Heather wants what’s best for her daughter, Violet, and that includes lying and desperately clawing her way to the top.
Poppy has everything she could ask for, but pushes for more w/ an affair outside her marriage.
Norah is happy to work and be the breadwinner of her family, and doesn’t really see the sense in competing with these,elitist parents.
All of them have turned to their secret online forum every now and again but when a hacker “Ashley Madison’s’” the site and releases their private info. All hell breaks loose and someone ends up dead. Who killed to keep their secrets?

*Special thanks to NetGalley and Random House for this e-arc.*

Ever wonder what the lives are like for families who live in the Upper East Side of Manhattan? No One Needs to Know is an inside view of Heather, Poppy and Norah--the mothers of eighth graders at an elite private school. Each woman lives a dramatic life with different focuses. Heather is definitely a helicopter parent who is obsessed with her daughter's future. Poppy is at the top of the social food chain and gets caught up with a secret that may cost her everything. Norah, sweet Norah, works as an executive and is seemingly clueless about what is going on under her nose.
What else do these three women have in common? The use of Urban Myths--an anonymous website where they post all of their secrets. Someone in their circle goes missing just before Urban Myths is hacked and all of their posts are made public by way of their email address. This makes them all suspects in the disappearance.

Overall, I really enjoyed this book. Despite the characters being a bit unlikeable, I really enjoyed all of their POV.

4 out of 5 stars.

I received a free ARC from Bantam and NetGalley; and I am voluntarily leaving an unbiased review.

3.5/4 stars (rounded up to 4 on here)

Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine Publishing for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review!
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Okay. So to start, I really wanted to love this book. The premise sounded so good and it initially brought me into the book. However, the longer I read it, the more bored I became and I felt like I was forcing myself to finish it. Like it was still decently enjoyable, but I felt like the characters were mainly annoying and the secrets aren’t really secrets at all. It just seemed slow at times and also confusing due to all the characters and their significant others. I saw some good reviews for it, so it might be one of those books that just didn’t work for me but other people enjoy!

An enjoyable read that I couldn’t put down! The story follows a group of parents on the UES who have high expectations for themselves and their kids. But they also have secrets that might tarnish the perfect images they present to the world. When these secrets are exposed and a parent goes missing, everyone is a suspect. Highly recommend for a quick read that gives suspense and juicy stories of the 1%.

Thank you to Bantam and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC is exchange for my honest feedback.

This book was intriguing and it kept me turning the pages until around the 50% point.. Then it became slow paced, the situations that the characters found themselves in became predictable and repetitive.
Just an OK read for me.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review the digital ARC.
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Poppy - The Queen Bee mother that singlehandedly runs the Upper East Side due to her uber wealthy husband and his old family money.

Heather - A mom that has fought her way into this elite society and will do anything for her daughter to receive the same accommodations as the other spoiled rich kids.

Norah - A successful business woman who has little in common with the other moms except that her daughter also attends the Crofton School. Her hectic schedule leaves little time for gossip over coffee and wine and she is more than fine with that.

It's the end of eighth grade for their children which means acceptance into an elite boarding school. Admission is extremely selective and all parents and children must be on their best behavior to even be considered.

Urban Myth - an alternative to Instagram where residents of the Upper East Side can post whatever they want whenever they want all while under anonymity. Sound like a good idea? Think again!

Hacktivists have infiltrated and now all those juicy little secrets have been exposed and a few of the local mothers have reason to be frightened.

A husband to one of these women has gone missing and they all have a reason to make him disappear. Does Urban Myth hold the answers? The detectives on the case sure do hope so but you'll have to read this to find out!

Do people behaving badly pique your interest? Look no further as this book has no shortage of unlikeable people with nefarious motivations and intentions. Lindsay Cameron has shined a light on the wealthy and let's just say the image isn't nearly as glossy and glamorous as one would think.
I gladly turned the pages just waiting to see how low the characters would go and I wasn't disappointed. 4 stars!

Thank you to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine that kindly granted my wish to read this book.

Take a group of affluent families, add in a forum where you can post anonymously, and secrets are guaranteed to be spilled. But when the site is hacked, names get attached to every secret. And then someone disappears.

This book dives into wealth and class, and the divisions even among the wealthy themselves. It also looks a lot at women and their relationships, both with other women and with the men in their lives.

This is an interesting read, suspenseful for sure. I struggled to keep track of which character was which thought, which often meant I was confused while reading until I figured it out again. If you’re looking to read about what happens when the wealthy meet real world consequences, with a mystery thrown in, this book is fine.

Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for the complementary E-ARC! This book was ok. I feel like the plot twists were just there and I wasn't too big on the characters. I did like the setting though.

I absolutely loved this book! It had all the consequences. The consequences of using social media unwisely - to spread rumors, to bully, or to share secrets. The consequences of having affairs, of competing for your child's advancement in the cutthroat world of private school admissions, and most of all, the consequences of living a high-profile lifestyle as a one percenter.

While the idea of an anonymous site where you can bare your soul (and there are several real-life sites) has a heady draw for the moms on the UES (Upper East Side) of NYC, the backlash can be quick and vicious. So, when a picture taken at a private teen dance goes public, there is blood in the water!

Each of the families involved in the scandal that erupts has secrets and lies, and once the police get involved after one of them goes missing, it's confession time. Not because they've decided to tell the truth; but because the UrbanMyth site has been hacked, releasing the so-called "anonymous" information.

This was a fast-paced read, filled with not-so-nice people, gray areas and ethical choices that will keep you mesmerized. This is my second 5 star read from Lindsay Cameron and I can't wait for her next book!

Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group - Bantam for an advance reader's copy.

This was disappointing only because I absolutely loved the last book I read by this author, Just One Look. Whereas that book had a creepy but scintillating MC/POV, this one fell flat. It alternated POVs and just didn't work as well plus there was no big twist and no big thrill. It is a quick read but I was hoping for so much more. Hope you have better luck with this one but, if you haven't read Just One Look, I highly recommend it!!

No One Needs to Know comes out next week on May 9, 2023 and you can purchase HERE.

The universe doesn't right wrongs. People do. If someone pushes you, you push them back twice as hard. You can't grow up in New Jersey and not believe that. It was practically the state motto.

⭐3.5/5⭐

Spotted: Upper East Side parents caught up in drama, lies, affairs... and murderrrr.

If you grew up reading/watching the Gossip Girl series like I did, then No One Needs to Know will be a fun little read for you. This novel centers around three main characters that while wealthy, they all have different social and class upbringings that set them apart. What ties them together is that they are mothers to children in the 8th grade of a private school in NYC. We start off with a minor incident involving one of their children at a private dance/school party that then sets off a downward spiral of lies and drama from everyone. It also doesn't help that there was a cyber attack on a popular website called UrbanMyth that leaked email addresses of everyone who ever posted something thinking it would stay anonymous. So everyone's secrets were never safe!

I did like this book, but I think I would have loved it if we had more closure on certain things. And the main twist I feel like came out of nowhere and wasn't totally believable at first. (I'll post a hidden spoiler on Goodreads). Otherwise this was a decent novel and what I predict to be a good beach read!

Thank you to Random House Publishing - Ballantine, and NetGalley for this ARC!

Unfortunately I was not able to get through much of this book. The characters were unable to be rooted for and the plot twist was not great either.

It was supposed to be a site where anyone could post anonymously, but in today’s world of hacking everyone’s secrets are subject to exposure. In New York City’s posh neighborhood, Heather dropped her daughter Violet at a teen club. It was rumored that the director of admissions for an exclusive school would be observing the eighth graders for potential candidates. One of the rules was that no phones were allowed. The next day Violet’s picture appears on the site. She is using a vape pen and the caption identifies her as a local drug supplier. Heather has her suspicions of who was responsible for the picture. It was an attempt to reduce the competition for the exclusive school. Now it is time for a confrontation and revenge.

Lindsay Cameron’s story is one of secrets, infidelity, blackmail and murder. Poppy and Harris, Norah and Bennett, and Heather and Oliver know each other through their children’s school. When one of the parents is reported missing the secrets on the hacked site give the police reason to suspect foul play and the finger pointing begins. Cameron’s solution provides a moral dilemma but sometimes it is best when no one needs to know. I would like to thank NetGalley and Random House - Ballantine for providing this book for my review.

I loved this author's prior book, Just One Look, so I was excited to read this one. It's a suspenseful domestic drama told from multiple points of view. While not as over-the-top as Just one look, No One Needs to Know still has more than one character that doesn't do anything halfway. The main characters are mothers of eight graders who attend an exclusive school in the Upper East Side of New York City. A scandal involving a photo of one of the students at a country club dance that is posted online is one of the subplots. This incident becomes tied in with the hacking of an app that allows people residing within a 3-block radius to make posts that are supposed to be completely anonymous. The users of this app post some very personal questions and comments and also reveal secrets most people wouldn't even dare to share with their closest friends. I loved that some of the actual posts are mixed in with the narrative of the story to make it seem more real and fun to read.

The mothers in this book learn the hard way that nothing stays a secret for long. The book definitely illustrates some of the downfalls of social media for both teens and adults. Not everyone is likable in the book, but the story is very engaging. I was entertained from the very beginning all the way through to the surprising twists at the end. It's a different kind of story, but fans of Big Little Lies will enjoy the drama of this book, which is a fun read. (4.5 stars)

I received an advance copy of this ebook at no cost from NetGalley, Random House and Bantam, but my review is voluntary and unbiased.

Thank you PRHaudio, @thrillerbookloverspromotions, Random House Publishing - Ballantine, and NetGalley for the copies of the ARC and ALC in turn for my honest review.

Are you looking for rich people drama, look no farther! Then this is a book you will want to add to your TBR. So many unlikeable characters that all behave badly with LOTS of coverups! It was so interesting to see what lengths these characters would go to get what they want. So many of the twists were completely unexpected!

I listened/read this book and the narrators were fantastic, it made the book come to life! The audiobook version is a great choice if you love audiobooks like I do!

Rating it 3.5 stars but rounding down.

Will be posting to instagram (thriller_book_sisters) on May 8, 2023.

What's it about (in a nutshell):
No One Needs to Know is a domestic thriller about a group of wealthy women on NYCs upper east side who spill everything on an app called Urban Myth that no one would ever admit to using. Things heat up in a mix of digital and real-life events until, finally, someone goes missing and is presumed dead. But who did it, why, and does anyone need to know?

Bullet Point Review:
I loved the crazy entertainment value of this story. It's reminded of Gossip Girl but with an older crowd and higher stakes. I couldn't even imagine this world as genuinely possible within our own, and I've seen some crazy parent antics throughout the years.

This story should not be taken too seriously. It's pure entertainment with a fascinating look at people's willingness to open themselves up on social media sites when they feel like they are doing so under anonymity.

"A gazelle doesn't need to outrun a lion. It simply needs to outrun one other gazelle in the herd," is a great line because it sums up the thinking of the characters in the book perfectly.

I loved that everything surprised me about this story, including the revelations of who actually did what.

I also loved the turning point in the story. I won't say what it is, but it is perfect in a world centered around an app.

You must know none of the characters are likable. They vary in degrees of awfulness. No one is particularly well-developed, but this is a mixture of character and plot-driven, and knowing too much may cause the tea to spill too soon.

The first-person narration alternates between three mothers: Heather, Poppy, and Norah, which helps provide the reader with a more thorough look at the story.

The pace is fast from start to finish.

It is set in NYC's Upper East Side, where all the wealthy people live and play.

Read, if you like
Entertaining thrillers and juicy plotlines
Spilled tea
Stories of wealthy people and their scandalous lives

Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for my copy of No One Needs to Know?

𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐈𝐅 𝐘𝐎𝐔
👀 enjoy multiple POVS
🫢 love drama
💻 use the Internet to post anonymously
🏫 would do anything to get your kid into a top school

• 𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐂𝐊 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄

After a photo of Heather’s daughter Violet goes around claiming she’s a drug dealer, three women on the UES will find themselves embroiled in drama at every turn.

• 𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐓’𝐒 𝐀𝐁𝐎𝐔𝐓

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.

• 𝐌𝐘 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒

This was really fun and twisty novel. While it takes a few chapters to finally understand and recognize all of the key players, it all ends up coming together beautifully. If I had to pick one woman I could have sided with, it would have to be Norah. She was the easily the most relatable character for me personally. I also loved the entire UrbanMyth app. I thought it might be real and was curious to see all the fuss! It really added to the paranoia I felt each POV experiencing. The ending was not what I expected, and I loved it! I highly recommend grabbing a copy of No One Needs to Know!

No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron is a gripping suspense novel that delves into the dark secrets of New York's wealthy residents.

The novel has been compared to Big Little Lies and Gossip Girl, and it lives up to the hype. Fans of suspense and thrillers will appreciate the twists and turns in the plot, and the author's skillful handling of the story.

Overall, No One Needs to Know is a well-crafted and captivating read that will keep readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

This sort of mystery / thriller isn't my normal choice, it's more of a slow burn thriller than a suspenseful-from-the-get-go thriller. But, the way the main characters' lives intersected and their differing views of the "elite" life they lived was very interesting and well done. Things were never quite black and white with motivations and secrets and that kept me guessing throughout. It was an easy and quick read that had a solid ending. And I appreciated the scathing view of elite schools and showcasing the dark side of planning out an entire education of a child when they're in grade school.

No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron is a highly recommended domestic drama involving wealthy residents of Manhattan’s exclusive Upper East Side. This would be an excellent choice for summer vacation reading.

Someone was murdered, but who and why. The drama unfolds through the perspective of three different women who all have 8th graders in a private school. Heather is all about keeping her daughter Violet's eyes on the prize - getting into the best schools. Poppy is ultra wealthy and used to money buying everything. Norah is a high powered executive and the main earner in her family. These three women are all on the track to keep their children a part of the elite class.

When UrbanMyth, an anonymous discussion board grouped by zip code, becomes all the rage in their neighborhood, gossip abounds and rumors are spread on the sight. However, when a photo of Violet vaping is posted to Instagram, UrbanMyth erupts with vicious, viral posts accusing the girl of dealing drugs to her schoolmates. Heather is furious and thinks she knows who did it. Then a “hacktivist” group breaks into the forum and makes it so everyone's posts are no longer anonymous, which means all heck breaks loose.

This is a fun, entertaining novel that doesn't take itself too seriously and simply asks the readers to enjoy the action and the twists in the over-the-top plot. The narrative alternates between the points-of-view of each woman with snippets included from UrbanMyth and police interviews.

None of the characters are remotely likable. In fact, Heather and Poppy are over-the-top disagreeable. We have some despicable husbands too. It makes it rather enjoyable to have characters you don't even have to try to like.

The writing is excellent. Suspend disbelief, freely dislike all the characters, and watch the drama unfold. There are plenty of secrets and all sorts of bad behavior to hold your attention while you enjoy the social satire, drama, and intrigue.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Random House via NetGalley.
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