Based on a True Story -- Sarah Vaughan, Hardcover
"Vaughan is simply a genius at immersing you in simmering tensions and turning up the heat."--Ellery Lloyd "A stunning novel."--Gilly Macmillan "A flawlessly constructed thriller, perfectly paced and filled with smart reveals. This is a read-in-one-sitting delight of a novel!"--Lucy Clarke A compelling novel about power, money and lies from the author of Anatomy of a Scandal.
All families have secrets. But it's the lies that can kill. 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 based on a mother fox and her cubs. But the night before the party, Eleanor receives an email that threatens to expose the lie she's kept up 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 nanny she fired all those years ago, who always did have a knack for storytelling? Or is it one of her three daughters, all of whom have a stake in the publishing empire she has 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 multimillion-pound career. But when push comes to shove, and it's time to tell the truth will anyone actually believe her?Author: Sarah Vaughan
Publisher: Harper
Published: 6/9/2026
Pages: 416
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.05 lbs
Size: 9.01" H x 6.01" L x 1.41" W
ISBN: 9780063457713
