Shari Lapena does it again!

As the book starts, we find out that William, a respected doctor and family man, has been having an affair with Nora, who works with and who also happens to live in his neighbourhood. One afternoon, the affair abruptly ends. William is sad and angry. He returns home, to find his nine-year old daughter, Avery, home early from choir practice. An argument erupts and William loses his temper.

A few hours later, Avery is missing. What happened to Avery is a mystery. Did she run away? Was she taken? Who is responsible? It seems every in the neighbour has a secret to hide. Is their secret related to Avery or is it something else entirely?

This was a real page-turner. I could not put this one down - I definitely kept saying "one more chapter!" Shari Lapena did an amazing job taking us on a wild ride. There were so many different suspects. Every time I thought I had something figured out, a new suspect emerged.

I found the characters interesting, especially Avery. Lapena did an excellent job of weaving the "gossip of the neighbourhood" with suspense and mystery. I really liked the final twist too!

Highly recommend this thriller for your summer reading list.

Thank you Penguin Random House Canada, Doubleday Canada, and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a unique twisted tale where every page brings something unexpected. So many twists and turns and suspenseful as heck. Well written with characters that genuinely make you feel what the author intended for them. This moves along at a good pace and everyone’s tangled web is unraveled with jaw dropping surprises.
A great read!

Nine year old Avery Wooler is a difficult child. When she goes missing one day after being sent home from school, her family is frantic. Many people on the street have reason to be suspect, and many of them have their own secrets to keep. Will the police find out who took her, and why, before it's too late?

This was a quick-paced, no fluff, no excess character development kind of read. The characters were all unlikeable. Some characters were quite unrealistic and I had a hard time believing Avery's character as a nine year old. Everyone made poor decisions. Having said all that, I flew through this book due to the pacing and had to know what was happening next. It kept me entertained throughout and I kind of loved to hate everyone in it. Though the ending was a little abrupt, I don't mind this type of ending and was satisfied.

Unsettling, intricate, and tortuous!

Everyone Here is Lying is a twisty, disturbing mystery that takes you into the lives of a handful of residents of the Stanhope community, including the Wooler family, as their worlds get turned upside down when one afternoon, nine-year-old Avery Wooler vanishes without a trace leaving some residents eager to help however they can, some pointing fingers at anyone they don’t get along with, and all of them scrambling to keep their darkest secrets hidden for good.

The writing is brisk and sharp. The characters are manipulative, secretive, and unlikeable. And the plot is an eerie, suspenseful tale full of twists, turns, secrets, surprises, lies, betrayal, familial drama, neurodiversity challenges, adultery, and suspicious personalities.

Overall, Everyone Here is Lying is another ominous, gripping, sophisticated tale by Lapena that kept me guessing from the very first page and ultimately left me chilled, satisfied, and curious to see what her devious mind could possibly come up with next.

I have enjoyed every book I’ve read by Shari Lapena, and this one did not disappoint!

William is having an affair with his neighbour Nora. She breaks it off and later the same day William’s daughter Avery goes missing. The police interview everyone on the block and try to untangle the web of lies.

This book kept me guessing, I didn’t want to put it down!

Shari Lapena always write such good thrillers full of twists and turns. This book is no exception! It’s fast-paced with a full cast of characters, each with their own secrets, each more suspicious than the last.
I was immediately hooked and couldn’t stop turning the pages to see what would happen next.
The ending moved quickly but I was both satisfied and dying to know more.

Thank you to Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a review

I'm am a huge fan of Shari Lapena, but I struggled a bit reading this book. It was good, but it didn't flow and captivate me like her other books did. I can't pinpoint exactly what didn't work for me.

Avery is nine years old and when she disappears, there's a frantic search trying to figure out what happened to her. All the characters, and there are many of them, have a reason to lie.

Although this wasn't my favourite, I think it was good overall and deserves 4 stars.

The Wooler family has a lot of secrets. William is having an affair and struggles to connect with his nine-year-old daughter, Avery. Avery is known for being difficult and struggles with her behaviour at school and at home. When William comes home and gets in a fight with Avery, it’s nothing new. But when she goes missing, things begin to come to light. Suddenly their idyllic neighbourhood doesn’t seem so safe as the time is ticking to find Avery.

I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this thriller. Lapena has been hit or miss for me in the past but this was definitely a hit. I was hooked right from the start as William’s deceptions really set the tone for everyone else to follow suit. I loved following along as everyone’s dirty laundry was uncovered. The twist was great and I didn’t see it coming!

Nora and William have been having an affair, but when Nora tells William it’s over, he heads home assuming no one will be there. Unfortunately, his willful 9-year old daughter, Avery (with ADHD and something else) is there; she has been sent home early from school. William loses his temper with her, hits her, and apologizes. Next thing you know, Avery is missing.

This was quite good. It didn’t take long to get moving and everyone – it seems – has something to hide! I was surprised that something was revealed about half-way (?) through the book (maybe a bit more), so earlier than I would have expected, but there was, of course, more to come. The story came out via following many different characters, including one of the detectives. Wow, Avery was a pain in the butt – sure didn’t like her. I wasn’t crazy about the end – it seemed almost unfinished; I certainly would have liked to know what happened after.

This book is an Intruiging Neighborhood thriller. Stanhope, NY, is a small safe community. That is, until 9 year old Avery goes missing. The book explores the members of this neighborhood that is filled with dark secrets, lies and mystery.
This book starts off with a bang! Engaged me immediately. The plot is entertaining. I felt that Avery was portrayed older than most 9 year olds. I am rated this book 3.5/5.
Thank you to NetGallery and the publisher for an ARC of this book.

A page turner that will have you second guessing everyone in this neighbourhood! Totally bingeable and unputdownable.

A spiralling web of lies, deceit and twists unfolds in the midst of the search for missing girl, Avery Wooler.

William Wooler is a man who has it all, a wife and children and a fulfilling career as a doctor but he also has a secret. He’s been having an affair with a neighbour, Nora Blanchard, until today when she ended it.

Enraged by the shock of Nora ending their arrangement he heads home, surprised to find his younger child, Avery at home. Avery has a few behavioural problems and isn’t always an easy child. William knows he lets his anger get the best of him, like it did today when he slapped her so hard she fell to the ground when he confronted her about being home when she shouldn’t have been.

Not long after William gets a frantic call from his wife, Erin saying that Avery is missing! Was he the last to see her?

The search for Avery has ensued and the entire neighbourhood is involved, in the search and as suspects. How well did the Wooler’s really know their neighbours?

Thank you @netgalley and @penguinrandomhouse for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Very quick, addictive read! I finished this in a couple of hours because I genuinely could not put it down!
I was hoping for a bigger twist reveal, but did enjoy the plot development. Overall, a four star read for me!

Right from the start this was a fast-paced story of suspense with enough twists and turns to keep you hooked and wanting more. Using a familiar 'child-disappearance' plotline Ms. Lapena takes a fresh approach and tells the story from the multiple points of view of the neighbours on a small-town street. Each one is linked in some way to the parents of the missing nine-year-old child, Avery, a difficult and manipulative young girl. The story unfolds almost in real time, jumping from one household to the other at a breakneck pace. At times the detailed reflections of various characters did become a bit repetitive, but they're all so downright unreliable, you feel compelled to keep going to find out the truth about what really happened.

I was hooked from the first page of this novel, but I’ve been twisted up since a few chapters in. Thoroughly twisted up and conflicted about the characters and I didn’t know who to trust or who to believe. And then it keeps twisting. And it’ll untwist only to twist you up again the opposite way. And you guys, I can’t even talk to you about most of it because, well, spoilers.

When everyone has something to hide or an image to protect and doesn’t want anyone or anything tarnishing that image or finding out their ‘private lives,’ how do you find the real truth of someone and get to the bottom in the terrifying situation of a missing child? When the question of who could possibly take or harm a 9 year old girl is not easily answered, everyone becomes a suspect: the parents, the neighbours, the neighbour’s kid, strangers you’ve never met, suspicious people in the neighbourhood, the strange, quiet child down the street. The person who’s having an affair and doesn’t want anyone to know, the jealous spouse, the brother, the overlooked coworker…. You’ll find yourself second guessing your kids and spouse and relationships. And throughout, you’ll wonder what the person sitting beside you or down the street is capable of. And then you’ll wonder what it’s like to deal with a psychopath. To be around one and not know it or to be around one and be constantly second guessing yourself and their motives.

And even though you’ll think you have everything all sorted out, you won’t know how everything sorts itself out until the very last page.

It’s that good.

Thank you to Penguin Random House Canada and NetGalley for the advanced ebook copy of this amazing book. Available July 25, 2023!

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This is a very fast paced read. The POV’s switch constantly during the chapters, which took a bit to get used to again (her other books are written the same way). Once I got used to the writing style, I enjoyed how back and forth the storyline was as it kept me hooked to keep reading.

Almost all of the characters in this book were unreliable and suspicious, so I had no clue who actually did it. I was surprised by the twist and I think the ending was wrapped up perfectly.

💭 𝕄𝕪 𝕋𝕙𝕠𝕦𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕤:

🤫 This was definitely a quick read for me. It has good flow and it got more interesting as the plot thickened.

🤥 The twist has occured to me early on in the book but there were so many more details about it that I wouldn't have guessed. I liked how Shari did that.

🏘️ I found there to be too many hands in the pot with the amount of people/children that were involved. I feel like a few people could have beemln removed from the storyline and the end result would have been the same. The only reason so many people would need to be involved would be if Shari was planning a sequel for this book.

👧 It was definitely disturbing and that is exactly what I was looking for.

As a dedicated fan of Shari Lapena's work, I eagerly delved into Everyone Here is Lying, and once again, Lapena did not disappoint. This twisted domestic thriller had me captivated from the very first page, offering a rollercoaster ride of suspense, secrets, and surprising connections between the characters.

One of the highlights of Lapena's writing is her ability to create characters that evoke strong emotions from readers. She expertly weaves a cast of characters that are easy to love or hate, adding an extra layer of depth to the story. I found myself constantly questioning the characters motives and hidden agendas.

The underlying mystery woven throughout the drama kept me guessing, and I found myself eagerly turning the pages to uncover the truth. Avery, the nine-year-old main character proved to be unbelievably complex. Some of her actions and statements were surprising and not entirely believable for a child her age.

Despite a few minor drawbacks, "Everyone Here is Lying" remains an engaging and thrilling read. Shari Lapena's ability to create a web of secrets and suspense is commendable, and fans of her previous works will find much to enjoy in this novel.

Avery and her family live on a quiet street, until one day, she leaves school early and hours later is declared missing. Sheri Lapena provides us with multiple suspects by telling us little bits about three families from the neighbourhood in addition to Avery’s own family. We have deceitful characters, misleading information and tragic scapegoats. We don’t know who we can trust.

The story was a straightforward, easy read. It was entertaining and with short chapters it will easily keep you wanting more. I feel it would be perfect to take to the beach or read on a road trip.


Thank you to Net Galley, Penguin Random House and author Shari Lapena for the Review Copy in exchange for an honest review.

This neighborhood thriller was addicting! You find yourself questioning everyone and everything! When 9 year old Avery goes missing, everyone becomes a suspect, and the secrets all come out.

This one hooked me from the first chapter and had surprising twists. You couldn't trust anyone. It offers short chapters, a fast-paced whodunit, and a neighborhood drama.

I really enjoyed trying to solve the case and follow all the characters. I loved that it took me by surprise, and I found Avery to be a very unique and unpredictable.

Thank you netgalley and penguin random house Canada for this advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinions.

Young Avery who lives in a small town goes missing one day! Who could have taken her- and who is lying?

This was another book by Shari Lapena that I was looking forward to reading. This book had my attention throughout and I read it quite quickly, even though I felt likesome of the "twists" were revealed early and somewhat predictable. I still enjoyed following Avery's story and trying to keep all of the lies straight. Overall, it was quite enjoyable!

Thank you Netgalley and Penguin Random House Canada for the ARC in return for an honest review. Looking forward to reading Shari Lapena's next book!