Thank you to Net Galley for an ARC of this book! This was a fun page turner and definitely had major gossip girl vibes. Set on the upper east side of NYC, this book follows a few private school parents and their drama. To add to the fun, they all seem to dabble in using an “anonymous” local message board to spill their secrets.

I thought this was a really fun read and kept me guessing without being too unrealistic with the twists. I was slightly let down by the ending because the “mystery” unfolded very quickly and was a little bit anticlimactic, but overall I enjoyed the book and finished it in a few days!

Big Little Lies Meets Gossip Girl

3.5 stars

No One Needs to Know is part thriller, part women’s fiction/drama about a group of wealthy women who live on the Upper East Side and reveal their secrets anonymously on an app. The gossip site turns into a warzone ending in murder.

Urban Myth, an app, allows the rich and elite to anonymously post. Users feel comfortable enough to post about their affairs, share fantasies about killing their spouses, and the thrill of shoplifting. When the app is used to target a 13-year-old private school student, all hell breaks loose.

The narrative alternates between the perspectives of the three women:

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.

Most of the characters are unlikable, but a few good ones are mixed in. As awful as the characters were, I had fun watching their lives implode.

This book is so much fun. Don’t take it too seriously--it's a mindless, entertaining read with some strong commentary on people’s willingness to share copious amounts of private information about their lives on social media without blinking an eye. But when their user information becomes public, they must scramble to face the truth.


No One Needs to Know is a page-turner. I got caught up in the scandals and chaos the app created, and I was invested in the two mysteries at play. The last chapter was a bit of a drag, but appropriate. I just feel like this book deserves a juicier ending.

Overall, this was a deliciously fun read!

I received an ARC of this book from NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group in exchange for an honest review.

This is my first DNF for the year :(
I’m a third of the way through the book and I still can’t keep all the characters straight, I feel invested in none of them, and nothing has really happened to move the plot forward. I was excited to read this one but it fell flat for me.

I struggled to read this book, but then again these type dramas aren’t really my thing. It does show the dangers of posting things online, that they don’t always remain anonymous. Lots of private school drama, cheating, and blackmailing. So if you like LOTS of drama, this book is for you

No One Needs to Know by Lindsey Cameron took an insiders look into the dark and competitive side of New York Cities high society and the lengths they will go to to make sure their children get into the best schools. Although this is fiction, you feel like you are getting an actual look into what it is really like. Told from three main characters point of view, Heather, Norah, and Poppy. When an anonymous website is hacked and secrets are revealed, how far will they go to protect themselves and their children? Quick, exciting. Read with lots of twists and turns!

Ah, the drama. Definitely not my cup of tea, as I try to avoid parental drama whenever I can. But definitely made me feel uncomfortable and I think that was the point!

This was my first read by this author. I loved it! Very intense and kept me turning pages to see what would happen next. It was easy to like characters that typically would not be likeable. The author did a great job with alternative POV and intersecting storylines. Well written book, Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the free advance reader copy. I am leaving my honest review. Publication date May 9, 2023.

This book was crazy good! I highly recommend it to others. If you want fast paced edge of your seat story. This is the one for you!

3.25/5 stars! This reads like a grown-up version of "One of Us is Lying." I adore hackers in mystery novels and this was not a letdown. Watching the consequences of these secrets spirals was breathtaking and had me sitting on edge. That portion of the story was engaging and interesting. However, the pacing of this story was off and I felt like it took a really long time to get to anything that held my attention and kept me turning the pages. Overall, a simple, quick mystery thriller.

I received an advance review copy for free through NetGalley, and I am leaving this review voluntarily

Great book! If you are the type of person that hides behind the curtain to watch your neighbors argue, or to spy on police questioning someone, then this book is for you!
I love reading about the awful things rich folk do to each other.

The Real Housewives meets Big Little Lies in this domestic thriller, rich moms willing to do anything for their kids and to keep their status at the top of the private school food chain. For these wealthy moms, their biggest concerns were boarding school admissions and school fundraisers until a Yik Yak-type app exposes all of their secrets, including murder. Everyone's a suspect in this close-knit community. Juicy and clever, this was a fun read, with an unexpected twist.

Thank you to NetGalley for an arc of No One Needs to Know in exchange for an honest review. This review is wholly my own and may not be reproduced.

An anonymous neighborhood forum gets hacked and now it’s not so anonymous anymore. Chaos ensues when all of the secrets now belong to faces & names. These wealthy residents are ruthless and will do anything to protect their secrets, even kill.

This kind of reminded me of Gossip Girl for adults. Which is not a bad thing – I loved Gossip Girl!

The characters are not really characters that you are going to like or that you will want to root for and you’re not really supposed to. They’re all evil in their own ways. No one in this neighborhood is innocent.

Told from multiple POVs (Norah, Poppy & Heather)

I thought this book was well written and was an easy, quick read that grips you and holds on making you want to keep reading to find out what happens next.

I give it 4 Stars and would definitely recommend giving it a read!

If you like Real Housewives, I think you'll really enjoy No One Needs to Know. It's heavy on the drama of over the top private school moms of NYC and the murder aspect is really a small side plot. The victim is a creep and no one is really sad that he's gone, even the reader. No One Needs to Know is also a cautionary tale of the naivete of believing anything on the internet is anonymous or private. Think before you pour out your soul, troll or dish out gossip you know to be a lie!

No One Needs to Know is a gossipy, soapy thriller. The premise is interesting, an anonymous website that the Upper East Side women post their darkest secrets but the website is hacked and authors of posts are now public. These same women all have children in an ultra-exclusive private school and they are all fighting to ensure their children are given the best opportunities to succeed in life. The hack story line comes after about two thirds of the book is over and puts a new spin on the drama in the lives of these woman. The book is told from the POV of three women - Poppy, Heather and Norah. These women are characters we all have watched on any housewives show and love to hate. The woman are a bit stereotypical of what you’d think a 1% from NYC is like, but it’s still a fun read and I couldn’t wait to see how everything wrapped up.

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

Thank you so much for this ARC!

An anonymous forum for the privileged parents of the Upper East Side is HACKED. Secrets are revealed and someone ends up dead with all clues leading back to the forum. Who is the killer? Heather (outsider desperate for her daughter to get into the right boarding school, Poppy (the Queen with the money and the connections) and Norah (the successful mom who really needs to focus more on her fam). 

This book was ADDICTING. I read this in less than 24 hours and just could not look away. The POV's of all three mama's was so perfect and I actually enjoyed reading all three (sometimes I don't like some characters as much as others - this was not the case at all!). Fast paced and totally juicy.

You should definitely read this if:
- you loved Big Little Lies and Gossip Girl
- you're interested in the cutthroat world of private schools
- you need to rethink how much you share on social media

Hacked forum! Snitches get stitches! Or, perhaps escape from work/life balance!
Whatever you might wish to call this novel one thing is certain -Perfection might be overrated but in this case PERFECTION starts with Cameron!
I don't think I've had as much fun in the past few days reading than I have when I sat down to be enthralled by, "No One Needs to Know."
The title says it all- NOBODY needs to know in theory but in essence everyone wants to know your damn business. Drama is spinning faster than the National Enquirer can print it up.
What we have in this situation is three woman with various different issues and one person dead.
Wait...what?
This is a preppy high school -wth? Someone's dead?!
Not just dead but the forum for gossip is becoming juicier. Ripe with accusations, full of questions, with humor tossed in for good measure, and some serious vaping weed charges being tossed around.
It's a question of not whom did it but whom caught it on video and then what actor(s) were involved in order to face charges.
Everyone was suspect until one by one the pile started to dwindle.
Not my kid, nope not my kid, neither was it mine....we went around the circle of friends.
If that didn't wet your whistle than perhaps a full affair accusation & some divorce forums just might?!
Ok, not to get overly excited but I'll tell ya I read tons of books from all genres and this is truly my favorite by far! Hands down...Or, was it hands up...
Good grief, I think I hear sirens....
Wait, one second...the police have arrived to start interviewing people after finding Bennett -Norah's husband.
Could Heather our outsider turned mom of the year seeking placement in an elite school for her girl be at the root cause of known evil?
How about Norah herself? After all she was seeking divorce for the alleged infidelity allegations?
What was this about a large sum of money being tossed around for some scam? Was this to by silence? Could this be a con artist flexing their muscles and preying upon women?
Look, I think I hear Poppy who is an angel in disguise (enter sarcasm here)....
Oh, wait...Bulletin announcement- We bring to your attention that someone is messing around with the school's lacrosse coach..
Are you kidding? Sicko's !
My word, I couldn't get enough of this "hactivist" anonymous group because these ladies sure know how to have a good time.
It might just be that Lindsay is a former lawyer (public defender intern/Masters in criminal justice here) or because I have put my kids through these elite private schools & know far too much about how they're run.
Or, could it be because I'm divorced and no the rumor mill from a line of enablers turned smear campaign expert.
Either way you can't lose with this one because it's certain to cause a stir! Bon Voyage!! ;)
Thank you to Lindsay Cameron, Bantam, Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for this honest review.

This story started good—a fight for school placement from the Upper East Side families. A few things happened along the way, and I thought the story still was on a good leg. Perhaps it's not so bad, the kids are involved, and the parents are just background noises. Fifteen chapters in and the book become a soap opera. Don't get me wrong; I love a good gossip story now and then. However, this story has been done, and some authors have written better. Not to discredit the author, Lindsay Cameron writes very well. At times the story is engaging, but it doesn't move forward. It's stuck on one problem regarding the kids, and gossip and cheating get in the way of good story development. There was no character development. I'm pretty disappointed. The pace slowed around chapter fifteen, and I wanted to read the ending. Honestly, I could skip to the finish without missing anything between chapter fifteen and the end.

Thank you to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam and NetGalley for letting me read this eARC in exchange for an honest review.

This book was deliciously twisted. Everyone has a secret and when the stakes are high enough no one can be trusted. One mother will do WHATEVER it takes to make sure her daughter has the best future ahead of her. Another is scrambling to hide her secrets. Perhaps its true what they say and money really is the root of all evil. Will be recommending this to everyone!

Poppy, Heather and Norah all live in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Their children all attend an elite private school and are all competing for their children to get in the top high schools and Universities. UrbanMyth is an anonymous website for people to post whatever they desire. Everyone uses it to post their secrets…and it was all good until all the secrets were revealed. Everyone has something to hide, including a murder. Between leaked photos, black mailing, scandalous affairs, and a little bit of murder, this is everything you would expect.

As for the characters, none of them are likeable, which is the point. However, there is one good plot twist with Heather’s storyline and Poppy is certainly intriguing as a blue blood personality situated in contemporary times, but Nora could’ve used more fleshed out. A solid 3 star read, the premise was good but too slow to start and finish.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group-Ballantine for my ARC in exchange for my honest review.

I ended up requesting this book on a whim and it wasn’t until I got to the 75% point of the book that anything remotely interesting happened. This story felt like it had no point to it and could better be summed up in an episode of big little lies.