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The Guilty Ones: A Psychological Thriller

by Kyla Stone

A fresh start turns into a family mystery

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A fresh start turns into a family mystery

After her husband’s death, Dahlia Kincaid arrives with her teenage daughter in an affluent Michigan lakeside community, where a place in the mothers’ social circle seems to offer the belonging they need. A girl’s death after a neighborhood sleepover changes that welcome: evidence points to Mia, whose shifting account leaves Dahlia unsure what to believe. As suspicion strains the family’s new connections, Dahlia sets out to investigate the community’s hidden secrets herself. The setup brings a mother’s effort to protect her daughter into direct contact with questions of trust, appearances, and what a family can conceal.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in psychological suspense centered on a mother and daughter.
  • Readers who enjoy mysteries involving neighborhood secrets and suspicion.
  • Readers looking for a contemporary thriller set in an affluent lakeside community.

Themes

Family trustAppearances and secretsBelonging and social suspicion

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Book overview

Perfect mothers. Perfect daughters. Perfect lies.

After her husband's death, Dahlia Kincaid and her 14-year-old daughter Mia move to the exclusive lakefront community of Blackthorn Shores, Michigan, hoping for a fresh start.

 

It feels like a miracle: lakefront views, immaculate homes, and a coveted spot in the elite circle of neighborhood mothers. Even Mia is welcomed by the popular girls. For the first time, Dahlia dares to believe they've finally found belonging.

 

But after a neighborhood slumber party, one of the girls is found dead.

 

The police suspect murder. The evidence points to Mia. Blood stains her clothes, fresh scratches mark her arms, and her story keeps changing. Every lie Mia tells makes Dahlia wonder what else her daughter is hiding.

 

As rumors swirl and suspicion mounts, the mothers who once embraced Dahlia turn wary and cold. And Mia withdraws, shutting Dahlia out completely. Desperate to protect her daughter, Dahlia begins her own hunt for the truth, digging into the secrets buried beneath the community's polished fa

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