I was really excited to read this one and it was really fun and twisty novel. It took me a few chapters to finally understand and recognize all of the main characters which I was a little nervous about at first because there were so many and their voices weren't super distinct. I did eventually grasp who everyone was and how they were related though. I loved the concept of the UrbanMyth app and was really intrigued by it and how it would move the story along. It really added to the tension building and paranoia each character was feeling. The ending really caught me by surprise and I thought it was clever. Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

No One Needs to Know is a standalone crime thriller by Lindsay Cameron. Released 9th May 2023 by Random House on their Bantam imprint, it's 320 pages and is available in paperback, audio, and ebook formats. It's worth noting that the ebook format has a handy interactive table of contents as well as interactive links and references throughout.

This is a moody, atmospheric, and tense thriller with a moderately over-the-top premise, and a collection of scary, mostly awful, rich NYC moms. Users of an anonymous app which is *location based* bare their darkest innermost secrets to others in their vicinity (drugs, infidelity, etc). Of course the app gets hacked and murder and skullduggery ensue as a direct result. The action driven plot is full of acid gossip, cringy behavior, and backstabbing.

The writing is the high point of the read. The author is quite adept at setting and dialogue and a deftness with description which, in less talented hands, would have readers running for the exits. It's mean girls on steroids with some Real Housewives thrown in the mix.

Four stars. Enjoyable, despite the utterly bonkers premise. The release version of the book will have some reader's guide/discussion info, and as such would make a good book club selection. It would also make a good buddy read.

Disclosure: I received an ARC at no cost from the author/publisher for review purposes.

Picture the NextDoor App as a completely anonymous forum with gossip, complaints and questions from your neighbors (in a very short radius) where secrets and danger tumble freely with no traces to the original poster. UrbanMyth, the much lauded app created in Lindsay Cameron's latest novel, does just that and is at the center of the controversy, and, later, murder. When Upper East Side moms Heather, Poppy and Norah, each very different, are brought together over an Instagram scandal, things take a sharp turn. It is boarding school application season and Heather will seemingly stop at nothing for her daughter to be accepted as an elite. Using UrbanMyth as an outlet and entertainment each women is about to have her world turn upside down as the site is hacked-exposing everything and everyone. When someone from their circle turns up dead fingers are pointed and they do not know who trust. Cameron weaves a tail of enormous privilege, wealth and deception in this fast-paced psychological thriller. While the characters are mostly unlikeable (if not un-relatable) readers will enjoy the twists and turns.

Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest feedback.

I love a good one percent housewives drama! I thought No One Needs to Know was very well done with a twist ending I didn’t see coming!

No One Needs to Know reminds me that nothing online is ever as confidential as you think it is. I wasn't the biggest fan because it was super unrelatable to me, but a juicy read nonetheless.


Thank you to Random House, Ballantine and #NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

*I received a free copy of this novel from NetGalley and Random House Publishing -Ballantine, Bantam for my honest review.*

Lies and secrets and the NYC one percenters! Three mothers are trying to get their 8th graders into a highly desirable private school and they stop at nothing to make this happen. Three mothers with wildly different upbringings so you can see how each one works differently to "help" her child. And then a husband goes missing.

Now all of that would make a good story on its' own, but add into the mix a website of anonymous posts of lying and cheating and stealing and such bad behavior that is shared because it is all anonymous and then suddenly, it's hacked and nothing is anonymous anymore.

It's a great look into the one percenters and how life isn't so great even if you have a bunch of money and opportunities. But I wouldn't say it's so much of a thriller. A good read.

I really enjoyed this one. Maybe it’s because I grew up outside of NYC, or that I lived on the UES in the early 2000’s. The characters though are truly unlikable. I think that’s fine though, I don’t need to like people to enjoy the story. This is a fast paced story, basically revolving around three families with kids at the same UES private elementary to middle school. There is a scandal, and murder that follows. People’s secrets are exposed. Six figure out who the murderer was pretty quickly, yes, did I still enjoy it, yes agin. Definitely worth reading.

Such a fun adult Gossip Girl thrill ride! It’s been awhile since I couldn’t put a book down, and this was such a binge read for me.

🎧I loved pairing the book with the audio and really enjoyed the narration choice.

*many thanks to PRH and PRH Audio, Netgalley for the gifted copy for review

This atmosphere and setting immediately struck out to me as an adult Gossip Girl. A series that I ate up in my youth.

The thriller aspect took a bit to get into which made me loose interest rapidly. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to pick it back up and DNF pretty early on.

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing - Ballantine/Bantam for the ARC!

“It was all confidential. Right up to the moment when it wasn’t.”

Really enjoyed this book. It was like Gossip Girl, but with grown ups. Love when bad things happen to bad people, lol. Definitely a page turner.

I really enjoyed this one and flew through it. I kept thinking about it and had a hard time putting it down. A fun and enjoyable read. Thank you netgalley and Random House for the copy.

Really enjoyed this book! I love reading about bad things happening to rich people. Looking forward to more by this author

You can never trust the internet even when it claims to be anonymous. No One Needs to Know follows the residents of the Upper East Side and the things they will do to protect their family's reputation. The residents thought their posts on UrbanMyth, a neighborhood forum, were all confidential until the day the site got hacked. You can never trust the internet with your deepest & darkest secrets.

This was a fun read but could be slow at times. I feel like it could be a good lifetime style movie in the end. Read on for the twists and turns.

Gossip Girl but for grown folks. A blind item website pops up and all the parents at the rich people school in NYC are using it. The only issue is that the website info gets hacked and secrets get out. Really enjoyed this one ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The premise of this gripping page-turner hooked me from the very start! Lindsay Cameron is such a talented fresh voice in this genre! Loved this book!

No One Needs to Know gives major Gossip Girl vibes. The story focuses on three upper class women who would do anything to protect their privileged lives and their children's futures. They share all their dirty little secrets on an anonymous social media platform. But chaos ensues when their secrets aren't so anonymous anymore. This was the kind of book that you look up from your book and notice you've been reading for an hour even though it only felt like 15 minutes. Highly recommend this fast paced domestic thriller.



Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!

The premise of this gripping page-turner hooked me from the very start! Lindsay Cameron is such a talented fresh voice in this genre! Loved this book!

Lindsay Cameron’s books are on auto-buy for me. No One Needs to Know is the perfect antidote for those craving pure entertainment that is sinfully satisfying.
This novel is drenched in themes of money, class, manipulation, privilege, while integrating murder mystery and suspense. Fans of Desperate Housewives and Liane Moriarty’s Big Little Lies will indulge in this addictive story of affluent women with messy lives hiding behind a veil of anonymity before their unfiltered thoughts are exposed to all in their neighborhood. With its keen observations of three protagonists, No One Needs to Know is a story made to be devoured quickly and then discussed in book club ASAP.

I loved this book! I will definitely recommend it. Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC.

If you want a great beach read that brings secrets, rich people drama, and motherhood into the mix, look no further than No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron! I thought this was a completely bingeable read and I could have easily finished it in one day, which in my mind makes it a fabulous book to bring to the beach! The story is told through the viewpoints of Heather, Norah, and Poppy as well as a bit of mixed media, and I really enjoyed this structure. Not all women are at the same wealth level, but they are in generally the same social standing with their children vying for spots at the same schools. UrbanMyth is like a mix of Nextdoor rolled into Ashley Madison, and I love that Cameron included where she got the idea for the story. Now all I need to know is what anonymous discussion board for parents she knows about. 👀

I really enjoyed listening to the audiobook which is narrated by Brittany Pressley & Rebecca Lowman, and I couldn't have asked for two better ladies to voice these characters. I still think it would have been a bit better with a full cast, but overall, it was a great listening experience that added more to the story for me. Definitely recommend this route if you enjoy audio, although I did notice sometimes, we would get to the end of a chapter and it felt like the narration was ending on a question instead of a period. No way else for me to describe it, so you will have to listen to see for yourself. No One Needs to Know had a very strong start and it managed to hold its momentum the entire way through. There is a little bit of mystery going on, but I would recommend this to readers who love domestic dramas and rich people behaving badly over thriller readers and suspense lovers.