Around The Bend: A Novel

Around The Bend is a psychological thriller about a woman with a seemingly perfect life—wealth, family, children, and a house with a white picket fence—who harbors deep, dark secrets. The narrator presents herself as ordinary and unremarkable, yet conceals truths that no one suspects during everyday interactions like yoga classes, shopping, charity events, or school pick-up lines. The story explores what happens when someone decides to reveal their hidden secrets to the world. As these revelations unfold, the narrator discovers that appearances are deceiving and that things are not always what they seem. This realization fundamentally changes the narrative. The book presents the unraveling and undoing of the narrator's life, showing what might have been noticed by those paying close attention. It examines how people often believe lies more readily than truth, inviting readers to determine which is which as the story unfolds.