Why we’re excited
Ivy Quillan is a private investigator who left Boston a decade ago for a quieter life in Maine. Then the ex she never forgave shows up with a problem: a missing social media star who is Ivy's double, face, voice and all. Police consider Ivy their best lead.
Sarina Bowen is best known for hockey romance, including the True North books, so this mystery with a romance thread marks a turn for her. It is a standalone. Try it if you like doppelganger plots, an investigator who knows nothing about her own birth, and an old flame along for the case.
On our most-anticipated list since 22 October 2026. See all the most anticipated books →
What to know about Bad Girls Make Good Liars
Sarina Bowen is a familiar name here: 2 of Sarina Bowen’s books have full reviews, averaging 4.0 out of 5. Our highest-rated so far is Dying to Meet You (4★).
From the publisher
Ivy Quillan knows how to find people. But this time, she might be the one who’s truly lost.
Ten years ago, private investigator Ivy Quillan slammed the door on her Boston life and started a new, untraceable one in Maine. Or so she thought. For years, she’s made a living slipping into other people’s lives—catching liars, exposing secrets, and getting out clean. (Or mostly clean. She tries.)
Until Frazier Morello—the guy she never got over or forgave—shatters her peace with a problem that makes no sense: a missing influencer who looks exactly like Ivy.
Not similar, identical. Same voice. Same laugh. Same everything.
Kelsey Chillingham vanished three days ago, and the internet is obsessed. The only lead the police have is Ivy, and they’re not going to let her go without a fight. Which leaves Ivy–who’s spent her life not knowing where she came from–at the center of a story she never asked to be a part of.
Now Ivy is chasing a case that’s dangerously personal, tangled up with the one man who still has the power to wreck her, and getting closer to a truth that refuses to stay buried. With time running out for Kelsey, Ivy must rush headfirst into her past no matter the cost.
Ivy has spent years running from her past, and now it’s on her doorstep—wearing her face.
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We haven’t read Bad Girls Make Good Liars yet. When our review goes up, it will replace this page.
