No One Needs to Know is being reviewed as Gossip Girl meets Big Little Lies, and I'd add a dash of Scandal, too (a CLASSIC show, if you haven't watched, you must!). It's a group on the UES all connected by their kids attending the same cutthroat school, fighting over their kid's spots at boarding schools and colleges, and of course lots of working together (bad) and cheating on each other (worse).

There's also a website intended to be an anonymous version of NextDoor, where posters can only interact if they're within a certain radius, but how anonymous is anything online, really? Everything blows up, of course, but it's a really fun read and I ended up doing it in one sitting because it was really fast paced and I wanted to know what was going to happen. I took one star off (hiding my further comments here, spoilers, so read at your own risk!) – because I hateeeeddddd that [person] was the culprit. It felt so anticlimactic, especially in the context of being potentially aggravated by an incident of SA after not having anything previously mentioned. I think it would've made more sense had he also been blackmailing her, and she killed him (purposefully or accidentally), but the SA kind of came out of left field for me and it took me out of the story a bit.

I'll definitely recommend!

Enjoyed the multiple POV, we see a little bit of everything., from lies, infidelity and more, This was a quick and easy read! I enjoyed it so much!

Set in Manhattan’s Upper East Side, this story has it all - infidelity, lies, blackmail, and death. Told from various points of view, the story unfolds as multiple women are intertwined in all of the above. Very entertaining and a few surprises to boot!

Gossip Girl meets Nextdoor App and I was HERE FOR IT!

Thsi was good and juicy and dark and twisty! loved this premise and really enjoyed how it was a unique premise.

Who doesn't love a book about the inner lives and dirty secrets of the Ultra Rich?

No One Needs to Know follows a group of individuals (mainly the moms) whose children all attend the same elite private school. On the surface all appears normal, but told through alternating viewpoints we get to see the dirty secrets, the distrust, the paranoia and delicately propped up existences. All is brought crashing down when the anonymous neighborhood forum, UrbanMyth, is hacked.

No character in this book is truly likeable, all have their flaws. However, I loved that we got to see the different types of rich and how they are all struggling to either stay on top of the power chain or scramble their way up the ladder. Heather is an outsider who will stop at nothing to help her daughter get into a prestigious boarding school and be accepted into the Ultra Rich enclave. Noral works for a prestigious private equity firm, juggling the demands of motherhood and work. Poppy, seems to have it all. You don't love any of them, but you also don't truly hate them. In fact, you almost wanna grab the popcorn and watch their lives implode, kinda like devouring an episode of the Real Housewives.

I devoured this book so quickly. A page turner that has you gripped wondering how the seemingly perfect world is going to crumbling down.

This book is full of secrets, drama, and twists. I didn’t want to put this book down once I started. It gave me very much real housewives meets gossip girl.

I did feel like the end made the story less enjoyable and came to an abrupt stop. But other than that I liked the authors writing style.

I am so glad I had the change to read to this book! Thank you Random House and Lindsey Cameron for an arc in exchange for my honest review.

This was my first time reading something by Lindsay Cameron and it won’t be my last. Although I hated most of the characters, I enjoyed the ride. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc. All opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for an arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Publication: May 9, 2023
Rating: 2.5 stars

Ouch, I'm not sure what I came for and I'm honestly not sure what I left with. I was expecting a thriller or popcorn thriller. This is full of drama and gossip surrounding the top 1% of society. We have an app where anonymous posts can be made that was filled with secrets.

My biggest thing is that the structure of this book was confusing leaving me frustrated and bored. During the chapters, someone would say something but in the middle of the dialogue we would get a few pages of a past experience. Second, I wish there weren't so many characters to try to keep track of. They all end up playing their role in the story but so many plus in the third person left me deterred to the story.

This book felt similar to "Big Little Lies" and "The Hunting Wives". This would be a great book for the beach if you need something surface level to disappear into for a bit.

Too much drama among the wealthy, privileged, entitled 1% of NYC. Fun read! Not a likeable character in the bunch. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

Wealthy New York parents are all vying to get their kids into the best boarding school, which would open doors to the best university.

This story centers around three mothers: Heather, Poppy & Norah. Heather works really hard to get where she is and knows what it is like to struggle, so she goes the extra mile to see her daughter, Violet, succeed. Norah is successful in her own rights all thanks to being gifted and married into a wealthy family, her workdays are often very long and involve travel making her feel guilty about not spending enough time with her daughter, Caroline. Poppy is a socialite and has a son, Henry, whose future is already planned to follow in his father's footsteps. Poppy puts on a happy appearance, but secretly wished for more.

When rumor goes around about an important figure attending The Doubles Club dance stirring up the students and parents alike with the evening ending on a very bad note targeting Violet. A picture was posted anonymously on the private school's Insta account.

A site called UrbanMyth allowed anyone to post anonymously and was gossiping central for adults. People would share their most private issues.

Heather becomes obsessed and feels she knows who targeted her daughter. She is seen in a confrontation during a social gathering. This starts a chain of events. Everyone is hiding something and everyone has an agenda. When a body is found, everyone is a suspect. The heart of the investigation is UrbanMyth which has everyone worried.

I enjoyed the story, although I found it difficult to like any of the characters. The women were so catty. I felt the most for Caroline, Norah's daughter.

I received an ARC from NetGalley via Random House Publishing Group--Ballantine and I have voluntarily reviewed this book.

A fun beach read. The ending was a little anti climactic but I don’t regret spending 2 days of my vacation on it. Definitely better than the authors last one - I look forward to her next!

No One Needs to Know is a 2023 mystery I found on NetGalley, written by Lindsay Cameron, a new author to me. Focused on a group of wealthy parents in NYC who use a mobile app where you can share secrets anonymously, but they will only show to people within a certain radius of your home address, this novel seeks to create major suspense and drama. Quite the premise, which is both awesome and silly... since no one would really ever use this in reality but if they did, how fun would it be to guess people's identities! Of course, the apps hacked and everyone learns who posted about infidelity, thoughts of murder, lying, et al. Their kids are also integral to the storyline as the drama all starts when one of them takes a picture of another one vaping at a secret school party. I enjoyed the various POVs for the mothers, and when things begin to rip apart, the drama is hilarious and scary. The ending brings together well but it suffered a bit from randomness and side stories taking over. For the premise and spot-on picture of NYC wealth, it was a great read. For the ending, it needed a higher level of scrutiny so that it really left a huge mark on readers. But I liked it enough that I want to read another book from the author.

I loved this book! Unique premise and very suspenseful. I have read all of this author's books and this was the first time she used third person. I really enjoyed this new perspective from her.

Oh this book is scandalous!! It’s like the adult version of Gossip Girl or Big Little lies. This book is told in 3 main character perspectives: Heather, Poppy and Norah. They are all mom’s of 8th graders in elite Upper East Side Manhattan school. There’s drama, there’s an affair, there’s gossip, teenage drama, even a murder. This book was very engaging. I felt drawn into their lives and each anonymous post they posted on this website called UrbanMyth. This site was a place you could anonymously post anything. It seemed to be childish drama most of the people posted. The website was hacked and suddenly all your deep dark secrets were revealed as you could enter an email and see all the posts that person had wrote on the website. Quick fantastic and engaging read. Many thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam and NetGalley for the digital review copy of this novel. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This book was a great read, taking place in NYC with a group of 8th grade moms and their obsession with the once confidential online chat UrbanMyth and their children’s chances of getting into high school. UrbanMyth once housed some of the mother’s biggest secrets and once it was hacked — it was known who posted what. I was reminded of a combination of Gossip Girl and Big Little Lies, with the combination of wealth, secrets, and a death. I very much enjoyed reading this novel and was sad once it was over. I highly recommend it and look forward to reading more of Lindsay Cameron’s work.

This gave me a very Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies, vibe. Feeling this immediately I dove right in. However, it quickly became apparent that it lacked the dark, dry humor of Moriarty which I sorely missed. Nevertheless, Cameron created solid characters that fit together nicely, none of whom I had developed any empathy for. So as they moved about in the unfolding drama, I didn't really care what happened to any one of them. If still comparing to BLL, it is a huge step down. In the end, all the threads were pulled together in a very satisfying way. I would read more from this author but my expectations may be more moderate. Thank you to Bantam Books and Netgalley for the ARC of this title.

It was all confidential. Right up to the moment when it wasn’t.

UrbanMyth: It was lauded as an alternative to the performative, show-your-best-self platforms—an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code. The residents of Manhattan’s exclusive Upper East Side disclosed it all, things they would never share with their friends or their spouses: secret bank accounts, steamy affairs, tidbits of juicy gossip. The same people who, as parents, go to astonishing lengths to ensure that their children gain admission to the most prestigious boarding schools and universities. So when a “hacktivist” group breaks into the forum and exposes the real identity of each poster, the repercussions echo down Park Avenue with a force that none could have anticipated.

And someone ends up dead.

Is the murderer Heather, the outsider who would do anything to get her daughter into the elite’s good graces and into their even better schools? Norah, the high-powered executive failing to balance work with the emotional responsibilities of motherhood? Or Poppy, whose perfect-on-the-outside façade conceals more than her share of secrets?

Each of them has something to hide.

Each of them will do anything to keep secrets hidden.

And each of them just might kill to protect their own.

Book Title: No One Needs to Know
Author: Lindsay Cameron
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Bantam
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: May 9, 2023
My Rating: 2.7 Stars

Urban myth is an app. In this case is being used by a group of wealthy women who anonymously post secrets about their affairs, fantasies of murdering their spouses and the fun of shop lifting.
All is fun and games as it is confidential. Right? However, when the app has been hacked nothing is anonymous nor confidential any more. It appears the app was used to target a 13-year-old private school student!

The POV alternates between: Heather, Poppy and Norah. True Heather and Poppy are easy not to like and we hear a lot about their secrets.
Heather: A helicopter parent who will do anything for her daughter’s success.
Poppy: The queen bee who is hiding a dirty secret.
Norah: An executive whose head is buried in the sand.

Living in Southern California, we often hear about the negative life style of many of the rich and famous; so nothing is a big surprise. Thankfully we do hear about the good side of many.

Want to thank NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Bantam for this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for May 9, 2023

I feel like I just read a gossip girl episode that was watered down and more predictable. There was petty drama that just did not hook me. I feel like the ending of the book was rushed, everything happened all at once.
You have multiple people to follow along with their spouses (and some children). Heather (married to Oliver, daughter Violet), Norah (married to Bennett, daughter Caroline), and Poppy (married to Harris, son Henry) are the main characters that we get to know. They all live on the upper east side and their children all go to the same school. At a phone free dance, a picture of Violet using a vape pen at a school event gets posted on Instagram. This sets all the parents against each other because their children are all competing for slots at the same high school and their secrets start flowing. While this happening, one of the husbands is blacking mailing the housewives. One of the husbands go missing.

I enjoyed the last book by this author, so was so excited to read her new one early! No One Needs to Know was a juicy, scandalous, and unpredictable story that I read in a day because I couldn't put it down! I loved the different points of view within the story, although I wish we got more Norah and less Heather (by far my least favorite character!). It's a bit of a slow burn with secrets scattered throughout, giving us more background on everything that's going on, but I still sped through it. I also loved the messages from UrbanMyth sprinkled throughout - gave me total Gossip Girl vibes. It was a slightly too tidy ending, but overall, I would highly recommend and can't wait to read whatever Lindsay Cameron comes out with next. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this great book!