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Welcome to Stanhope. A safe neighborhood. A place for families.
William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he’s been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter, Avery, unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper.
Hours later, Avery’s family declares her missing.
Suddenly Stanhope doesn’t feel so safe. And William isn’t the only one on his street who’s hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbors become increasingly unhinged.
Who took Avery Wooler?
Nothing will prepare you for the truth.
This book by Shari Lapena follows the residents of a seemingly quiet suburban neighborhood after nine-year-old Avery Wooler disappears. The very first person that could be of interest is her father, William Wooler. An interaction between him and Avery is just the beginning as cracks that exist in the family dynamic begin to show.
There is definitely a lot going on in this story. For one thing, infidelity and disturbing connections when it comes to the family becomes evident as the novel begins to unfold through multiple perspectives. Shari Lapena builds tension by delivering more than one unreliable narrator in this story.
Avery’s perspective certainly caught me off guard and kept me engrossed in the narrative. It was an intriguing approach to narrate the story from the mind of a resentful and angry child. Consequently, the title - Everyone Here is Lying - gradually becomes more comprehensible. Lapena is an exceptional thriller writer, and she certainly delivered on that promise with this book.
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