NATIONAL BESTSELLER
*Winner of the Douglas Kennedy Prize for Best Foreign Thriller
*Shortlisted for the Kobo Emerging Writer Prize
*Shortlisted for the Arthur Ellis Best First Crime Novel Award
A compulsive, bestselling debut thriller about a tangled love triangle, the secrets we keep, and the secrets we share.
The detective wants to know what happened to Saskia, as if I could just skip to the ending and all would be well. But stories begin at the beginning and some secrets have to be earned.
Angela is being held in a police interrogation room. Her ex’s wife has gone missing and Detective Novak is sure Angela knows something, despite her claim that she’s not involved.
At Novak’s prodding, Angela tells a story going back ten years, explaining how she met and fell in love with her high school friend HP. But as her past unfolds, she reveals a disconcerting love triangle and a dark, tangled web of betrayals. Is Angela a scorned ex-lover with criminal intent? Or a pawn in someone else’s revenge scheme? Who is she protecting? And why?
Twisty and suspenseful, Our Little Secret is an intense cat-and-mouse game and a riveting thriller about the lies we tell others—and ourselves.
A True Psychological Thriller
"This book had my stomach in knots the entire time. I really enjoyed this one. It was a quick read (mostly because I couldn’t wait to get to the end to find out what REALLY happened to Saskia. I enjoyed the structure of the book’s narrative, as the story unfolds slowly through the interrogation of Angela Petitjean. At first I thought Angela was quite likeable and I almost felt sorry for her, being pulled into interrogation so soon after a “friend” goes missing. Unfortunately, as she tells her story, you begin to see the workings of her mind unravel and realize she is not mentally stable and she quickly becomes unlikeable. I was completely engaged by the story from beginning to end and did not fully anticipate the ultimately shocking ending. The last page will leave you gasping, I know it did me in! I highly recommend this light, quick and truly psychological thriller to my fellow thriller fiction fans."
