Never Tell

How well do you know people? How well do they know you? Six award-winning, bestselling authors of suspense explore the lingering threat of secrets and the inescapable fear that they can’t stay buried forever. No matter how dark the hiding place, the consequences of revealing the truth can bring out the worst in lovers, friends, family, and strangers.

Everywhere You Look by Liv Constantine

All it takes is one shocking revelation on a New York street for a woman to unlock the secrets and lies of her past in a twisty short story by the bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish.

The Ghost Writer by Loreth Anne White

A reclusive author with a lurid history is ready to divulge her most infamous secret to the world in a chilling short story of Gothic suspense by the bestselling author of The Maid’s Diary.

The Other Side of the Road by Andrea Bartz

A couple preparing for the future discovers that their dream house will cost them far more than the mortgage in a sinister short story by the New York Times bestselling author of We Were Never Here.

Scorpions by Rachel Howzell Hall

A man’s lifetime of secrets and lies. A woman on the hunt for his hidden riches. But there’s a sting in the tale in this gripping short story by the New York Times bestselling author of We Lie Here.

Jackrabbit Skin by Ivy Pochoda

Secrets and rage can get under the skin in an unsettling short story by Ivy Pochoda, award-winning author of Sing Her Down and These Women.

The Bad Friend by Caroline Kepnes

Secrets, betrayal, and jealousy are at the heart of a friendship in an unnerving short story about truth and self-deception by Caroline Kepnes, the New York Times bestselling author of You.

Liv Constantine is the pen name of sisters Lynne and Valerie Constantine. They are the bestselling authors of several novels, including The Senator’s Wife and The Last Mrs. Parrish, a Reese’s Book Club selection. Their books have sold over one and a half million copies worldwide and have been translated into twenty-nine languages.

Loreth Anne White is an Amazon Charts, Washington Post, and Bild bestselling author of The Maid’s Diary and The Patient’s Secret. With over three million books sold around the world, she is an overall Daphne du Maurier Award winner, an ITW Thriller Award nominee, an Arthur Ellis finalist, and the winner of multiple other industry awards.

Andrea Bartz is the New York Times bestselling author of The Spare Room, a Marie Claire book club pick; We Were Never Here, a Reese’s Book Club pick in development at Netflix; The Lost Night, an Amazon Best Book of the Month; and The Herd, which was named a best book of 2020 by Marie Claire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, and CrimeReads.

Rachel Howzell Hall is the New York Times bestselling author of What Never Happened and, with James Patterson, The Good Sister, which was included in Patterson’s collection The Family Lawyer. Rachel is a two-time Los Angeles Times Book Prize finalist and an Anthony and International Thriller Writers award nominee.

Ivy Pochoda is the author of Wonder Valley, Visitation Street, These Women, and Sing Her Down. She won the 2018 Strand Critics Award for Best Novel and the Prix Page America in France, and has been a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and the Edgar Award, among other prizes.

Caroline Kepnes is the New York Times bestselling author of For You and Only You, Hidden Bodies, Providence, and You, which was adapted into the hit Netflix series of the same name. She has worked as a journalist for Entertainment Weekly and a TV writer for 7th Heaven and The Secret Life of the American Teenager.