Longer Synopsis
Investigative journalist Emma Hayes has built her career exposing powerful people who thrive on secrets. When seventeen-year-old Lily Crawford vanishes from the small town of Raven Creek, Emma expects a routine assignment. Instead, she finds a place where the police are too quiet, the records are too neat, and everyone insists Lily simply ran away.
As Emma digs deeper, she uncovers forged school reports, deleted emergency calls, and whispers about other girls who disappeared and were never mentioned again. Every path leads back to the Haven Guild—an elite circle of three old families who own most of the town and prefer their problems to disappear.
When Emma discovers Lily’s final video message—“If something happens to me, it was them”—she realizes the story she is chasing has already cost lives. The closer she gets to the truth, the more finely the town’s lies close in around her.
The Town Where Everyone Lies is a tense psychological thriller about loyalty, buried guilt, and how far people will go to protect the stories they tell themselves.