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READ BETWEEN THE LIES

Jesse Sutanto

A Novel

READ BETWEEN THE LIES, a claustrophobic psychological suspense in which the line between victim and villain blurs with every chapter. Because in the end, everyone has their own version of the truth?but only one will make it onto the page.
Fern's dream of becoming a published author is finally coming true. After years of rejection, her debut novel has sold, and she's ready to join the supportive online community of fellow debuts. But when she discovers her high school bully, Haven, has landed a major book deal and will be debuting alongside her, old wounds reopen.

As the pandemic forces everyone online, tensions escalate in their writing community. While Haven seems to succeed effortlessly, Fern watches her own career crumble. Yet beneath their polished personas lies a darker truth about their shared past?one involving a lost friend, Dani, and secrets neither wants revealed.

Fern isn't the same person Haven bullied all those years ago. She's learned that the best revenge stories aren't written?they're lived. And she's been plotting this one for years.

What begins as online rivalry escalates into dangerous obsession. Because neither woman is telling the whole truth about what really happened to Dani.or about who's the real victim in this story.

Jesse Q Sutanto is a bestselling and award-winning author of books for adults and young readers. She is the author of the Dial A series, comprised of Dial A for Aunties, Four Aunties and a Wedding, and The Good, the Bad, and the Aunties. Dial A for Aunties was an instant IndieBound bestseller, an Amazon Best Book and Amazon Editors' Choice, and won the UK's Comedy Women in Print prize. She is the author of the Theo Tan middle grade duology, the contemporary YA novels Well, That Was Unexpected and Didn't See That Coming; the adult thrillers I'm Not Done With You Yet and You Will Never Be Me; the cozy mystery Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers (a USA Today bestseller and 2024 Edgar Award winner) and its sequel Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man); and Worth Fighting For, a Mulan retelling for Disney's Meant to Be series (a USA Today bestseller). Her forthcoming titles include Next Time Will Be Our Turn, Read Between the Lies (a Mindy's Book Studio release), and Ms. Mebel Goes Back to the Chopping Block. She is also the author of the YA thrillers The Obsession and The New Girl. She received her Masters from the University of Oxford. She grew up in Indonesia and Singapore and currently lives in Jakarta with her husband and two daughters.
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Published 2026-02-01 by Mindy's Book Studio

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Read Between the Lies is a dark, delicious takedown of cancel culture and the publishing industry?I read it in two sittings because I had to stop midway and go Google my own name. Highly recommend.