This Stays Between Us - by Sara Ochs (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

For fans of Lucy Foley and Society of Lies comes a crackling study abroad thriller that proves that a trip of a lifetime can have deadly consequences...

Ten years ago

A study abroad program like no other: a month-long trip of education and adventure, exploring everything Australia has to offer. And at first, it's everything best friends Phoebe and Claire, and the rest of the student group expects: sunshine, whirlwind romance, and all-night parties. But it isn't long before cracks begin to form within the group. Ones that lead to Phoebe's disappearance ...

Now

It's the call Claire has been waiting for years for. Phoebe's remains have been found. It's time to return, for her and the others to go back to Australia. But as Claire retraces their steps and tries to piece together exactly what happened to her best friend all those years ago, it quickly becomes clear everyone in the group has secrets. Including Claire.

Because only she knows what really happened that fateful day ten years ago. The day she killed her best friend. And she'll do anything she can to keep the others from learning the truth.

Review Quotes

"With plot twist after plot twist, a richly drawn setting, and steeped in nail-biting tension, Sara Ochs' sophomore thriller, This Stays Between Us, was an absolute ride--I devoured it in one breathless sitting. " -- Ashley Tate, international bestselling author of Twenty-Seven Minutes

"A ripper of a thriller. Studying abroad forever changes eight young lives--in all the wrong ways. This Stays Between Us is a story about secrets and how they change who we are and who we become; a tale of friendship and betrayal and those exhilarating years when our friends are our universe. It's atmospheric, emotional, and twisty, and destined to be one of the best thrillers of the year. Ace!" -- Alex Finlay, bestselling author of Parents Weekend

"Once again, Ochs proves herself a master of that heady time of youthful independence, away from home without a safety net. I devoured This Stays Between Us, inhaling one shocking revelation after another until the jaw-dropping epilogue. This novel reinvents the unreliable narrator." -- Carinn Jade, author The Astrology House

"A compelling and addictive thriller that grabs you from the first chapter and never lets go! With an atmospheric and isolated setting that increases the already palpable tension between the characters, This Stays Between Us is a must-read." -- Sian Gilbert, author of She Started It