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BOOK REVIEW #EVERYONE IS PERFECT HERE #DOMESTIC SUSPENSE #PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER #JANE HASELDINE #SUSPENSE THRILLER

 




MY THOUGHTS AND BOOK REVIEW

Carly Bennett is introduced as a polished and successful English professor—respected, composed, and seemingly in control. However, her inner thoughts reveal anxiety, depression, and unresolved bad experiences from her past.

We get glimpses of her childhood: a sudden fall from her reputed state of being and when she was accused of making harsh allegations against her stepfamily. She was sent away to boarding school, rejected by the very people she trusted—especially her mother.

The emotional twists: Carly insists she never made those claims against her stepfamily.

The cold case reopens driven by the possibility that her mother didn’t abandon her, Carly begins investigating her mother’s death.

She starts reviewing old records, news reports, and faint memories. Inconsistencies emerge—details that were overlooked or dismissed.

For the first time, Carly considers that her mother’s death may not have been an incident that was merely to be forgotten.

  • My favorite part of the novel is that author trying to narrate her character's dual identity (successful vs. broken)
  • Reintroduces Julien as both ally and possible antagonist
  • Reframes the mother’s death as suspicious
  • Introduces psychological tension and creates a suspense environment for the reader guessing till the end: Is Carly a victim, untrustful narrator, or something else?
Overall, a buffet of suspenseful events and a kick for your senses that takes psychological thriller fans to an intriguing turn of pages.

Thanks to Netgalley and Severn House Publishers for an advance copy for my honest review.


                  BOOK DESCRIPTION

There’s no such thing as perfect.

To the outside world, English professor Carly Bennett is a rising star…. poised, confident and on a fast-track to success. But behind her professional facade lies a childhood shattered by betrayal and her mother’s mysterious death.

Fifteen years earlier, Carly was shipped off to boarding school after being accused of threats she never made and exiled by her beloved mother and wealthy stepfamily. Throughout, Carly clung to her one ally, her stepbrother Julien…. until she discovered he masterminded her downfall.

Julien, now a psychiatrist, reappears in Carly’s life, apologetic and bearing news: before a fatal break-in, Carly’s mother planned to bring Carly home. Vindicated, Carly investigates her mother’s cold case. But doing so unearths memories that cause Carly to question her sanity and finally face the truth.

Was she responsible for her mother’s murder or is something more sinister at play in her former stepfamily’s still perfect world?



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Book Details:

Genre: Domestic Suspense
Published by: Severn House
Publication Date: April 7, 2026
Number of Pages: 301
ISBN: 9781448320127 (ISBN10: 1448320127)


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Jane Haseldine

Jane Haseldine is a journalist, former crime reporter, columnist, and newspaper editor, and has also worked in politics as the deputy director of communications for a governor. Jane is the author of the Julia Gooden mystery series from Kensington Publishing and her upcoming domestic suspense novel, Everyone is Perfect Here, from Severn House.

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