From USA Today Bestselling Author, Pamela Crane, comes an unmissable new psychological thriller.

What causes a woman to murder her whole family?

Jo's idyllic life would make most people jealous. Until one day her daughter is abducted and the only way to find her is to unravel her dark past.

Ellie is a devoted wife... until she discovers the pain of betrayal. Now vengeance is all she can think about.

Party-girl Shayla knows how to hide her demons. But when she's confronted with a life-shattering choice, it will cost her everything.

June knows suffering intimately, though the smile she wears keeps it hidden. 

Soon the lives of these four women intersect and one of them is about to snap…

What everyone is saying about Pretty Ugly Lies:

"a thought-provoking and powerful book" Mandy White - Reviewer 

"a twisted tale of love, secrets, lies, obsession, parenting, depression and forgiveness that may be fictional but also has a very heavy dose of gruesome reality." Nicki Richards - Reviewer 

"one of the best books I've read in a while." Courtney Vial - Reviewer

"What a treat this book was" Angela Callicott -  Reviewer

"A moving, incredible book for every woman who has ever felt a moment of unappreciation, exhaustion or of just never being enough" Alicia Schaefer - NetGalley Reviewer

"This book was GREAT! I knew from the first chapter, I was hooked" Stephanie Richmond - Reviewer

"thought-provoking (and) heart-wrenching" Peggy Beaver - Reviewer

"Desperate Housewives meets American Phsyco" - Steven de Bruin - Reviewer

"This book knows how to grab you, throw your emotions around and then some" - Nicki Murphy - Nicki's Book Blog

"What a gut punch! Pamela Crane perfectly captures the anguish that all moms feel at various times in their lives" Jeanne McAvoy - NetGalley Reviewer

From USA TODAY best-selling author Pamela Crane comes "a thought-provoking domestic noir novel perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Shalini Boland, Lucy Dawson and B.A. Paris ... A chilling look at the secrets mothers will hide for the sake of their families, and the gruesome reality of what can break an everyday woman.