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.

this reminded me of Gossip Girl or like Big Little Lies one of those really good drama shows that sucks you in. i loved the scandalous lives of these unlikable women. lol give me anything like Gossip Girl and i will eat that s*** up!

i received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

Having a background on the UES, I’m always curious about these books that are in that environment. I thought this book did a good job with the world of the private schools and I did enjoy the read. I did find it slightly a let down how quickly everything moved in the last 1/3, but overall a good read.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Random House Ballantine Bantam for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest thriller by Lindsay Cameron - 4.5 stars!

Manhattan is a dog eat dog world, full of secrets, especially for three mothers who will stop at nothing to ensure their children get into the top schools - but does that include murder? Enter a neighborhood internet message board - UrbanMyth - that groups users by zip code and promises to be totally anonymous. So Heather, Norah, and Poppy feel comfortable sharing and reading about each other's secret lives. Until the website gets hacked.

I always like a good domestic thriller and this one definitely fit the bill. It was just a fun, juicy look into how the other half (or top 1%?) live. The story was told from the viewpoints of these three women, along with website posts and emails to the investigators. It's definitely a cautionary tale of social media for both children and adults as well. I raced through this one!

Heather would do anything to get her daughter into the elite private school even if that means starting rumors about other wives and their husbands. Urban Myth one of the top socialites social media pages remains anonymous so there is no knowing what people even think and what is true and what isnt. After a doubles party things start to get ugly as Heathers daughter is posted in a picture smoking and accused of being a drug dealer and Heather is intent on clearing her daughters name. Things get even worse when Urban Myth is hacked and everyones post are out in the open. As things start heating up and getting ugly secrets are discovered and some is dead!

This was a good book. I am not a fan of the high class New York style families and the privileges' they show but I think that this was accurately portraying how cut throat it is. It was full of drama and fiun with also some scandal! I thought it was well written and fun to read. It definitely kept me on my toes!

I really enjoyed this book! It had characters you love to hate, suspense, and plenty of twists. It was a fun thriller that has a story different than most in the genre, which drew me in! It is a great one to discuss with friends as it brings up lots of interesting questions.

Thank you Ballantine and NetGalley for the eARC of No One Needs To Know! All opinions in this reivew are my own.

While reading the majority of this thriller, I really enjoyed it. The tension and mystery are built up really well throughout the book. There were a few times I had trouble keep the three women straight, especially when it came to their husbands and kids, but overall, I liked how the different point of views helped to build suspense.

I typically try not to judge a thriller based on the ending because I recognize how difficult it is to come up with a satisfying ending, but this was one of the most anticlimactic ones I've ever read and it was pretty disappointing.

Because I liked the majority of this book, I want to try this author again!

This was a great suspense book that shows that everyone has secrets and will go to great lengths to keep them hidden.

I flew through this one in late July, from what I can recall. This was a lot of fun! Multiple POVs, juicy drama, etc. What more can you ask for? I loved this one, and I actually let my mom read it right after me. She also ate this one up! I had a blast reading it!

"No One Needs to Know" is a captivating blend of thriller and women's fiction, delving into the lives of affluent women residing on the Upper East Side. The narrative unfolds as they anonymously share their secrets on a gossip app, turning their privileged world into a battleground that ultimately leads to a shocking murder.

Surprisingly, this book turned out to be a delightful read. Initially sceptical about a storyline centred on social media, I found myself thoroughly engrossed in the plot. The multiple perspectives from the mothers added depth, and as the narrative unravelled, the blend of humour and suspense made the drama both entertaining and chilling.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publishers for sending a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

What would you do to make sure your kid succeeds and gets what they deserve? Well, in this book, you find that out.

This book had all the twists and turns and dark corners that a book could need. The only thing is there were so many characters who were very similar to one another that it was hard to grasp who was who for a while. But I feel like that was on purpose to really keep you guessing. I can honestly say, I did not expect the ending, and I loved that about this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advance copy of No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron in exchange for my honest review and opinion. WOW this book totally shocked me by how fantastic it was! I loved it and saw inside the life of the 1% of population and what they will do to get their kids to succeed. Lots of twists and turns that will keep you engrossed until the very last page.

I was really excited to read this one and it was really fun and twisty novel. It took me a few chapters to finally understand and recognize all of the main characters which I was a little nervous about at first because there were so many and their voices weren't super distinct. I did eventually grasp who everyone was and how they were related though. I loved the concept of the UrbanMyth app and was really intrigued by it and how it would move the story along. It really added to the tension building and paranoia each character was feeling. The ending really caught me by surprise and I thought it was clever. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

No One Needs to Know is a standalone crime thriller by Lindsay Cameron. Released 9th May 2023 by Random House on their Bantam imprint, it's 320 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.

This is a moody, atmospheric, and tense thriller with a moderately over-the-top premise, and a collection of scary, mostly awful, rich NYC moms. Users of an anonymous app which is *location based* bare their darkest innermost secrets to others in their vicinity (drugs, infidelity, etc). Of course the app gets hacked and murder and skullduggery ensue as a direct result. The action driven plot is full of acid gossip, cringy behavior, and backstabbing.

The writing is the high point of the read. The author is quite adept at setting and dialogue and a deftness with description which, in less talented hands, would have readers running for the exits. It's mean girls on steroids with some Real Housewives thrown in the mix.

Four stars. Enjoyable, despite the utterly bonkers premise. The release version of the book will have some reader's guide/discussion info, and as such would make a good book club selection. It would also make a good buddy read.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Picture the NextDoor App as a completely anonymous forum with gossip, complaints and questions from your neighbors (in a very short radius) where secrets and danger tumble freely with no traces to the original poster. UrbanMyth, the much lauded app created in Lindsay Cameron's latest novel, does just that and is at the center of the controversy, and, later, murder. When Upper East Side moms Heather, Poppy and Norah, each very different, are brought together over an Instagram scandal, things take a sharp turn. It is boarding school application season and Heather will seemingly stop at nothing for her daughter to be accepted as an elite. Using UrbanMyth as an outlet and entertainment each women is about to have her world turn upside down as the site is hacked-exposing everything and everyone. When someone from their circle turns up dead fingers are pointed and they do not know who trust. Cameron weaves a tail of enormous privilege, wealth and deception in this fast-paced psychological thriller. While the characters are mostly unlikeable (if not un-relatable) readers will enjoy the twists and turns.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

I love a good one percent housewives drama! I thought No One Needs to Know was very well done with a twist ending I didn’t see coming!

No One Needs to Know reminds me that nothing online is ever as confidential as you think it is. I wasn't the biggest fan because it was super unrelatable to me, but a juicy read nonetheless.


Thank you to Random House, Ballantine and #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

*I received a free copy of this novel from NetGalley and Random House Publishing -Ballantine, Bantam for my honest review.*

Lies and secrets and the NYC one percenters! Three mothers are trying to get their 8th graders into a highly desirable private school and they stop at nothing to make this happen. Three mothers with wildly different upbringings so you can see how each one works differently to "help" her child. And then a husband goes missing.

Now all of that would make a good story on its' own, but add into the mix a website of anonymous posts of lying and cheating and stealing and such bad behavior that is shared because it is all anonymous and then suddenly, it's hacked and nothing is anonymous anymore.

It's a great look into the one percenters and how life isn't so great even if you have a bunch of money and opportunities. But I wouldn't say it's so much of a thriller. A good read.

I really enjoyed this one. Maybe it’s because I grew up outside of NYC, or that I lived on the UES in the early 2000’s. The characters though are truly unlikable. I think that’s fine though, I don’t need to like people to enjoy the story. This is a fast paced story, basically revolving around three families with kids at the same UES private elementary to middle school. There is a scandal, and murder that follows. People’s secrets are exposed. Six figure out who the murderer was pretty quickly, yes, did I still enjoy it, yes agin. Definitely worth reading.

Such a fun adult Gossip Girl thrill ride! It’s been awhile since I couldn’t put a book down, and this was such a binge read for me.

🎧I loved pairing the book with the audio and really enjoyed the narration choice.

*many thanks to PRH and PRH Audio, Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

This atmosphere and setting immediately struck out to me as an adult Gossip Girl. A series that I ate up in my youth.

The thriller aspect took a bit to get into which made me loose interest rapidly. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to pick it back up and DNF pretty early on.