Everyone Is Perfect Here

A woman's life is upended when her past comes back to mess with her mind in this psychological thriller full of twists and turns.

There's no such thing as perfect.

It's been fifteen years since Carly Bennett's mother was brutally murdered during a home robbery. Since then, she's worked hard to build a normal life with a stellar career as an English professor--far away from the picture-perfect stepfamily that abandoned her at boarding school.

When a male colleague is found dead in Carly's office--her name scrawled next to his body--everything she's strived for starts to fall apart. There are eerie similarities to her mother's attack, and Carly determines to find the truth.

Yet things take a bizarre turn when she suddenly experiences lost time, waking up in strange places, and flashes of dormant memories . . . memories that can't possibly be real. Because, if they are, then she was there the night her mother was killed.

Could Carly have been responsible? Or is something more sinister at play in her stepfamily's perfect world . . .?

This eerie domestic suspense is perfect for fans of Frieda McFadden and Lisa Jewell.

Author: Jane Haseldine
Publisher: Severn House
Published: 04/07/2026
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.40w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9781448320110


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 03/15/2026

About the Author
Haseldine, Jane: -

Jane Haseldine is a journalist, former crime reporter, columnist, and newspaper editor, and has also worked in politics as the deputy director of communications for a governor.

Jane is the author of the Julia Gooden mystery series which follows a fearless crime reporter still haunted by the childhood disappearance of her beloved older brother, a still unsolved case that fuels her to uncover answers for others that she could never find for herself.

Jane lives in Southern California with her husband and two sons. Readers can find out more about Jane's books at www.janehaseldine.com.