Perfect Little Lives by Amber and Danielle Brown

Perfect Little Lives

A Novel

Amber and Danielle Brown, Amber Brown, Danielle Brown

Graydon House Books · Print & ebook · December 5, 2023

"A dark and riveting page-turner with an intelligent twist." —Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man, on Someone Had to Do It ON ASHER LANE, SOME SECRETS ARE WORTH KILLING FOR… Simone’s mother was murdered when she was thirteen.

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Who it’s for
A murder mystery where buried family secrets press against the life Simone has rebuilt.
Genres
Domestic Thrillers, Mystery, Suspense
Published
Graydon House Books, December 5, 2023

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"A dark and riveting page-turner with an intelligent twist." —Nadine Matheson, author of The Jigsaw Man, on Someone Had to Do It ON ASHER LANE, SOME SECRETS ARE WORTH KILLING FOR… Simone’s mother was murdered when she was thirteen. When her father was convicted, everything changed. Overnight, Simone went from living in a wealthy white neighborhood to scraping by.

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Ten years later, Simone has given up on her dreams and lives a quiet life, writing book reviews and getting serious with her boyfriend. But with a true crime documentarian hounding her for a scoop and a surprise encounter with her childhood next-door neighbor, Hunter, the past seems set on haunting her. And after Hunter reveals that his father and her mother had a years-long affair, Simone is determined to find out who really killed her mother. Simone is convinced that all evidence points to Hunter’s father, a renowned judge who had everything to lose if his affair—and his nascent love child—came to light. Playing the game from all sides, Simone enlists Hunter’s help in her investigation into his family—whether he realizes it or not. But is she so desperate for closure that she'll risk imploding her carefully rebuilt life? Don't miss Amber & Danielle Brown's next riveting thriller, ZETAS TILL WE DIE, where during their ten-year reunion Priscilla and her sorority sisters are forced to confront the secrets of their past when one of their sisters didn't survive the night... More thrillers from Amber & Danielle Brown: - Someone Had to Do It

Secrets Resurface

A murder mystery where buried family secrets press against the life Simone has rebuilt.

Come here for

  • A cold-case mystery tangled with family secrets
  • A true-crime spotlight adding pressure to a private investigation

Expect

  • Edgy suspense and a determined search for answers
  • A tense balance between closure and the life at stake

Where it sits

Domestic Thrillers21%
Suspense17%
Mystery15%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Women Detectives
  • Suspense
  • Crime Fiction
  • Psychological Thrillers
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  • Domestic Thrillers
  • Multigenerational Family Stories
  • Black Women's Fiction
  • Black Mystery
Authors
Amber and Danielle Brown, Amber Brown, Danielle Brown
Publisher
Graydon House Books
Published
December 5, 2023
Format
Print & ebook
Reading lane
Women Detectives