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Best Boy
- Author
- Deborah Goodrich Royce
- Narrator
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 24 February 2026
- Run Time
- 8 hours 16 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
A gripping psychological thriller, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully constructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past.
Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husband, an adorable ten-year-old son, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she’s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives—from a man she does not remember—it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good.
A terrifying chain of events is set in motion, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shattering Halloween night in high school when she had a different name, a different face, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? Why can’t she remember him—or that night?
A taut psychological thriller, Best Boy explores identity, memory, and the dangerous power of forgetting.
Critics Review
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“Once again, Deborah Goodrich Royce hits a home run with a suspenseful novel that flip-flops seamlessly as the story unwinds.”
Lee Woodruff, #1 New York Times bestselling author
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“This novel is electric—a low pulse that builds and builds, then explodes in a devastating lightning strike. I felt this way right from the beginning, all the way through.”
Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author
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“Deborah Goodrich Royce writes with the cutting clarity of a glittering diamond…At times dark, at times laugh-out-loud funny, this is a dishy and deeply textured read that will have you racing through the pages to figure out what happened, and what happens next.”
Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author
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“This is a breathless and engrossing must-read about the lies we tell each other—and ourselves. Don’t miss it!”
Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author
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Details
- Author
- Deborah Goodrich Royce
- Narrator
- Saskia Maarleveld
- Duration
- 8 hours 16 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 February 2026
- ISBN
- 9798228674844
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Psychological thriller, Thriller / suspense fiction, Family life fiction
Synopsis
A gripping psychological thriller, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully constructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past.Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husband, an adorable ten-year-old son, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she’s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives—from a man she does not remember—it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good.A terrifying chain of events is set in motion, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shattering Halloween night in high school when she had a different name, a different face, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? Why can’t she remember him—or that night?A taut psychological thriller, Best Boy explores identity, memory, and the dangerous power of forgetting.
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