A group of rich Manhattan women and an anonymous gossip site are the setting of this latest book by Lindsey Cameron. Cameron writes intriguing books with convincing dialogue and good pacing, but the subject matter of the plot was not interesting enough to qualify as a thriller. The book centers on three women: Heather, who didn't grow up rich but will do anything to get her young daughter into the right schools, Poppy, a very wealthy woman in a sexless marriage and Norah, a woman who is an executive and doesn't fit in with the stay at home mothers.

UrbanMyth is a website that people can post anonymous gossip and confessions. It is stated that you can only see posts that are made within three blocks of your location. That seems a bit dangerous to me as you would likely have some idea who made some of the posts especially since these women all have children that go to the same private school. The problems start when a picture is posted on Instagram of Heather's daughter holding a vape pen. This leads to many posts calling the girl a drug dealer, a heroin addict and other things that Heather is convinced with keep her daughter out of an exclusive high school. I thought these women seemed way over the top over a vape pen but in general these women are unlikable and high strung.

It takes a long time to get to an actual thrilling moment and when UrbanMyth is hacked, the secrets people had are no longer private. This did remind me of the book "Big Little Lies' but it lacked real suspense and characters to root for and the ending didn't seem to quite fit. Thank you to NetGalley and Random House publishing for a copy of this ARC in exchange for a honest review.

UrbanMyth sounds like the next big thing. A completely anonymous discussion forum, this new form of social media sucked up the residents of the Upper East Side faster than anyone expected.

Heather, Norah, and Poppy are all involved with UrbanMyth. One with an affair, one with money troubles and another with murder. Who's the culprit? The author? The perfect stay at home mom or the ladder climbing career woman?

This was like an adult version of Gossip Girl and I couldn't put it down. To think people life like this... it's mind blowing!

3.75 stars

This book definitely reminded me of Big Little Lies, but a bit more sinister. I can't even imagine if there really was a message board like Urban Myth h where you could post questions or lies without anyone knowing who said it. Well, I guess Facebook is now allowing for people to post anonymously, so maybe this isn't too far off of a concept. Yikes. I would hate for this happen in real life.

It took a bit for my to get into this book, but then it took off and I really enjoyed it.

Thanks NetGalley and publisher for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

My first read of Lindsay Cameron’s. I really enjoyed it. The plot starts off a little slow but really picks up the second half of the story.

Based around an anonymous gossip site, urbanmyth, of the Upper Eastside’s elite.

Told in 3 POVs: Poppy, Heather and Nora. There’s infidelity, wealth and murder.

This makes up for a very interesting and scandalous plot. Kept the pages turning and me wanting to know how it would end and what twists were coming.

Thanks for the early copy!!

Ever wondered what it'd be like to be in the center of a scandal on the upper east side?

Wonder no more! In this gripping story, follow along with NY's elite. Find out what secrets they're keeping....and just how far they'll go to protect them.

No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron is a captivating domestic thriller that takes readers on a journey that shows what happens when a supposed confidential app gets hacked!
Chaos, fear & mayhem ensue for Heather, Nora & Poppy three of Park Avenue social elites who have shared it all on the Urban Myth website. Anonymous posts about affairs, gossip & marital woes are are going to reveal WHO posted them & that will not be good. Fearful of exposure the three women are scrambling to keep their secrets hidden & will do almost anything to keep it that way… but murder???
While I enjoyed the authors wringing style & how the story was told alternatively from each woman’s perspective. The women though were not very likable. I found myself thinking it served them right. This however did not deter me from wanting to know who did what. The secrets & lies start unraveling for them all.
If domestic thrillers are your jam I highly recommend this one. This was my second read by this author & she does not disappoint. It was definitively an entertaining read. Just remember… things are only confidential until they’re not!!!
Thank you #NoOneNeedstoKnow #NetGalley & Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, Bantam for this ARC. My review is strictly voluntary. 3.5 stars rounded up.

(I received an ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Bantam. This is my unbiased review)

The perfect summer thriller can usually be categorized into a suspense laden novel involving couples and exposed secrets, or secrets being revealed amongst a group of women. In Lindsay Cameron's No One Needs to Know both of these categories are struck in a landmine of dirty laundry best kept secret.

When an anonymous forum that possesses the secrets of a wealthy neighborhood gets hacked the neighborhood is left rattled. Many will do whatever they can to keep their secrets, well ... secret, including covering up a murder.

There is Heather who will do whatever she can to assure her daughter is given the best education possible. Poppy is the appearance of perfection but beneath the surface there are far more cracks then she wishes to expose. Finally there is Norah, who is the poster child of powerful business woman and mother but the balance between both of her worlds is starting to fray.

When the Neighborhood Forum, UrbanMyth is taken over by a hactivist group that reveals all secrets posted by the neighborhood, the three women have their own bombs to diffuse. Secrets they would not wish to be exposed are laid out for all to see. Some of them revelations of the need for sweet revenge, some the revelation of lackluster marriage, and others the inquiry of a partner's faithfulness. Still it isn't just the women of the neighborhood that have UrbanMyth to be concerned about.

As some of the women struggle to assure their children are amongst the top ranking their families and children start to come in the crossfire. Marriages are tested, Mothers proclaim war against each other for the sake of their children done wrong, and hidden truths carry far more power then the three women could ever imagine.

Actions lead the three women to become a unified front when the secrets of UrbanMyth cause ripples of shock and worry to tremor through their neighborhood. The unfaithfulness of Norah's husband collides into not only Poppy's life but Heather's as well and eventually brings even Poppy's maid into the destruction. You see Norah's husband goes missing when she tells him she wants a divorce but then the police begin to wonder if it isn't just a classic case of clear your head disappearance for a few days... but instead that her husband may actually be dead.

The disappearance of Norah's husband is the tie that binds them all together. No One Needs to Know is not just your typical suspense of high class society brought down a peg but the means that women will go to in order to form a unified front. Secrets and lies are made in order to cover up the biggest secret and strongest lie they all will tell for their sake of themselves and their kids.

While the book left me wondering what came of Poppy, Heather, and Norah in the end I was not left feeling like I was lacking. Sure there was that curious question left in the back of my mind but that did not keep me from enjoying the ending. If you want a suspense novel stuffed to the brim with the wealthy and the plotting ways of rich females and those desperate to reach the top, then this is the book for you. It gives Gossip Girl all grown up meets 'You' vibes through most of the pages and does not disappoint. Until next time, happy Reading

4 stars
With all of the social media projecting perfection, it was only a matter of time to find out there was a way to vent and share the true ugly of life.
It was told there was a group of upper elite that spilled all of their secrets anonymously in a group online. There you were hidden even from the readers...and there you could let everything out. There was a pleasure in letting go and releasing all the pent-up stress of being who you really were.

Well, like everything else on the web...nothing is safe from talented hackers...and SURPRISE, all those secrets were exposed with the real names attached. This caused a death amongst this group and the question is...who is responsible and who could be next.

Lindsay Cameron's sophomore novel is a juicy, gossip-filled romp through the streets of New York’s Upper East Side. The novel tells the story through the POVs of three women who have nothing in common except where their children attend school together. (Psst -- it's a ritzy private school designed to funnel its charges straight to exclusive boarding schools.)

First, a scandal occurs at a school dance, and hell hath no fury like a mother whose child's chances of getting into boarding school have been ruined. Then, the anonymous message board where the local residents post their dirtiest sins and offenses gets hacked, and all hell breaks loose. Amidst the ensuing mayhem, a death occurs and suddenly everyone's a suspect.

Reminiscent of Desperate Housewives, One of Us is Dead, Big Little Lies, and Gossip Girl, No One Needs to Know is a domestic thriller for anyone who's ever wanted an inside look at how that 1% lives. Funny and entertaining, it shows just how over the top people can sometimes go. I couldn't help but quickly turn the pages to see what ridiculous things the characters did next, because they were truly absurd at times. The writing was sharp and witty, with an amusing look at how money can make beautiful people ugly and how so much of our lives are preserved forever online. This is a perfect vacation or beach read.

Thank you to Random House Ballantine, Lindsay Cameron, and Netgalley for an advance digital copy. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own and given voluntarily.

3 ½ Stars rounded up to 4 Stars
Recommend for fans of: Thrillers, Suspense, Mysteries, Fiction, Women's Fiction

This was a nice little thriller, definitely entertaining and drama filled. I love books that feel like watching a messy TV show, and this was that! I’m sad I waited so long to get to this one, because it was a very pleasant surprise.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an electronic copy for this book in exchange for an honest review!

The synopsis of this book starts with saying that an anonymous neighborhood app gets hacked and everyone's identity gets exposed and then someone gets killed. This book is listed as a mystery/thriller on Goodreads. I went into this book expecting what the synopsis promised, but that didn't happen until 67% into the book. Due to this, the first 2/3 of this book is basically just The Real Housewives of The Upper East Side, specifically focusing on three moms to eighth grade children: Poppy, Norah, and Heather.

A book having to do with the one percent of the UES could be an interesting concept and an interesting book, especially if it specifically commenting or satirizing them and has a clear concept/message, but that is not at all what the synopsis promises readers. The whole time during the first two thirds, I was just waiting for the story to actually get started. I did not care for the characters and when bad things would happen to them, I didn't care or feel bad because everything that happened just happened to be the consequences to their actions.

When we get to the missing/dead person I did not care either. Since we are in the heads of our three main moms, it couldn't have been any of them. so when it was revealed how the person was killed, 92% into the book, it felt very convenient, especially since the person got away with it and none of the moms faced any consequences for anything that they had done during the book.

The actual mystery of this book felt very rushed, making me not care for any of the characters or the actual mystery. This book was easy to get through and read, so it has that going for it.

I would not classify this as a mystery/thriller and the synopsis framing it as that took away my enjoyment of it due to the expectations that it set for me going into it.

This one is fantastic! My favorite of summer 2023 so far. When an anonymous discussion board is hacked, some of Manhattan’s Elite have their secrets outed. They had confessed their deepest secrets under the guise of anonymity. Affairs, money troubles, blackmail…..everything is suddenly disclosed. And someone winds up dead! This one reminded me of “Big Little Lies” if the setting was Park Avenue. I loved it. 5 stars!

In one Upper East neighborhood neigbors are sharing their secrets ona site called Urban Myth anoymously. This is where they share they heir out their dirty laundry while in persona keeping up the facade that all is perfect. The site is hacked and all bets are off.
Told through three POV by women involved in the scandal as follows:

Heather will go to any depths to get their children in the best schools. She is determined to get her daughter, Violet, into an Ivy League School. Violet is an excellent student and she excels in sports.

Norah is career driven and works 60 hours a week to ensure her daughter can go to a prestigious school. She does not get to spend as much time as she would like with her daughter, Caroline.
Caroline is popular but struggles with grades and is competive in sports.

Poppy is the queen bee who is hiding a dirty secret. She runs her home like a tight ship to accomodate her husband. Her son, Henry, struggles with grades and she gets tutors for him.
Poppy has a party for the neighborhood parents and an altercation happens. Secrets are revealed and in a turn of events someone winds up dead.

All three women are interragated by the police.

Read this if you enjoy
Fast paced thriller
Short chapters
Plot twists
Big Little Lies and Gossip Girl
Parents behaving badly

I absolutely devoured Lindsay Cameron's Just One Look, so I could not wait to get my hands on this one. And I liked it. I really did. Just not as much as Just One Look.

It was all confidential. Right up to the moment when it wasn’t. When an anonymous neighborhood forum gets hacked, the darkest secrets of New York’s wealthiest residents come to light—including some worth killing for.

No One Needs to Know is more of a "rich people problems" book. All the bickering and affairs and lying...you know. It was all pretty standard for stories like these. But I really liked the characters and how the different perspectives were all woven together into one story. However, I would have enjoyed some chapters from the kids' point of view as well.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

A super interesting thriller with an awesome premise. I really enjoyed this and it actually felt pretty realistic to me which made it creepier!

The Crofton middle school community located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan entails the kind of parents you might expect in that zip code. Entitled, wealthy, and connected. Social standing is key if you want your kids admitted to the coveted Anderson private high school. But some of the parents have secrets that, if uncovered, would ruin their reputations and ensure the rejection of their child's application. So when a hacktivist group reveals users' identities of an anonymous online forum, all hell breaks loose. No One Needs to Know by Lindsay Cameron is a suspense-filled story that follows three moms struggling to keep their secrets intact. And when a parent goes missing, they will do anything to keep their lives unscathed. But with such high stakes, everything and everyone is fair game.

Heather is an overbearing helicopter mom who has done everything in her power to ensure her daughter Violet's success. She volunteered for parent committees, squeezed her way into social circles, and donated thousands of dollars to give Violet a promising future. But then a photo of Violet partaking in a prohibited activity at a school dance is posted online. Suddenly, all of Heather's hard work might not matter if the administration at Anderson catches wind of it. Consequently, Heather goes on a manhunt to find proof that the photo was posted with malicious intent by someone who wants Violet's spot. But when she stumbles upon another parent's secret, she wonders if there is another route she can take to ensure her daughter's acceptance.

Poppy is the Queen Bee of the Crofton community. Even though her son doesn't have the grades to forge his own path to educational and career success, she and her husband have the funds and connections to ensure that he gets there. She's also highly respected in her social circle with other Crofton moms. But under the surface, she is lonely and unfulfilled in her marriage. When a handsome and charming man enters her life, she can't help but find herself under his spell. But then this man shows his true colors, and she must comply with his wishes or risk losing everything.

The third and final POV we get in No One Needs to Know is Norah. She is a career-focused, successful working mom who couldn't care less about being accepted by the other Crofton parents. As a result, she's not privy to the community gossip – let alone her daughter's actions throughout the novel. Her naivety comes to light when another parent accuses her daughter of conspiring against a fellow student. When the confrontation happens at a cocktail party for Crofton parents, it's only a matter of time before she realizes how much she doesn't know.

No One Needs to Know imagines how a wealthy and entitled community of privileged parents would be affected by their deepest and darkest secrets blasted for everyone to see. No amount of money can make their personal posts disappear from the world wide web. With topics like shoplifting, cheating spouses, killing spouses, blackmail, and more, users shared their thoughts knowing all was anonymous. Until it wasn't. And Lindsay Cameron delivers these scenarios expertly. She weaves in clues and foreshadows events that make readers eager to find out what happens next – and who will get their comeuppance.

The three main characters are entirely realistic and entertaining. Even though I very much disliked Heather, at the end of the day I understand her desperation for Violet to get ahead in life. Poppy is easy to dislike as well, but you can't help but feel sorry for her after the mess she gets in. Norah kind of has her head in the sand and isn't morally compromised per say, but her connection to the other characters is integral to the plot. Either way, Cameron delivers a great suspense novel that openly criticizes the lives of the upper-class elite and the injustice of the power of money.

This domestic suspense follows a group of people living in the Upper East Side of NYC where keeping up appearances is paramount. But when the anonymous confession site UrbanMyth is hacked, all secrets are released - including some worth killing for.

I loved the set up and premise for this book, but overall the execution wasn't for me. Domestic suspense are real hit or miss for me and but I think for fans of the genre, this would be a fun read. I do think this book stays true to the premise, but I was just expecting it to go darker than it did. I'd categorize this as mild suspense, at best. All the pieces were there, in theory, but the spark was missing. I didn't believe that there was anything really at stake with these characters so the suspense elements fell flat for me. I spent a lot of the book guessing what twist would happen next only to have almost none of those twisty moments actually happened. There were some fun moments - but mostly this was just a middle of the road domestic suspense for me.

The characters in this are perfect for the setting and premise. They are all a little over the top when it comes to their actions and reactions to some of these situations. To be fair, I've never been anywhere close to being in this world so maybe these characters are 100% accurate. However, reading from the outside - this book felt like the definition of Rich People Problems. We have it all from the parent overly involved in their child's school to ensure they get into the best boarding schools to the bored socialite. The character interactions were by far my favorite part of this story - especially the ones where there's a lot of subtext to the conversation happening. These were exactly the type of interactions I was expecting based on the premise and I thought they were really well done. I would sometimes get the characters a little mixed up at the beginning of the book because the characters didn't have very distinct voices.

I liked the way the UrbanMyth site was used in the plot, but wish it had played an even bigger role. I wanted to see all levels of secrets revealed and wanted to see how the characters react to them. We see a lot of characters using and checking the site before it was hacked and I was expecting even more of that once the hack happened. However, the hacking reveal was a little anti-climatic for me. From the premise, I was expecting major fall out and consequences from these secrets no longer being anonymous but I didn't feel like that was used to the biggest impact it could have been. We do get some blackmail threats, but I didn't feel like the characters were developed enough for me to actually care about the potential fallout of the blackmail.

The ending felt a little haphazard and scattered. I think the pieces all came together alright, but the execution didn't feel tight enough for a domestic suspense. I really like my suspense reads to be super twisty and have all the threads be very interconnected so we get a ton of surprise reveals. The ending to this felt like it wanted to go in that direction, but I didn't think it had nearly enough substance to work with. I don't think we had enough characters or enough character development for there to be enough twists to reveal to the reader.

Overall, I would categorize this as a light domestic suspense. I thought the premise sounded great but just had different expectations that what it provided. This felt low stakes and fun enough to be a vacation read but it just wasn't exactly what I was looking for.

Fun, fast paced and a nice quick read! Thoroughly enjoyed.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Random House Publishing Group/Ballantine for the advanced digital copy.

A great, juicy beach read! It definitely lived up to the description and was a fun glimpse into the societal underbelly of pretentious parenting.

I am so thankful to Random House Publishing Group/Bantam, Lindsay Cameron, and NetGalley for getting advanced digital and physical copies of his book before publication day. What a seriously twisted and demented tale needing to be told. I am literally living for this book.