Two women who share some unnerving similarities unwrap deadly secrets in this dark psychological thriller. When hit true-crime podcaster Alix Summer meets her “birthday twin” Josie Fair, she thinks the unhappy mother of two will make the perfect subject for her series on women starting over. But when Josie begins to reveal the horrors of her twisted past, Alix finds herself dragged into a dangerous web of lies and puzzles that puts her entire family at risk. Thriller queen Lisa Jewell excels at writing unreliable characters, and between the glossy Alix (whose own life is far from perfect) and the depressed Josie, she spins an utterly engrossing and complex tale of murder and abuse. Jewell does everything she can to elicit our genuine empathy for Josie, pulling us in all directions as her actions grow ever more questionable. Creepy in the best way, None of This Is True kept us reading all night.
