I received this ARC in audiobook format from Netgalley in return for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. I hadn't heard of the author but I'm new to the world of thrillers so I don't know many to begin with.

"How well do you really know the people you love the most?

The leafy village of South Langley is the sort of place where someone might kill to live. The Griffiths family has the best home of all – the climbing ivy framing their double bay windows. You can always spot Eve laughing with her husband and their sixteen-year-old-son. And Eve’s best friend Lisa and her teenage daughter Annie live in a charming cottage right across the street. Everything is perfect… Until one night something unthinkable turns the peaceful neighbourhood upside down.

Annie is found on the tiled floor of Eve’s kitchen struggling to breathe. As the blue flashing lights of police cars shatter the quiet streets, everyone is looking at the Griffiths family for answers.

With Annie’s life hanging in the balance, Eve is determined to find out what happened. But as she gets closer to the truth, she begins to question who she can really trust. Because someone is lying to her – is it her best friend, her husband or her son?

After all, we all have secrets. But how many of us would kill to keep them?"

This was a tense novel told mainly from Eve's point of view while she is trying to work out exactly what happened in her house that fateful night. Along the way she finds that everyone (not just her family) has secrets that they are keeping which makes everything much more difficult to put together. Obviously her son is innocent... Isn't he? But she has to find out what happened and who was responsible.

The audiobook itself was narrated really well and definitely helped built the tension and the urgency of what was going on.

There were twists I didn't see coming and the odd part I figured out but the book did keep me on my toes the whole way through and so I am now keen to read more by A.J. McDine.

Thank you Netgalley for the opportunity to listen to this book

When a girl ODs at a birthday party, shit hits the fan in a small town. Everyone Has Secrets is an atmospheric thriller where a mother struggles to figure out what happened in her own house, while her life begins to fall apart. Losing her friends, job, and possibly even her husband.

Yes, everyone in this story has secrets, but it was all fairly anticlimactic. Nothing was shocking, but I did find myself wondering what was going to happen next. I wasn’t sure what I was expecting with the epilogue… but it wasn’t that! 😬 it salvaged the book from a hard 3 to a decent 3.5 star read!

Firstly the narrator, Tamsin Kennard, did an amazing job at this book. I love listening to books she narrates. I discovered this author earlier in the year thanks to netgalley and i really enjoy her books they are full of the usual twists and turns but some surprises too. I would class this as more of a domestic thriller and would highly recommend this book. I find the authors books very easy to get into and this one is no different.
Thanks to the publisher, author and netgalley for this audio arc.

So many secrets!!! This book is chocked full of them. You see the devastating impact certain decisions and keeping secrets can have. I was on the edge of my seat and finished the book in 1 days because I couldn’t put it down.

This is my first book by AJ McDine and I’ve already downloaded her other books. Tamsin Kennard did an excellent job with the narration.

Thank you to NetGalley & Bookouture Audio for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The novel delves into the enigma surrounding an overdose at the protagonist’s home, unfolding through a series of twists and turns. While the plot is relatively straightforward, the themes of friendship, family, and the lengths one might go to protect loved ones are deeply explored. Although I enjoyed the book, I felt that it sometimes missed opportunities to fully engage and captivate, lacking a bit of emotional depth at crucial moments.

n the picturesque village of South Langley, the Griffiths family (Eve, Noah and Joe) appear to lead an idyllic life. Despite her reservations, Eve allows her son Joe to host a small gathering for his sixteenth birthday. Her husband, Noah, thinks she’s too protective and insists they leave for a bit. While they’re just across the street at her friend Lisa's, Eve can’t shake her unease. They return home to find Lisa’s daughter Annie unresponsive on the floor, apparently from ecstasy. With Annie in the ICU and rumors about her son’s involvement, Eve is determined to find out who brought the drugs into their home. Everyone Has Secrets is a captivating and intense psychological thriller filled with nail-biting suspense. I devoured it in a single day.

Thank you to A J McDine, Bookouture Audio, and NetGalley for providing advance access to the audiobook, Everyone Has Secrets in exchange for my honest review.

The narrator, Tamsin Kennard, did an outstanding job.

Publication date- October 21 2024
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I read this as an ebook and I liked it enough but I loved it as an audiobook. I love this narrator! This book has so many twists and sad moments. It really is a domestic thriller or maybe just a women's fiction. I do find the protagonist to be awful but it fits the story.

The story got me hooked from the beginning. It’s written from a mothers, Eve’s pov. On her sons 16th birthday something happenes, and all their lives change. Eve wants to know exactly what happened, it’s not an easy job. As she digs deeper and deeper she finds out some very disturbing things.
This book was so so easy to read.

Everyone Has Secrets is true to its title: secrets invade this story and readers have no idea who to trust or what really happened. It is truly a gem of a psychological thriller, but also brings up important issues like growing up, the angst of love, and the importance of truth. A J McDine is a superb writer and tells a story like no other.

Thank you to Netgalley, A.J. McDine, and Bookouture Audio for the audiobook. Tamsin Kennard delivers a fantastic narration that brings this twisty thriller to life. You'll be on the edge of your seat as secrets unfold, leading to a jaw-dropping plot twist that you won’t see coming!

''Everyone Has Secrets'' really is an utterly addictive psychological thriller, I just couldn't stop listening. And when I was not listening, I couldn't stop thinking about it.

The Griffiths family seems to have it all - Eve, her husband, and their sixteen-year-old son embody the picture-perfect family, along with Eve’s best friend Lisa and her teenage daughter Annie, who live just across the street.

However, the tranquility is shattered one fateful night when Annie is found on the tiled floor of Eve’s kitchen, struggling to breathe. As police sirens pierce the calm, all eyes turn to the Griffiths for answers. With Annie’s life hanging in the balance, Eve becomes determined to uncover the truth, but the closer she gets, the more she realizes that the people she trusts most might be hiding dark secrets.

McDine expertly constructs a narrative filled with tension and suspense, as Eve navigates a web of lies that could tear her family apart. Is it her best friend, her husband, or even her son who is lying? The author skillfully peels back layers of deception, keeping readers guessing until the very end.

Although the characters are all shown through Eve's point of view, they are richly drawn. Each grappling with their own struggles and secrets that intertwine with the overarching mystery. McDine’s writing captures the emotional weight of the story, making the reader feel every twist and turn.

A solid 5 stars and I am definitely going to read more from this author!

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for providing me the audiobook in exchange for my honest review. The book will be published on October, 21, 2024, go read it!

I absolutely enjoyed this audio of Everyone Has Secrets by AJ McDine. I recently also listened to The Baby by the same author and I am now hooked on her books.

How well do you really know the people you love the most?

Eve lives in the village of South Langley with her husband Noah and almost 16-year-old son Joe. Her best friend Lisa lives across the street with her 15-year-old daughter Annie. The two women had their children within two weeks of each other and the children have grown up together in and out of each other’s homes.

Joe wants to celebrate his upcoming birthday with a small party but Eve is worried out the teens drinking and smoking in her house or gatecrashers arriving at the party. Noah eventually persuades Eve that it will be good for Joe to have his friends over, they will just be across the road with Lisa. What could go wrong?

At around eleven o’clock that evening Eve receives a panicked call from Joe. Annie has collapsed on the kitchen floor struggling to breathe.
The story revolves around various secrets that some of the characters are keeping from others as well as how quickly solid relationships can change in a second when there is a serious incident. As Annie fights for her life in hospital, Eve makes it her mission to find out the whole truth behind what happened at her house that evening.

The narrator did a fabulous job and thanks again to NetGalley for my review copy.

I’ve listened to this audiobook in almost one sitting.

The combination of AJ McDine’s great writing and Tamsin Kennard’s super narration was what made this a great edge of the seat thriller!

The story centred around the Griffiths family and what secrets unfold after their son’s 16th birthday and the consequences of that night.

It’s a great read full of the usual twists and turns, thoroughly enjoyed this and definitely recommend.

Eve and her husband Noah are throwing their son Joe a 16th birthday party, and Eve wants Joe to invite her best friend Lisa's daughter, Annie. While the kids are partying, Eve and Noah are just across the way at Lisa's until they get that phone call that something terrible happened to Annie. Who can Eve trust and who is tellin the truth. All the neighbors have juicy secrets and don't want them out. This is definitely a page turner, and I am so proud of Eve for wantin to find out what really happened at the party and who is lying and tryin to get all the hidden secrets out and can she really trust everyone she loves. This book is really good with lots of twists and turns so many.

I was given a copy by the publisher via NetGalley (Thank U), and all my opinions are my own.

AJ McDine, this book needs to be made into a TV series. This would be so good! I could not put this book down. I had chills. I was so engulfed in this story from chapter one. It was full of suspense from the beginning and kept you hanging until the very end. Wonderfully done! Add this to your TBR for a thriller!

I listened to the audio on this one, and the narrator did a great job. This is a believable domestic thriller about when the unthinkable happens a few times over. I wouldn't say it's an edge-of-your-seat nail-biter, but it's a decent, enjoyable read.

Eve's seemingly perfect life gets turned upside when her goddaughter, Annie, is given illegal drugs at a party thrown by Eve's son and Annie ends up hospitalized. As Eve tries desperately to find out who supplied the drugs, she learns that her family isn't the only one with dark secrets.

This one jumped into the action quickly and the characters felt real. I enjoyed the story and the narration. I just struggled with this one because instead of there being in depth on one big secret and a bunch of little secrets or maybe going in depth on two big secrets it seems to try to go a lot of places and ended up being a little all over the place. I still enjoyed the story and I think the author is super talented, this one just wasn't my favorite.

A J has easily become an auto-read author for me. The writing pulls me in so quickly, and it's like once I start I can't stop. I feel like an investigator trying to connect the dots and figure out who did it. Of course, as usual, I was wrong, which just makes the reveal so much more intriguing.
Maybe I wouldn't call this one a thriller, more of a psychological family drama. The characters and their secrets were very relatable. The epilogue has me biting my nails, wondering if more is to come. Looking forward to many more reading from this author for sure.

Everyone Has Secrets by A J McDine
Narrated by Tamsin Kennard

It's easy for me to "know" what I'd do in the situation that Eve finds herself and her family on the night that her son has friends over for a party without parents. I have never had children or grandchildren so I don't have to filter what I want to do through what I should do in a way a parent will be compelled to do. Sadly, the events in this story ring true, could really happen, have happened before, and will keep on happening as long as there are parents, kids, and outside influences.

The world blows up for Eve, her family, her best friend, and her goddaughter on an ordinary night. But as Eve digs into what happened that night, all against the wishes of law enforcement and common sense, Eve realizes her world had been on this path for a long time. Just where this path has led from and where it's going, Eve doesn't know but she does know that if she doesn't make some decisions and influence some minds and events, life could get a lot worse than where it's heading at the moment.

Heartbreaking, tension filled, and too realistic for comfort, it's scary to see the pressures on both children and parents. But it's also scary to see that so often adults make decisions that will mean no one learns from what has happened in the past, that things will just keep on going as they have gone on, that is unless, someone takes a stand. I really liked the epilogue of this story because I think if another story comes from this one, it'll be because some people took the easy way out. As always, Tamsin Kennard does an excellent job of narrating chaos among what first appears so sedate and serene.

Thank you to Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for this ARC.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for this E-ARC audiobook.

The title of this book is very accurate. Everyone has secrets, and as a mother races to find out who was involved in the tragedy that occurred in their home, she starts to realize just how many secrets those around her are hiding. I think the author did a great job writing a story with lots of twists and reveals and did a good job keeping the ending somewhat veiled while also making perfect sense as you think back over the book. I liked that none of the characters were perfect or blameless. While some weren’t directly connected to what happened at her son’s party, they still were flawed people. They weren’t bad enough to be villainized or dislikable, though. They felt very real. The narrator also did a fantastic job reading with emotion and using different voices when needed for dialogue.