Darby Kane

#1 International Bestselling Author of
Domestic Suspense and Thrillers

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Book Type: Novel

The Engagement Party

And Then There Were None meets I Know What You Did Last Summer in #1 international bestseller Darby Kane’s latest gripping and twisty thriller set on a private island in Maine where secrets piled upon secrets and lies upon lies are all revealed in one fateful weekend.

Emily Hunt went missing from her affluent liberal arts school on graduation weekend. Her body was found floating in a river, and a quiet loner who most people on campus really didn’t know committed suicide. A tenuous link—one text—bound the two dead students together and was enough for law enforcement to close the case. But they got it wrong and now someone is determined to set it right.

Twelve years later, college friends gather to celebrate an engagement over a long overdue getaway on a swanky private island in Maine—with only one way in and one way out. Sierra Prescott, invited as a guest and unconnected to past events, is the only person who soon senses not all is what it seems.

The tension in the air is ignited when they find a dead man in the trunk of a car with a note: time to tell the truth. And things only get worse. As a torrential storm strands them together, the group’s buried stories begin to surface and secrets are bartered. To survive this deadly party, they’ll need to stop a killer before they become prey.

The Last Invitation

Darby Kane, the author of the critically acclaimed and #1 International Bestseller Pretty Little Wife, has crafted another gripping and twisty suspense about an invitation to an exclusive club that comes with deadly consequences.

They meet the second Tuesday of every month and vote…and then someone dies.

Over the last few years, prominent people—a retired diplomat, beloved basketball coach, the CEO of an empire—have died in a series of fluke accidents and shocking suicides. There’s no apparent connection, no signs of foul play. Behind it all is a powerful group of women, the Sophie Foundation, who meet over wine and cheese to review files of men who behave very, very badly, and then mete out justice.

Jessa Hall jumped at the mysterious, exclusive invitation to this secret club. The invite comes when she’s at her lowest, aching for a way to take back control. After years of fighting and scratching to get ahead, she’s ready for a chance to make the “bad guys” lose. Jessa soon realizes, though, just how far she’s willing to go and how dangerous this game has become.

Once in the group, it’s impossible to get out. She has nowhere to turn except former friend Gabby Fielding who is investigating the mysterious death of her ex-husband. Aligned in their goal to take down the Foundation, Gabby and Jessa need each other but working together doesn’t mean they trust each other…or that either will survive to tell the truth.


Awards & Acclaim:

*Shondaland, Best Books For December
*Katie Couric Media, Everything We’re Looking Forward To This Week
*E! News, 10 Books to Add to Your Reading List in December
*Paste Magazine, 11 Must Read Thrillers for Fall 2022
*Betches, 17 Books To Add To Your Fall Reading List, STAT
*Nerd Daily, Anticipated July to December 2022 Book Releases
*Bookbub, 12 Twisty Books About Exclusive Clubs and Secret Societies


The Replacement Wife

How many wives and girlfriends should disappear before your family notices?

Elisa Wright is a mom and wife, living a nice, quiet life in a nice, quiet town. She’s also convinced her brother-in-law is a murderer. Josh has one dead wife and one missing fiancée, and though he grieved for them he starts dating someone new. Elisa fears for that woman’s safety, and she desperately wants to know what happened to her friend, Josh’s missing fiancée.

Searching for clues means investigating her own family. And she doesn’t like what she finds. A laptop filled with incriminating information. Other women.

But when Elisa becomes friends with Josh’s new girlfriend and starts to question things she thinks are true, Elisa wonders if the memories of a horrible incident a year ago have finally pushed her over the edge and Josh is really innocent. With so much at stake, Elisa fights off panic attacks and a strange illness. Is it a breakdown or something more? The race is on to get to the truth before another disappearance because there’s a killer in the family…or is there?


Awards & Acclaim:

*International Bestseller*
*Toronto Star Mystery Bestseller
*Globe & Mail Mystery Bestseller
*Featured in the New York Times and The Toronto Star
*LibraryReads (US) Pick for December
*LoanStars (Canada) Top Pick for December
*New York Post, Top Releases
*SheReads, Most Anticipated Thrillers of Winter 2021
*PopSugar, 10 Best New Mystery And Thriller Books of December
*PureWow, 7 Books We Can’t Wait To Read In December
*Jordy’s Book Club, Favorite Thrillers , Mysteries and Suspense Novels of 2021


Pretty Little Wife

Shouldn’t a dead husband stay dead?

Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems.

A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few years. The police are desperate to find the connection, if there even is one. Little do they know they might be stumbling over only part of the truth….

With the small town in an uproar, everyone is worried about the whereabouts of their beloved high school teacher. Everyone except Lila, his wife. She’s definitely confused about her missing husband but only because she was the last person to see his body, and now it’s gone.


Awards & Acclaim:

*#1 International Bestseller*
*Toronto Star Bestseller
*Globe & Mail Bestseller
*Audible Bestseller
*Indigo Staff Pick of the Month
*LibraryReads Pick for December
*Book of the Month Early Release Selection for November
*New York Post, Top Releases
*Refinery29, 32 Great Books To Start Off Your New Year
*Huffington Post, 10 Most Anticipated Book Releases in December
*Popsugar, 10 Captivating thriller and Mystery Books Coming Out In December
*Goodreads, Readers’ Most Anticipated Books of December
*Book Club Girl, Pick for January
*Recommended Read, The Skimm
*Style Caster, Most Anticipated Winter Books
*Mag The Weekly, Book of the Week
*Goodreads Movers & Shakers List
*Featured in Toronto Star and San Diego Union-Tribune