Please Don't Lie: A Thriller

In this stylish, twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and award-winning author Anne Burt, a young woman heads to the Adirondacks with her new husband for a fresh start--but the past won't let her go.

Two years ago, Hayley Stone lost everything. First, her parents died in a devastating fire. Then, her sister overdosed, leaving Hayley alone and hounded by a media circus that turned her family's tragedy into tabloid fodder. When her new husband suggests a fresh start in the Adirondacks, the promise of anonymity in an isolated mountain town feels like salvation.

But the mountains hold darker secrets than she ever imagined.

Her once-loving husband grows distant and volatile. The widow down the road keeps spewing vague accusations. Not even their new friends--a free-spirited couple living on the property--can help Hayley shake the creeping sense that something is off.

As winter edges closer, Hayley discovers that her sanctuary is anything but safe. Trapped and isolated, she faces a terrifying truth: in trying to escape her past, she may have run straight into something far more dangerous.

Author: Christina Baker Kline, Anne Burt
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Published: 09/01/2025
Series: Crystal River #1
Pages: 268
Weight: 0.97lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.10d
ISBN: 9781662524394

About the Author
Baker Kline, Christina: -

Christina Baker Kline is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of eight novels, including The Exiles, Orphan Train, and A Piece of the World. She is the recipient of the New England Society prize for fiction, the Maine Literary Award, and a Barnes & Noble Discover Prize. Kline has also written and edited five nonfiction books. Please Don't Lie is her first thriller.

Burt, Anne: -

Anne Burt's debut novel, The Dig, was an American Booksellers Association Indie Next pick, the Strand Book Store's mystery selection for spring 2023, and the IndieBound.org Indie Next list's lead "Thrills & Chills" reading group title for summer 2024. She is also a nonfiction writer and editor and a past winner of the Meridian literary magazine's Editors' Prize in fiction.