Best Sarah Pekkanen Books

Marriage counselor Avery's radical ten-session approach to infidelity recovery takes a dangerous turn when she becomes obsessed with client Marissa's seemingly perfect life.

Vanessa seems like the typical jealous ex-wife obsessing over her replacement, but this twisted triangle hides darker truths about manipulation and survival. Hendricks and Pekkanen demolish every assumption about who needs protecting.

What starts as easy money for participating in a psychology study becomes a suffocating web of manipulation when the researcher begins controlling every aspect of Jessica's life.

A mother who fled an abusive home as a pregnant teenager must confront her carefully buried past when her adult daughter begins uncovering dangerous truths.

Isolated New Yorker Shay finds the belonging she craves with sophisticated sisters Cassandra and Jane Moore, unaware their friendship comes with deadly strings attached. Hendricks and Pekkanen craft a chilling exploration of female friendship, manipulation, and the desperate need for connection.

An adopted daughter accused of murdering her family's biological child gets locked in a psychiatric ward while everyone theorizes about her motives. Pekkanen uses the institutional setting to question truth, memory, and sisterhood.

A wealthy self-help author's monthly book club seems perfect from the outside, but the literary discussions mask deadly intentions among the carefully selected members.