Based on a true story : a novel / Sarah Vaughan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughan, Sarah, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women authors--Fiction.

Women authors.

Family secrets--Fiction.

Family secrets.

Birthday parties--Fiction.

Birthday parties.

Secrecy--Fiction.

Secrecy.

Truth--Fiction.

Truth.

Older women--Fiction.

Older women.

Genre:

Thrillers (Fiction)

Detective and mystery fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Novels.

Physical Description:

407 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

Edition:

First US edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2026

Summary:

"A lavish seventieth birthday party. A body found on a storm-lashed beach. And a secret that someone is dying to tell... Famed children's author Dame Eleanor Kingman has summoned her family and friends to her exquisite manor house on the cliffs. They're celebrating her birthday--and her latest number one bestseller in her series of books about a child detective. But the night before the party, Eleanor receives an email that threatens to expose the lie she's kept for over half a century. Someone knows her secret. Is it her estranged literary agent? Is it her ex-husband, to whom she no longer speaks? Is it the au pair, who always did have a knack for storytelling, that Eleanor fired all those years ago? Or is it one of her three daughters, all of whom have a stake in the publishing empire she had built? With a television crew arriving to film a documentary of her life, Eleanor needs to find out who sent the email--and preserve her legacy and multi-million-pound career. But when push comes to shove, and it's time to tell the truth, will anyone actually believe her?" -- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2026 by Simon Schuster UK, an imprint of Simon & Schuster UK Ltd." -- Title page verso.

"All families have secrets. But it's the lies that can kill."--Cover

ISBN:

9780063457713

0063457717

OCLC:

1557604747