Publication Date: April 7, 2026
There’s no such thing as perfect.
To the outside world, English professor Carly Bennett is a rising star…. poised, confident and on a fast-track to success. But behind her professional facade lies a childhood shattered by betrayal and her mother’s mysterious death.
Fifteen years earlier, Carly was shipped off to boarding school after being accused of threats she never made and exiled by her beloved mother and wealthy stepfamily. Throughout, Carly clung to her one ally, her stepbrother Julien…. until she discovered he masterminded her downfall.
Julien, now a psychiatrist, reappears in Carly’s life, apologetic and bearing news: before a fatal break-in, Carly’s mother planned to bring Carly home. Vindicated, Carly investigates her mother’s cold case. But doing so unearths memories that cause Carly to question her sanity and finally face the truth.
Was she responsible for her mother’s murder or is something more sinister at play in her former stepfamily’s still perfect world?
Carly Bennett has come a long way from the scared young girl sent to boarding school and the brutal murder of her mother.
Author Jane Haseldine creates a psychological thriller in Everyone is Perfect Here. Full of twists, the story features a vulnerable main character whose carefully crafted life is thrown into chaos.
Now an English professor, the sudden death of a colleague kicks off a series of memories, making Carly wonder if she played a role in her mother’s death 15 years ago.
Told using flashbacks and featuring different character perspectives, the story requires readers to pay close attention. There’s a much bigger storyline that unfolds linking past and present.
Everyone is Perfect Here offers a tongue-in-cheek title for a thriller where things are far from perfect.
Jane Haseldine is a journalist, former crime reporter, columnist, and newspaper editor, and has also worked in politics as the deputy director of communications for a governor. Jane is the author of the Julia Gooden mystery series from Kensington Publishing and her upcoming domestic suspense novel, Everyone is Perfect Here, from Severn House.
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Thanks for sharing! This book sounds so good to me!
Thank you for the review and for being part of the tour!