📝 Episode Summary:

In this gripping episode of Read Between the Lines, host Molly Southgate talks with Victoria Helen Stone, bestselling author of Jane Doe, about her newest psychological thriller, Bald-Faced Liar.

Stone introduces listeners to Elizabeth May, a traveling nurse who has spent her life changing identities to escape a dark and traumatic past. Now hiding in Santa Cruz, Elizabeth’s carefully constructed world starts to crumble when someone recognizes her — and begins stalking her with ruthless precision. As secrets unravel, trust vanishes, and danger looms, Bald-Faced Liar delivers tension, betrayal, and unexpected twists.

Victoria and Molly discuss:

• The emotional depth and complexity of Elizabeth’s character

• Themes of identity, trauma, and trust in suspense fiction

• The challenges of writing characters who live double lives

• Why Bald-Faced Liar resonates with fans of Jane Doe

• Victoria’s love for thrillers, mountains, and murder mysteries

If you're a fan of psychological suspense, unreliable narrators, and twisty page-turners, don’t miss this conversation with one of today’s most compelling voices in genre fiction.

🔗 Links & Resources

Purchase Bald-Faced Liar and all of Victoria's books at Bookshop.org: 

https://bookshop.org/a/10588/9781662514616

 

👤 About Victoria Helen Stone:

Victoria Helen Stone, author of Jane Doe and The Hook, is known for writing emotionally layered thrillers filled with dark intrigue and psychological suspense. She has also written over two dozen novels as Victoria Dahl, a USA Today bestselling author, and is a recipient of the American Library Association Reading List award for best genre fiction.

Her international bestsellers have been published in over 17 languages and read around the world. Victoria currently lives in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah, where she hikes in summer and hibernates with crime documentaries and dessert in winter.

📚 About Bald-Faced Liar:

Living a lie becomes a matter of life and death when Elizabeth May, a traveling nurse with a dark past, discovers someone knows her real identity. A stalker begins dismantling her carefully crafted life, pushing Elizabeth into a world of paranoia and revelations. As danger closes in, Elizabeth must decide whether to flee again — or finally face the truth.

🔗 Connect with Victoria Helen Stone:

• 🌐 Website: www.VictoriaHelenStone.com

• 📘 Facebook: facebook.com/VictoriaHelenStone

• 📸 Instagram: @VictoriaHelenStone

• 🐦 X/Twitter: @VictoriaHStone

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