Every lie leaves a mark. When Claire Hawthorne buys a remote seaside house to rebuild her life, she expects peace and quiet. She doesn’t expect letters addressed to a bride who vanished fifteen years ago. The village insists the house is cursed. Claire tries to ignore the whispers—until strange footsteps echo at night, her business is sabotaged, and someone starts leaving personal messages only she could understand. As rumours spread and her grip on normality begins to slip, Claire becomes desperate to uncover the truth. Because whatever happened in this house isn’t finished. And someone out there knows exactly why she was the one who bought it. Perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and Claire Douglas, The Lies We Buried is a tense, atmospheric psychological thriller about buried secrets, small-town whispers, and the past that refuses to stay buried.