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by Lisa Jewell
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author known for her "superb pacing, twisted characters, and captivating prose" (BuzzFeed), Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast.
Celebrating her forty-fifth birthday at her local pub, popular podcaster Alix Summer crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie, it turns out, is also celebrating her forty-fifth 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 inveigled 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?
What are you reading this week? And what did you think of last week’s books? (1/8/2026)
...ore brainpower than I think I have these days during my lunch break, but I'm enjoying it so far. I'll have to take it slow. Otherwise, I just started None of This is True by Lisa Jewell yesterday for an in-person book club! So far, so good for that one.
-Grace_S
What are you reading this week? (7/31/2025)
The Small and the Mighty by McMahon (for my local bookclub) None of This is True by Lisa Jewell Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby
-Katherine_H
"Gloriously dark, so clever and completely addictive - this is Lisa Jewell at the very top of her game. This book kept me up reading late into the night and haunted my dreams!" —Lucy Foley, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Apartment
"Lisa Jewell is on top-form with this pitch-black fever dream of a book - darker, twistier and more compelling than ever." —Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The It Girl
"Gloriously dark and twistier than a twisty thing." —Jojo Moyes, New York Times bestselling author of Someone Else's Shoes
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Lisa Jewell is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of twenty-three novels, including Don't Let Him In, None of This Is True, The Family Upstairs, and Then She Was Gone, as well as Invisible Girl and Watching You. Her novels have sold more than fifteen million copies internationally, and her work has also been translated into over thirty languages.
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