Now a major Apple TV+ series starring Octavia Spencer and Aaron Paulâproduced by Reese Witherspoonâs Hello Sunshine!
Serial meets Ruth Wareâs In A Dark, Dark Wood in this inventive and twisty psychological thriller about a mega-hit podcast that reopens a murder case and threatens to unravel the carefully constructed life of the victimâs daughter.
The only thing more dangerous than a lieâŠis the truth.
Josie Buhrman has spent the last ten years trying to escape her family and with good reason. After her fatherâs murder thirteen years prior, her mother ran away to join a cult and her twin sister Lanie, once Josieâs closest friend and confidant, betrayed her in an unimaginable way. Now, Josie has finally put down roots in New York, settling into domestic life with her partner Caleb, and thatâs where she intends to stay.
The only problem is that she has lied to Caleb about every detail of her pastâstarting with her last name.
When investigative reporter Poppy Parnell sets off a media firestorm with a megahit podcast that reopens the long-closed case of Josieâs fatherâs murder, questioning whether the wrong person may be behind bars, Josieâs world begins to unravel. Meanwhile, the unexpected death of Josieâs long-absent mother forces her to return to her Midwestern hometown where she must confront the demons from her pastâand the lies on which she has staked her future.