Book Synopsis THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE NOVEL YOU CANT MISS... A cracking read...builds to a deliciously dark conclusion. --Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10 Lures readers down a dark and tangled path...A gripping addition to the psych thriller world. --Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Girl Roz Nays Our Little Secret is a twisted tale of love, pain, and revenge that will stay with the reader long after they turn the last page. They say you never forget your first love. What they dont say, though, is that sometimes your first love wont forget you... Angela Petitjean sits in a cold, dull room. The police have been interrogating her for hours, asking about Saskia Parker. Shes the wife of Angelas high school sweetheart, HP, and the mother of his child. She has vanished. Homicide Detective J. Novak believes Angela knows what happened to Saskia. He wants the truth, and he wants it now. But Angela has a different story to tell. It began more than a decade ago when she and HP met in high school in Cove, Vermont. She was an awkward, shy teenager. He was a popular athlete. They became friends, fell in love, and dated senior year. Everything changed when Angela went to college. When time and distance separated them. When Saskia entered the picture. That was eight years ago. HP foolishly married a drama queen, and Angela moved on with her life. Whatever marital rift caused Saskia to leave her husband has nothing to do with Angela. Nothing at all. Detective Novak needs to stop asking questions and listen to what Angela is telling him. And once he understands everything, hell have the truth he so desperately wants. Review Quotes Nays engrossing read is told from multiple perspectives, and from its chillingly mysterious opening to the subtle brilliance with which a revengeful saga unfolds, its steamy love triangle will hook you and never let you go. Its a debut thriller thats just delicious.-- Entertainment Weekly Remarkable. Our Little Secret superficially resembles Paula Hawkins The Girl on a Trai n and similar psychological thrillers that have stormed the best-seller lists in the last decade. But Nays work transcends the subgenre. The plot is more textured and heartbreaking, and her prose contains startling turns of phrase that reveal the soul of a poet.-- Associated Press Addictive.-- US Weekly A sneaky-smart, charismatic debut that will win fans among those who enjoy the kind of duplicitous and deliciously complex psychological suspense written by Ruth Ware, Sophie Hannah, and Erin Kelly.-- Booklist (starred review) Fans of Paula Hawkins and Ruth Ware will devour this twisty psychological thriller ; Nay has expertly crafted a narrative that has the potential to veer in several directions, keeping the readers enthralled and guessing until the end.-- Library Journal (starred review) An insidious and disturbing read, Our Little Secret is a stunning thriller about the deadly consequences of a first love.--Buzzfeed [A] mesmerizing debut...Nay expertly spins an insidious, clever web, perfectly capturing the soaring heights and crushing lows of first love and how the loss of that love can make even the sanest people a little crazy. Carve out some time for this riveting, one-sitting read.-- Kirkus Reviews Captivating...Nay is a writer to watch.-- Publishers Weekly Heading to a cottage this weekend and need a guaranteed good read? Bring this book. Trust me: youre likely to read it in one breathless sitting. When you return to reality, it will be well past midnight and everyone else will have gone to bed. [A] winding, deceptive descent towards the truth about what happened. I didnt see it coming, and neither will you.-- The Globe and Mail Seemingly every aspiring author out there is now busy capitalizing on the trend, crafting dark psychological thrillers with unreliable female narrators and wild plot twists. Its increasingly difficult, then, to stand out in this crowded market... All of this is why first-time author Roz Nays debut Our Little Secret is so impressive.-- Toronto Star Roz Nay keeps readers enthralled with prose thats at once lyrical and incisive. The author can make a drug trip seem poetic. Our Little Secret should keep readers tied to its pages.--Shelf Awareness About the Author Roz Nay grew up in England and studied at Oxford University. She has been published in The Antigonish Review and the anthology Refuge. Roz has worked as an underwater fish counter in Africa, a snowboard videographer in Vermont, and a high school teacher in both the UK and Australia. She now lives in British Columbia, Canada, with her husband and two children. Our Little Secret is her first novel.