The Secrets We Hide

The gripping new crime thriller from Karin Slaughter – the No.1 Sunday Times bestselling author of We Are All Guilty Here. 'Her books grip you from the first page and refuse to let go' Freida McFadden

*** Welcome to North Falls—a small town with big secrets. The house at 1601 Iris Drive looks like any other in the quiet, residential street. But rumours are rife about the Vickery family – a couple in the midst of a volatile separation and a daughter with secrets of her own.

Then one afternoon gunshots ring out. Allison Vickery is found murdered in her own kitchen, her teenage daughter bleeding and left for dead. Her husband suspiciously absent.

Everyone in North Falls thinks they know what happened. Gossip and rumours spread like wildfire. But the truth is far more shocking than anyone could ever have imagined.

Secrets are everywhere in this small town. Everyone is hiding something. It's up to Detective Emmy Clifton to uncover the truth, but the deeper she looks the darker it gets…

A gripping and twisty thriller, perfect or fans of Lisa Jewell, Andrea Mara and Shari Lapena

*** Readers are obsessed with The Secrets We Hide ‘Karin Slaughter is so good at writing small town life in all its darkness … gossip, loyalties and old resentments shaping every interaction’ 5 star reader review

‘With themes of coercive control, abuse, corruption, motherhood, and devastating family secrets, this novel becomes far more than a conventional crime thriller’ 5 star reader review

‘A story of family, mothers and daughters, and the lengths that mothers will go to, to protect and forgive their children’ 5 star reader review

Praise for the North Falls series:

'A powerful and gripping read' Shari Lapena

'An astonishing novel' Andrea Mara

'Karin Slaughter is always a must read' Harlan Coben

'Explosive from the very start' Cara Hunter

'This is a huge novel with an even bigger heart' Jane Casey

'Brilliantly fresh and compelling – Karin Slaughter is on cracking form’ Peter James

‘A dark, shocking and visceral story … Absolutely brilliant’ Janice Hallett

Karin Slaughter's book We Are All Guilty Here was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2025-06-23.

© 2026 HarperCollins (Audiobook): 9780008771164

Release date

Audiobook: 18 June 2026