Please Don't Lie
In this stylish, twisty thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and award-winning author Anne Burt, a young woman heads to the Adirondacks with her new husband for a fresh start—but the past won’t let her go.
Two years ago, Hayley Stone lost everything. First, her parents died in a devastating fire. Then, her sister overdosed, leaving Hayley alone and hounded by a media circus that turned her family’s tragedy into tabloid fodder. When her new husband suggests a fresh start in the Adirondacks, the promise of anonymity in an isolated mountain town feels like salvation.
But the mountains hold darker secrets than she ever imagined.
Her once-loving husband grows distant and volatile. The widow down the road keeps spewing vague accusations. Not even their new friends—a free-spirited couple living on the property—can help Hayley shake the creeping sense that something is off.
As winter edges closer, Hayley discovers that her sanctuary is anything but safe. Trapped and isolated, she faces a terrifying truth: in trying to escape her past, she may have run straight into something far more dangerous.
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Christina Baker Kline
Christina Baker Kline’s novels invite readers into the hidden corners of history, illuminating lives that might otherwise be forgotten. Born in Cambridge, England, and raised across the American South and Maine, she grew up navigating multiple cultures, an experience that shaped her nuanced sense of place and identity in her writing. Her early exposure to history, through her father, a labor historian, and storytelling through her mother, an educator, instilled a curiosity about how personal stories intersect with larger historical events.
Crystal River
Tucked away in the rugged beauty of the Adirondack Mountains, the town of Crystal River seems peaceful at first glance, but beneath its quiet streets lie secrets that refuse to stay buried. In this atmospheric series by Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt, readers are drawn into a world where the line between truth and deception blurs, and every character carries a hidden past that can upend lives in an instant.
Crystal River consists of one book and series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.
