This was my first time reading something by Lindsay Cameron and it won’t be my last. Although I hated most of the characters, I enjoyed the ride. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for this arc. All opinions expressed are my own.

Thank you to Netgalley and publisher for an arc in exchange for my honest opinion.

Publication: May 9, 2023
Rating: 2.5 stars

Ouch, I'm not sure what I came for and I'm honestly not sure what I left with. I was expecting a thriller or popcorn thriller. This is full of drama and gossip surrounding the top 1% of society. We have an app where anonymous posts can be made that was filled with secrets.

My biggest thing is that the structure of this book was confusing leaving me frustrated and bored. During the chapters, someone would say something but in the middle of the dialogue we would get a few pages of a past experience. Second, I wish there weren't so many characters to try to keep track of. They all end up playing their role in the story but so many plus in the third person left me deterred to the story.

This book felt similar to "Big Little Lies" and "The Hunting Wives". This would be a great book for the beach if you need something surface level to disappear into for a bit.

Too much drama among the wealthy, privileged, entitled 1% of NYC. Fun read! Not a likeable character in the bunch. Thanks to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book

Wealthy New York parents are all vying to get their kids into the best boarding school, which would open doors to the best university.

This story centers around three mothers: Heather, Poppy & Norah. Heather works really hard to get where she is and knows what it is like to struggle, so she goes the extra mile to see her daughter, Violet, succeed. Norah is successful in her own rights all thanks to being gifted and married into a wealthy family, her workdays are often very long and involve travel making her feel guilty about not spending enough time with her daughter, Caroline. Poppy is a socialite and has a son, Henry, whose future is already planned to follow in his father's footsteps. Poppy puts on a happy appearance, but secretly wished for more.

When rumor goes around about an important figure attending The Doubles Club dance stirring up the students and parents alike with the evening ending on a very bad note targeting Violet. A picture was posted anonymously on the private school's Insta account.

A site called UrbanMyth allowed anyone to post anonymously and was gossiping central for adults. People would share their most private issues.

Heather becomes obsessed and feels she knows who targeted her daughter. She is seen in a confrontation during a social gathering. This starts a chain of events. Everyone is hiding something and everyone has an agenda. When a body is found, everyone is a suspect. The heart of the investigation is UrbanMyth which has everyone worried.

I enjoyed the story, although I found it difficult to like any of the characters. The women were so catty. I felt the most for Caroline, Norah's daughter.

I received an ARC from NetGalley via Random House Publishing Group--Ballantine and I have voluntarily reviewed this book.

A fun beach read. The ending was a little anti climactic but I don’t regret spending 2 days of my vacation on it. Definitely better than the authors last one - I look forward to her next!

No One Needs to Know is a 2023 mystery I found on NetGalley, written by Lindsay Cameron, a new author to me. Focused on a group of wealthy parents in NYC who use a mobile app where you can share secrets anonymously, but they will only show to people within a certain radius of your home address, this novel seeks to create major suspense and drama. Quite the premise, which is both awesome and silly... since no one would really ever use this in reality but if they did, how fun would it be to guess people's identities! Of course, the apps hacked and everyone learns who posted about infidelity, thoughts of murder, lying, et al. Their kids are also integral to the storyline as the drama all starts when one of them takes a picture of another one vaping at a secret school party. I enjoyed the various POVs for the mothers, and when things begin to rip apart, the drama is hilarious and scary. The ending brings together well but it suffered a bit from randomness and side stories taking over. For the premise and spot-on picture of NYC wealth, it was a great read. For the ending, it needed a higher level of scrutiny so that it really left a huge mark on readers. But I liked it enough that I want to read another book from the author.

I loved this book! Unique premise and very suspenseful. I have read all of this author's books and this was the first time she used third person. I really enjoyed this new perspective from her.

Oh this book is scandalous!! It’s like the adult version of Gossip Girl or Big Little lies. This book is told in 3 main character perspectives: Heather, Poppy and Norah. They are all mom’s of 8th graders in elite Upper East Side Manhattan school. There’s drama, there’s an affair, there’s gossip, teenage drama, even a murder. This book was very engaging. I felt drawn into their lives and each anonymous post they posted on this website called UrbanMyth. This site was a place you could anonymously post anything. It seemed to be childish drama most of the people posted. The website was hacked and suddenly all your deep dark secrets were revealed as you could enter an email and see all the posts that person had wrote on the website. Quick fantastic and engaging read. Many thanks to Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam and NetGalley for the digital review copy of this novel. All opinions expressed in this review are my own.

This book was a great read, taking place in NYC with a group of 8th grade moms and their obsession with the once confidential online chat UrbanMyth and their children’s chances of getting into high school. UrbanMyth once housed some of the mother’s biggest secrets and once it was hacked — it was known who posted what. I was reminded of a combination of Gossip Girl and Big Little Lies, with the combination of wealth, secrets, and a death. I very much enjoyed reading this novel and was sad once it was over. I highly recommend it and look forward to reading more of Lindsay Cameron’s work.

This gave me a very Liane Moriarty, Big Little Lies, vibe. Feeling this immediately I dove right in. However, it quickly became apparent that it lacked the dark, dry humor of Moriarty which I sorely missed. Nevertheless, Cameron created solid characters that fit together nicely, none of whom I had developed any empathy for. So as they moved about in the unfolding drama, I didn't really care what happened to any one of them. If still comparing to BLL, it is a huge step down. In the end, all the threads were pulled together in a very satisfying way. I would read more from this author but my expectations may be more moderate. Thank you to Bantam Books and Netgalley for the ARC of this title.

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

UrbanMyth: It was lauded as an alternative to the performative, show-your-best-self platforms—an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code. The residents of Manhattan’s exclusive Upper East Side disclosed it all, things they would never share with their friends or their spouses: secret bank accounts, steamy affairs, tidbits of juicy gossip. The same people who, as parents, go to astonishing lengths to ensure that their children gain admission to the most prestigious boarding schools and universities. So when a “hacktivist” group breaks into the forum and exposes the real identity of each poster, the repercussions echo down Park Avenue with a force that none could have anticipated.

And someone ends up dead.

Is the murderer Heather, the outsider who would do anything to get her daughter into the elite’s good graces and into their even better schools? Norah, the high-powered executive failing to balance work with the emotional responsibilities of motherhood? Or Poppy, whose perfect-on-the-outside façade conceals more than her share of secrets?

Each of them has something to hide.

Each of them will do anything to keep secrets hidden.

And each of them just might kill to protect their own.

Book Title: No One Needs to Know
Author: Lindsay Cameron
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Bantam
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: May 9, 2023
My Rating: 2.7 Stars

Urban myth is an app. In this case is being used by a group of wealthy women who anonymously post secrets about their affairs, fantasies of murdering their spouses and the fun of shop lifting.
All is fun and games as it is confidential. Right? However, when the app has been hacked nothing is anonymous nor confidential any more. It appears the app was used to target a 13-year-old private school student!

The POV alternates between: Heather, Poppy and Norah. True Heather and Poppy are easy not to like and we hear a lot about their secrets.
Heather: A helicopter parent who will do anything for her daughter’s success.
Poppy: The queen bee who is hiding a dirty secret.
Norah: An executive whose head is buried in the sand.

Living in Southern California, we often hear about the negative life style of many of the rich and famous; so nothing is a big surprise. Thankfully we do hear about the good side of many.

Want to thank NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine, Bantam for this early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for May 9, 2023

I feel like I just read a gossip girl episode that was watered down and more predictable. There was petty drama that just did not hook me. I feel like the ending of the book was rushed, everything happened all at once.
You have multiple people to follow along with their spouses (and some children). Heather (married to Oliver, daughter Violet), Norah (married to Bennett, daughter Caroline), and Poppy (married to Harris, son Henry) are the main characters that we get to know. They all live on the upper east side and their children all go to the same school. At a phone free dance, a picture of Violet using a vape pen at a school event gets posted on Instagram. This sets all the parents against each other because their children are all competing for slots at the same high school and their secrets start flowing. While this happening, one of the husbands is blacking mailing the housewives. One of the husbands go missing.

I enjoyed the last book by this author, so was so excited to read her new one early! No One Needs to Know was a juicy, scandalous, and unpredictable story that I read in a day because I couldn't put it down! I loved the different points of view within the story, although I wish we got more Norah and less Heather (by far my least favorite character!). It's a bit of a slow burn with secrets scattered throughout, giving us more background on everything that's going on, but I still sped through it. I also loved the messages from UrbanMyth sprinkled throughout - gave me total Gossip Girl vibes. It was a slightly too tidy ending, but overall, I would highly recommend and can't wait to read whatever Lindsay Cameron comes out with next. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC of this great book!

A group of ultra-wealthy residents on the Upper East Side of New York entertain themselves by posting their secrets and salacious gossip on a social media site called UrbanMyth that’s completely anonymous. But when a data breach exposes the identities of the posters, their cozy little world explodes. No One Needs To Know is a delightfully entertaining novel that skewers the rich and the famous, as no one is left unscathed in this soap-opery satire of the 1%ers. We are introduced to a multitude of characters here, all of which we are encouraged to hate, as the UrbanMyth posters try and destroy each other, only to succeed in destroying themselves. It was a bit of task keeping the characters straight, but the effort was well worth it in this off-beat exploration of life (and death) amongst the jet-set. Highly recommended! I received an arc of this book from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I received an advanced copy of this book through NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I was initially hoping for this book and it got approved, before being invited to review the title.

I loved Lindsay Cameron's first book, so I highly anticipated this book. No One Needs to Know focuses on 3 moms on the upper East Side of 13 year olds trying to get into boarding schools. There's a scandalous picture that goes viral and how the moms react to the fallout, as well as the Urban Myths page outing people's anonymous posts. The main 3 women are Heather, Poppy and Norah. The only one I really liked was Norah. Heather wasn't that likeable but I understood her motivations to want better for her daughter than she had herself as far as opportunities. What you think is the scandalous picture isn't quite as shocking or terrible as you may imagine- but is blown up with accusations. The secondary story with infidelity, blackmail and revenge would have been more interesting if it was the main focus. That's why I enjoyed the 2nd part better. The kids weren't really part of the story, at least only peripherally.

3.55/☆ rounded down TW for drug use, sexual assault and infidelit.y.

WOW WOW and more WOW, I had heard this was a ride and a half and that's completely accurate. The twists were unexpected and I was shocked more then once. Loved this 5 STAR read!

For fans of big little lies and gossip girl, this one hits all the notes. Enter the world of the upper east side of privilege, wealth and ALL the entitlement. No One Needs to Know follows the lives of three women whose children all attend very prestigious schools and each woman has her own dark secrets (that they post anonymously on a message board for their area). Once the message board becomes hacked, all hell breaks loose. My only problem with this book was that I didn’t love any of the characters. I needed someone to cheer for and didn’t find that here. Otherwise a great book again by Lindsay Cameron, who has really made a name for herself in the thriller genre!

This is a book full of drama, twists and secrets. It was like an episode of the Real Housewives of New York City, where all the women live on the Upper East Side and live in their own bubble. Fans of that will definitely like this book!

Norah, Poppy and Heather: These three women are our main characters, and they all lead very posh and dramatic lives. Their kids are all poised to go to Ivy League schools, and they are all on a social media app called UrbanMyth. On this app they can anonymously post their most private secrets, and they are JUICY ones!

Then one day, news breaks that a “hacktivist” group has infiltrated the app and has posted every member’s email addresses and messages to the public. As long as you know the person’s email address, you can plug it in and see every anonymous thought they ever put into the void.

The problem is, one of the husbands in this group has gone missing, and all of these women have posted things that could incriminate themselves in his case. Affairs? Blackmail? Kids doing drugs? It’s all out in the open now, and these women are in damage control mode. The rest of the book is them trying to stay under the radar and talk their way out of things they’ve said online.

This was, as I said, very juicy and dramatic. As long as you don’t go into this thinking these women might be deep inside, you’ll enjoy this popcorn thriller. It was definitely entertaining and I didn’t see the ending coming! I give this one a solid four stars.

(Thank you to Bantam Publishing, Lindsay Cameron and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my review. This book is slated to be released on May 9, 2023.)

This novel is a nail-biter but soooo good! It appears to be about a group of rather wealthy women and their families who will do anything to ensure their kids get into prestigious schools no matter what the consequences are...and boy are there consequences! It starts with Heather dropping daughter, Violet off at a dance as she sees a forbidden cell phone being smuggled in as the kids are supposed to leave them with the chaperones. And things go downhill from there at breakneck speed! Cameron addresses so many relevant issues: infidelity, social media, vindictiveness, revenge, facades, and jealousies that can break apart friendships as well as marriages. It's one of those books that you can't put down once you start, so put aside everything to read it!
Thanks to NetGalley for this ARC!