“The story line in “You’ll Never Know, Dear” unspools with a strong psychological component and a sense of real people involved in relatable situations....An accessible, easy read that deftly integrates the mystery genre with women’s fiction, it’s made compelling by the depth and resonance of the relationships.” — Nickolas Butler, internationally bestselling author of Shotgun Lovesongs and The Hearts of Men

“The story zigs and then zags, leading the reader to be convinced of someone’s innocence, duplicity or guilt and then forced to re-evaluate...After reading “You’ll Never Know, Dear,” I tracked down 2015’s “Night Night, Sleep Tight”....and plan to dive into her other books.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“[A] character-driven page-turner...[an] engaging portrait of three generations of bickering, bull-headed, but loving women challenged to become their bravest and best selves.” — Publishers Weekly

“Hallie Ephron is the queen of secrets—and the star of suburban noir.” — Hank Phillippi Ryan, award-winning author of Say No More

Praise for Hallie Ephron: “Ephron’s novels are gripping because her characters are just real and nuanced enough to identify with. Ultimately, it’s compassion that makes us stay up late reading, and, nose in book, miss our subway stop the next morning.” — Boston Globe

“Ephron understands that the fears we inflict upon ourselves can be more crippling than a man with a gun.” — Mystery Scene

“Would have been a great vehicle for Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, including all the slightly creepy dolls.” — Kirkus Reviews

“Strong characters and vivid sense of place.” — Booklist

“I LOVED this book! Great characters, great sense of place, great suspense. And the doll-making background was fascinating.” — Deborah Crombie, New York Times best selling author of Garden of Lamentations

“A poignant portrayal of how tragedies often have a trickle-down effect...Though Ephron’s work is often classified as women’s fiction, it should appeal to anybody who enjoys intelligent, stylistic suspense. After all, questions of family, fidelity, and forgiveness are universal.” — CriminalElement.com

From the award-winning author of Night Night, Sleep Tight comes a novel about a little girl’s disappearance and the porcelain doll that may hold the key to her fate

Lissie Woodham was only seven years old when her little sister Janey disappeared. They had been in the front yard playing with their dolls, custom creations made for them by their mother, Miss Sorrel, a famous doll maker. Lissie wandered off for a moment. When she returned to the yard, Janey was gone, and so was her doll.

Now an adult with a college-aged daughter of her own, Lis has never stopped blaming herself for what happened, and it continues to haunt her. Every year on the anniversary of Janey’s disappearance, Miss Sorrel places a classified ad in the local papers with a picture of Janey’s one-of-a-kind doll, offering a cash reward for its return. Never, in all these years, has anyone brought her a doll that could be Janey’s—until now. Four decades after Janey went missing, a woman responds to the ad with a broken porcelain doll.  

What begins as a small clue in a tragic cold case turns into something far more sinister. The women in Miss Sorrel’s family may be in danger, because whoever knows the truth about what happened all those years ago will do anything to keep it hidden.