Stern, and Lisa Greco-King enjoy weekly get-togethers with their husbands and children, but at one such gathering, tensions rise after Lisa questions Aimee's parenting and Gwen's husband, Anton, has too much to drink. At the end of the evening, Anton gets uncomfortably close to Aimee and whispers "You deserve to know" in her ear before leaving. The next day, the police inform Gwen that Anton's corpse was found near a local bar. Suspecting homicide, investigators question Gwen and Anton's neighbors, discovering that Aimee's husband, Scott, was one of the last people to see Anton alive. Soon, the women start to turn on one another, and flashbacks reveal cracks in their friendship that predate the skirmish in the book's opening scene. Thompson drops her fully fleshed-out characters into a mile-a-minute plot peppered with blindsiding twists, making the novel easy to devour in a single sitting. This is domestic suspense at its finest.
Customer Reviews
It great until
It was great until the real ending…… so much packed in the “real ending” I feel it would’ve been better left as is, but that’s just me. Kinda ruined the book, is the story we’re reading “fake” because I’d like to know the real versions of events opposed to Gwen’s twisted story.
Aggie never disappoints!
Ok - in all honesty, I rated this book and reviewed it when I was completely clueless about the ending. So I am re-reviewing it now that I’m up to speed.
I have read all of this author’s books. This one, like the others, was a home run!
If you like domestic thrillers with lots of salacious tea to spill and super juicy gossip about people’s personal lives, this book’s a good one to check out. Tons of twists and a wild ending that I absolutely did not expect.
I definitely would recommend this book. Another winner from one of my favorite authors!