A re-release of a McFadden thriller, ready for you to read like it’s 2026.
Everyone has secrets.
YouTube baking sensation April Masterson knows the secret to the perfect gooey brownies. Or how to make key lime squares that will melt in your mouth. But if you keep watching her offline, you may find out some other secrets about April. Secrets she’d rather you didn’t know.
Like where did her son go when he snuck out of the house? What was she doing with the local soccer coach behind fogged windows? And what’s buried in her backyard?
Everyone has secrets. Some are worse than others. April’s secrets are enough to destroy her.
I’ll make sure of that. (G
I have a theory that you read one Frida book and you are blown away. You want more and more. It’s chasing that high of a really good thriller.
Then you read another and it’s eh and you read another and it’s a eh. You start finding the pattern.
The story was no different. The first book I read like this was Gone Girl. You read one part of the book and find out it’s all a lie then you read the second part of the book and get the actual story. Lying main characters are always the worst.
I do think Frida tried to instead of making it a lie, making it a delusional, unwell, main character.
I’m a little confused why publishers republish? This was from 2021, but is coming out like a new release. I guess it doesn’t matter because I haven’t read it anyways, but maybe knowing it’s so old, I can see that it’s not up to her normal ‘thrilling’ standards.
Stats: 398 pages – First published January 5, 2021
**Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the publisher for a copy of the ARC in exchange for an honest review.
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