I absolutely adored this wonderful book packed with twists. Loved it from start to finish. One of my top reads this year. Do read this one - I very highly recommend it.

I'm a huge fan of A.J. McDine. This book didn't disappoint. Be ready for a Rollercoaster ride of twists and turns.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC of ths book.

Everyone has Secrets is medium paced, psychological domestic thriller from A J Mcdine. I've recently found A J McDine and I really enjoy her writing style. Everyone has Secrets has you trying to figure out who's lying, who's telling the truth, only to have everything turned on its head. If you like twisty, domestic thrillers, this is a great read!

Thank you Bookouture and Netgalley for this eArc
4.5 stars, rounded up to 5

Another thriller that has me shocked! I never saw the ending coming and I can always appreciate that in a thriller! I look forward to reading more by this author!

This audiobook gripped me from the beginning. It throws you right into the story and continues the steady pace throughout although at times I did wish it would up the pace somewhat but maybe that was the point to build the suspense. There are many characters to get to grips with and many the revelation. The narration was engaging and added to the story. It all came together well. Enjoyed this one.

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This had me gripped from tge blurb. The short chapters kept my attention. The multiple reveal of secrets from multiple characters means this requires great concentration. The premise of hiw far would a parent go to protect their child when lines become blurd is the hook. A lot of complex issues are dealt with a careful realistic way. . The pov style reinforced the quality of the writing. The final epilogue gave me chills and the hope for a sequel. It was engrossing and captivating full of misdirection. This is highly recommended but be warned the perfect writing and realism may start to make sone of those news stories seem nore real. Thank you netgallery and publisher and author

This is the second book I've read from this author. The Photo was fantastic, Everyone Has Secrets was just ok. I didn't feel any kind of connection to the characters and didn't have much sympathy for them. It was pretty obvious who gave the drugs and why. There was no real surprise to this story and for that I found it to be just ok. Short chapters are always appreciated.

This was fun. I usually like psychological thrillers and this one was no exception. The characters are relatable and realistic enough, some of them are likable others not so much, but I did like everyone. There are multiple plot twists, which is a nice treat. I particularly like when a thriller has more than one twist, it gives the book a nice pacing and it is more entertaining.
Personally, I've enjoyed this author's previous book, The Photo, more than this one. But I definitely recommend this book to anyone who has read a book by this author before, as well as to anyone who enjoys domestic and psychological thrillers with flawed - but realistic - characters.
Thank you, NetGalley and Bookouture, for providing me with a free eARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Who doesn’t love a good psychological thriller & this book really ticked all the boxes for me.
This author is a particular favourite of mine her stories are so easy to get into & always leaves you wanting more.
So well written & easy to follow she draws you in with her ingenious plots.
Fast paced from beginning to end she takes you on a rollercoaster of a ride you can’t put the book down.
So many twists you won’t see coming as you keep turning the pages determined to get to the bottom of the story.
The suspense is all consuming & it carries you through to the very end.
The story is set in a beautiful village called South Langley .The Griffiths family are lucky to have one of the loveliest homes there.
Eve lives with her wonderful husband Noah & their son Joe.
Joe is turning sixteen & he has asked his parents if he can have a party with just a few friends.
Eve has mixed emotions about this but does agree in the end as deep down she knows her son is sensible.
Imagine their horror as they get the dreaded phone call to come home quick.
Every parents worse nightmare.
Congratulations to A J McDine on another fantastic book.
I absolutely loved it.

I've read most of A.J. McDine's books and this doesn't disapoint . So many twists & turns in it. I loved the storyline, the characters in the book were great. This is a real page turner 5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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This book was filled with lies and twists! I was hooked from the first chapter.

A peaceful neighborhood is shattered when 15 yr old Annie is found unresponsive at Eve's home. Eve's son was celebrating his 16th birthday when Eve suffered an overdose The neighborhood instantly blames Eve for the incident and she must uncover the truth before her son is convicted.

Definitely a psychological thriller. Hard to guess who is the culprit. A wonderful twist at the end. A book well worth reading.

Everyone Has Secrets is the third I've read from McDine and is definitely my favourite to date.

It takes us on a fast paced drama fueled journey through secrets, lies, and the complexities of family and friendships.

I was hooked immediately and everything else was forgotten until I'd finished turning the final page.

The characters are far from perfect, their flaws and complexities adding to the suspense.

Just how far are you willing to go when it comes to safeguarding your family?

Really enjoyed the latest domestic thriller by A.J. McDine! It's set in a leafy suburb where everyone has secrets - some deadly. Very well done!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this ARC!

Have read previous books by McDine and enjoyed them. This didn't disappoint I flew through it and loved it. Thanks for the opportunity to review

This is one of my worst nightmares as a parent. When your child is going to a party and you say be safe,don't take anything! I'm a broken record,but this story is exactly why. When Annie collapses at her friend Joes 16th birthday house party..he rings his parents telling them to come home quick from the neighbours house. Has Annie taken something herself or been spiked? Joe's mum Eve and Annie's mum Lisa will stop at nothing to get to the bottom of what happened at this party,as Annie clings to life in hospital. But as is so often the case,someone's not being truthful. An emotionally charged good read. With thanks to NetGalley Bookouture and A.J McDine for an arc to read and review

Not a bad book! Quick and easy to read, a page turner if you're looking for something on the lighter side! No triggering topics, no graphic descriptions while "everyone has secrets" still keeps you on the edge! I love that Lisa was so human, that she still gave Eve and Joe a chance and that she herself was shown going through a realistic process of grieving!

Another brilliant, brooding thriller with a punch of an ending from AJ McDine!

On one fateful evening, Eve's life is turned upside down. Tragedy strikes at her son's sixteenth birthday party and she doesn't know who she can trust because literally everyone has secrets and most of them are lying to her.

I do love a thriller that you could easily fit yourself into. Eve lives a very ordinary life with her husband and son, but is suddenly faced with extraordinary circumstances. And who amongst us truly knows what we would do when faced with such sudden pressure? Sure, there are a few moments in the book that are probably beyond most people's normal lives, but we never know how far we are from crisis until we find ourselves in it.

If you like a slow burn domestic thriller then do give AJ McDine a go.

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Review for 'Everyone Has Secrets' by A J McDine

'Everyone Has Secrets' discusses some topics that may upset some readers or may not be suitable for others. I like to point this out ahead of time in my reviews so you can judge if this book is for you or not. In this book A J McDine discusses/includes drugs and an overdose

OMG AJ, Where On Earth have you been hiding all of my life?!?! How have I never read any of your books so far when you are this blooming amazing?!! Well, I am just so glad I have resolved that problem, and that now while I am waiting for your next book, which is guaranteed to be amazing even if it is just a quarter as good as this book, I can read your previous books while I am waiting!

OMG!!! SHUT THE FRONT DOOR!!! WHAT HAVE I JUST READ!?!?!? A J McDine you are a writing legend!!!

Wow!!! Well fair play the first thing I must say is congratulations to A J McDine on an absolutely HUGE success!! Absolutely blooming fantastic!! I never did work out what was happening and that is quite a feat considering it is quite hard to shock me now that I have read so many suspense and thrillers yet I never did see any of those mind blowing twists coming!! Anyway on with my review....

This book is fantastically written with vivid descriptions that absolutely grip the readers attention and puts them right in the middle of it all feeling the hair raise on your arms and feeling the sweat run down your back. The cover is eye catching and if that doesn't make you want to get absorbed into this page turner the synopsis definitely will!!!

An absolutely fantastic page turner by this brilliant new author to me and I am so glad I have discovered her so I can get stuck into her previous books!! This book has got to be one of the most heart racing books I've read in a long time!!! It had me hook, line and sinker from the first page and I could not put it down!!! Every time I said one more chapter it ended on a cliff-hanger and I just had to know what was going on!!! If you are going to read this then clear your day because it is truly unputdownable. I started this yesterday afternoon and finished it at approx. 2am, I read it in one sitting and although I'm knackered today it was 1000000% worth it!!! I listened to the audiobook version of this book which is narrated by Tamsin Kennard who does an absolutely amazing job of narrating this gripping storyline but more on that soon. In this fantastic book we meet Eve Griffiths who lives with her husband Noah and 15 year old son Joe. They have a good life in a good neighbourhood. Eve is a typical helicopter parent even when her son is a teenager!! Joe is about to turn 16 and after (very reluctantly) agreeing Eve allows him to have a few friends over at their house to celebrate while Eve and Noah go to their friend Lisa's home until midnight. Lisa's daughter Annie, who is also Eve's Goddaughter, will also be going to celebrate Joe's birthday. When Eve gets a panicked phone call from Joe a few hours into the celebrations saying that something had happened to Annie. Eve, Noah and Lisa run across to Lisa's home and discover Annie laying on the kitchen floor rigid, hot and unconscious with a faint pulse. An ambulance is called and the lives of Eve, Noah, Joe, Lisa and Annie will never be the same again. With Lisa refusing to allow Eve to see Annie in the hospital and blaming Joe and a community they have lived in for 16 years turning on them and telling them to return to London can things get any worse? With Eve determined to find out what really happened at the party, her job at risk and Noah keeping secrets will Eve uncover the secrets that everybody seems to be hiding?? Grab your copy of this fantastic page turner to find out for yourselves and I can promise that you will not regret it!!! With a storyline ram packed with friendship, community, secrets, suspense, lies, tension, heartache, drama, shocks and much, much more what on Earth are you waiting for?? With an explosive ending that I was not expecting it makes a nice change as after reading hundreds of crime and psychological thrillers it is getting harder and harder to surprise me s a MASSIVE well done AJ!!! A true page turner, this book is absolutely compelling with an addictive storyline that kept me guessing throughout. I was continuously questioning who was doing what!! AJ's fantastic, emotive and evocative writing talents and Tamsin's amazing narration together really do ensure the reader is transported into the storyline with the characters and events coming to life around them where they can see and feel absolutely everything that Eve is seeing and feeling. Congratulations AJ on writing and Tamsin for narrating an absolutely brilliant and unique storyline that I just could not put down!! I cannot wait to get stuck in to your previous and future books!!

Clear your schedules and get ready to be sucked into an addictive, page turning domestic thriller by an extremely talented author!!!

This is one of the few books that I have listened 100% on Audiobook. If I listen to a book on audiobook I usually also read the physical book between but I listened to the whole book and I was impressed! I must say a HUGE congratulations to the narrator Tamsin Kennard who yet again has done an absolutely amazing job bringing this story and the characters to life. I would listen to it and this book in the car and while walking at any opportunity. I'm not only looking forward to reading more books by the epic AJ McDine but also to listening to more books narrated by Tamsin!

The characters were very realistic and well rounded and again their personalities reflected the storyline and how they would act, etc perfectly. AJ's fantastic and emotive descriptions really brings the characters to life along with Tamsin's absolutely brilliant narration which really portrays Lisa's emotions throughout. The storyline is extremely scarily realistic in regards to drugs, pressure and children (younger and older) and how one thing can have such a butterfly affect on so many people. I was completely invested in all of the characters and my heart went out to several of them. I was also trying to work out who was saying the truth and who was lying, and what they were lying about but I never managed to work it out myself so well done AJ!! Each of the characters were well developed, unique and thanks to Amanda's fantastic evocative writing skills and Tamsin's brilliant narrative they all came to life before my eyes. They all had their own flaws, strengths and weaknesses. That is all I will say as I don't want to run the risk of dropping any hints or spoilers. However, whether you love or hate these characters, they all have their own strong unique personalities and they all bring the story to life playing their roles perfectly.

An absolutely HUGE SUCCESS by this extremely talented author. This is EXACTLY why I would like to welcome you to my favourite authors club A J McDine and here is to your next success 🥂!!

Overall a page turning addictive domestic thriller that will have your heart racing and will blow your mind with the explosive twists.

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I am a HUGE fan of this author, but this book fell massively below my expectations. It wasn't really a psychological thriller with the jaw dropping twists I am used to, more of a family drama, focused on the loss of a loved one, financial pressures and the dangers of drug use.

The main character, Eve, has the perfect life with her husband and their son, Joe. When Joe has a party for his 16th birthday and Eve's goddaughter, Annie, is rushed to hospital in a coma after taking drugs, Eve's world comes crashing down around her and the whole community shuns her, including her best friend and Annie's mother, Lisa.

The characters were likeable and relatable, but the storyline was fairly predictable. I felt annoyed that there was no accountability for anyone's actions; the drug dealer and even the teacher who was grooming a student were left free to carry on.

I feel terrible giving this a low rating, but I am always honest in my reviews. I love this author's writing and I can't wait to see what she comes up with next, but sadly this one wasn't for me.

2 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, A J McDine and Bookouture, for an ARC in return for an honest review.