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Behind Closed Doors
- Author
- Patricia Dixon
- Narrator
- Marie Lawrence
- Publisher
- Boldwood Books
- Publish Date
- 30 August 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 12 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
What to expect
Some secrets are too dangerous to tell. Others are too deadly to keep…
Julia Lassiter has spent years building the perfect life – a flawless family, thriving business, enviable home. But behind the polished façade, everything is cracking: a marriage on the brink, a twin sister cut off by buried secrets, and two daughters trapped in the fallout.
Her second husband, Shane, plays the role of devoted partner and doting stepfather. But perfection is often a mask—and his may be slipping.
Eighteen-year-old daughter Molly is counting down the days until she leaves for Princeton. Yet something dark keeps pulling her back. She’s been playing with fire… and now it’s starting to burn.
When plans for a lavish farewell party spiral into a night of reckoning, long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface.
With everything at stake, the truth can’t stay hidden. But the deeper you dig into the Lassiter family, the more twisted their story becomes.
Because the real question isn’t what happened that night…It’s why.
Previously published as The Good Girl
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Details
- Author
- Patricia Dixon
- Narrator
- Marie Lawrence
- Duration
- 11 hours 12 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 August 2026
- ISBN
- 9781807341787
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- Boldwood Books
- Genre
- Narrative theme: Identity / belonging, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, Family life fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction, Crime and mystery fiction, Narrative theme: Interior life
Synopsis
Some secrets are too dangerous to tell. Others are too deadly to keep…Julia Lassiter has spent years building the perfect life – a flawless family, thriving business, enviable home. But behind the polished façade, everything is cracking: a marriage on the brink, a twin sister cut off by buried secrets, and two daughters trapped in the fallout.Her second husband, Shane, plays the role of devoted partner and doting stepfather. But perfection is often a mask—and his may be slipping.Eighteen-year-old daughter Molly is counting down the days until she leaves for Princeton. Yet something dark keeps pulling her back. She’s been playing with fire… and now it’s starting to burn.When plans for a lavish farewell party spiral into a night of reckoning, long-buried secrets claw their way to the surface.With everything at stake, the truth can’t stay hidden. But the deeper you dig into the Lassiter family, the more twisted their story becomes.Because the real question isn’t what happened that night…It’s why.Previously published as The Good Girl
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