Hidden Pieces - A Novel

A small town. A big secret. A deadly game.

From the author of Liars, Inc., comes a dark, contemporary thriller with twists and turns that are perfect for fans of We Were Liars, Little Monsters, and One of Us Is Lying.

Embry Woods has secrets. Some are small, like the ones about her complicated past. Others are bigger, like her growing feelings for best friend’s ex-boyfriend, Holden. But the biggest secret she carries is about what they did at the abandoned Sea Cliff Inn...and the resulting terrible fire.

Embry helps a homeless man escape from the flames and is immediately hailed as a hero, but she knows that couldn't be further from the truth. Though she’s wracked with guilt, Embry thinks she can take one last secret to her grave.

But then she receives an anonymous note—someone else was there that night. Now she must respond to a series of threatening messages asking her to make impossible choices.

Someone is playing a high-stakes game with her life. And their last move is murder.

A Tangled Love Triangle: Embry is torn between her growing feelings for Holden, her best friend’s ex, and her loyalty to Luke, her boyfriend deployed overseas. A Hero with a Dark Secret: She saved a man from a fire she secretly started. Now hailed as a local hero, Embry is drowning in guilt. A Small Town Full of Lies: In the quiet coastal town of Three Rocks, everyone has something to hide, but Embry’s secret is the most dangerous of all. Page-Turning Twists and Turns: An anonymous tormentor knows what she did, pulling her into a deadly game where one wrong move could lead to her own death—or someone else’s.