Crystal River · #2

Watch Her Lie

Christina Baker Kline, Anne Burt

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In this thriller by New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt, the search for a missing influencer leads a fan and a journalist into the dark heart of online obsession.

Millions online watch Isabel Hollister create the perfect life from her farmhouse kitchen. The beloved influencer serves up vintage recipes, soft-spoken wisdom, and a radical promise: women can define fulfillment on their own terms. Then, during a live stream, Isabel begins to reveal a secret. The camera jolts. A scream rings out. The feed goes dark.

Isabel has vanished.

Lonely follower Ashley Goodwin, certain she witnessed a crime, rallies an online community of fans determined to uncover the truth. In New York City, cash-strapped journalist Megan Sinclair sees the disappearance as a chance to revive her career, even if it means returning to Crystal River, where she barely survived a notorious murder spree.

As Ash and Megan dig deeper, they uncover rival influencers, hidden relationships, suspicious deaths, and a woman whose carefully crafted online persona may have concealed a far more dangerous reality.

Everyone thought they knew Isabel. Everyone was wrong.

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March 9, 2027
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Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline’s novels invite readers into the hidden corners of history, illuminating lives that might otherwise be forgotten. Born in Cambridge, England, and raised across the American South and Maine, she grew up navigating multiple cultures, an experience that shaped her nuanced sense of place and identity in her writing. Her early exposure to history, through her father, a labor historian, and storytelling through her mother, an educator, instilled a curiosity about how personal stories intersect with larger historical events. Educated at Yale, Cambridge, and the University of Virginia, Kline honed her craft as a Henry Hoyns…