All the Dirty Secrets - by Aggie Blum Thompson (Paperback)

About the Book

"Set in the upscale DC private school scene, where silence can easily be bought, Aggie Blum Thompson's All the Dirty Secrets asks how far you would go to protect your status and your family, and if some secrets should ever be revealed. One warm summer night twenty-five years ago, Liza Gold and her friends celebrated their high school graduation with a party on the beach. It should have been the best night of their lives, only one of them never came back out of the ocean. The tragedy haunted Liza Gold for years. Now, she's a recently divorced working mom struggling to connect with her standoffish teenager daughter Zoe when history repeats itself. Another young woman has drowned at Beach Week, and this time the victim is Zoe's secret best friend. Liza begins to suspect that the two deaths are somehow related, which causes her to face hard truths and take an unflinching look at the people she's called her closest friends for the past two decades. She must discover what really happened to both women before it's too late"--

Book Synopsis

Set in the upscale DC private school scene, where silence can easily be bought, Aggie Blum Thompson's All the Dirty Secrets asks how far you would go to protect your status and your family, and if some secrets should ever be revealed.

One warm summer night twenty-five years ago, Liza Gold and her friends celebrated their high school graduation with a party on the beach. It should have been the best night of their lives, only one of them never came back out of the ocean.

The tragedy haunted Liza Gold for years. Now, she's a recently divorced working mom struggling to connect with her standoffish teenager daughter Zoe when history repeats itself. Another young woman has drowned at Beach Week, and this time the victim is Zoe's secret best friend.

Liza begins to suspect that the two deaths are somehow related, which causes her to face hard truths and take an unflinching look at the people she's called her closest friends for the past two decades. She must discover what really happened to both women before it's too late.

Review Quotes

"In a rarefied world of wealth and privilege, simmering secrets hide in plain sight. Heart-stopping danger will make you race through the pages to a chilling and shattering conclusion." --Liv Constantine, internationally bestselling author of The Last Mrs. Parrish

"All the Dirty Secrets is an electrifying thriller that I couldn't put down. It is both a riveting mystery and a sharp social commentary...this is one you don't want to miss. It will keep you guessing and thinking long after you've turned the last page." --Lucinda Berry, bestselling author of The Best of Friends and The Perfect Child

"All the Dirty Secrets will have you racing to the end. This tale was so chillingly real it could have been ripped from the headlines. I loved it!" --Kaira Rouda, USA Today and international bestselling author

"Thompson pulls no punches with this one...All The Dirty Secrets is atmospheric, shocking, and downright unforgettable. A can't-miss story for fans of domestic suspense!" --Carissa Ann Lynch, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Secrets of Cedar Farm

"A twisty tale of friendship and betrayal." --Publisher's Weekly

"A very cleverly constructed whodunnit that will have you guessing right up to the big reveal... [a] gripping, topical tale of accountability and murder." --Criminal Element

About the Author

Before turning to fiction, Aggie Blum Thompson covered real-life crime as a newspaper reporter for a number of papers, including The Boston Globe and The Washington Post. She lives with her husband and two children, a cat, and a dog in the suburbs of Washington D.C. She is the author of I Don't Forgive You and All the Dirty Secrets.