Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A Simple Favor | 2017 | Darcey Bell | Buy |
| 2 | Something She’s Not Telling Us | 2020 | Darcey Bell | Buy |
| 3 | All I Want | 2022 | Darcey Bell | Buy |
| 4 | Woman of the Year | 2023 | Darcey Bell | Buy |
Darcey Bell’s four standalone novels are all domestic thrillers built around women whose relationships go wrong in dangerous ways. A Simple Favor (2017), her debut, became a bestseller and was adapted into a film starring Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively. The story follows a mom blogger whose glamorous best friend vanishes, and the investigation reveals that nothing about their friendship was what it appeared to be.
Something She’s Not Telling Us (2020) centers on a woman who suspects her brother’s new girlfriend is not who she claims, especially after her young daughter disappears. All I Want (2022) and Woman of the Year (2023) continue Bell’s focus on female friendships gone toxic, hidden motives, and narrators you cannot fully trust. Bell has a knack for taking the normal surface of suburban life and showing the rot underneath. If you like Gone Girl-style twists and multiple points of view, her books deliver that consistently.