THE TRUTH NEXT DOOR
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Last published Wed, Aug 27, 2025
A girl vanishes. A therapy circle hides secrets. One teen is about to uncover a truth that could destroy them all.
Sadie Walsh was never the nosy neighbor. Not until Amber Garcia (brilliant, bold, untouchable) went missing without a trace.
Now Sadie's stuck in a mandatory grief therapy group for teens connected to Amber, and it's quickly clear: everyone's lying. About where they were. About what they knew. And most of all, about AMBER.
When Sadie receives a chilling audio message from Amber post-disappearance, she's thrown into a web of secrets buried deep in her neighborhood: missing girls, forged identities, and a psychologist who knows more than she's letting on. The deeper she digs, the more twisted it gets especially when Sadie realizes SHE might not be the outsider she thought she was.
There's a reason the others are staying quiet.
And there's a reason Amber picked Sadie to uncover it all.
But someone is watching. Leaving messages. Setting traps. And if Sadie keeps asking questions...
She might be the next girl to disappear.
Truly inspired and Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder and The Inheritance Games, The Truth Next Door is a jaw-dropping YA thriller about buried secrets, found courage, and the lies we tell to survive.
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