Lisa Unger

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  • Bibliography:
    26 Books (3 Series)
  • First Book:
    April 2006
  • Latest Book:
    March 2025
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About the Author

LISA UNGER, author of the New York Times bestsellers, Beautiful Lies, Sliver of Truth and Blackout, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, but grew up in Holland, England and New Jersey. A graduate of the New School for Social Research, Unger spent many years living and working in New York City. In 2000, she left a career in publicity to pursue her dream of becoming a full-time writer. She now lives in Florida with her husband and daughter.

Full Series List in Order

Jones Cooper

1 - Fragile (Aug-2010)
2 - Darkness, My Old Friend (Aug-2011)

Ridley Jones

1 - Beautiful Lies (Apr-2006)
2 - Sliver of Truth (Jan-2007)

A Whispers Story

1 - The Whispers (Oct-2014)
2 - The Burning Girl (Nov-2014)
3 - The Three Sisters (Jan-2015)

Book List in Order: 26 titles

  • Beautiful Lies

    Ridley Jones - 1

    If Ridley Jones had slept ten minutes later, she would still be living the beautiful lie she used to call her life. Instead, a series of seemingly inconsequential decisions unleashed a chain of events that brought a mysterious package to her door. A ...

  • Sliver of Truth

    Ridley Jones - 2

    Recently, Ridley Jones stepped off a street corner and into an abyss of violence, deception, and fear. She is being a lot more careful about where she steps and trying to get on with her life when another seemingly mundane act- picking up a few envel...

  • Black Out

    When my mother named me Ophelia, she thought she was being literary. She didn't realize she was being tragic. On the surface, Annie Powers's life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is happy and idyllic. Her husband, Gray, loves her fiercely; together, ...

  • Die for You

    Isabel Raine thought she had everything -- a successful career, a supportive family, and a happy marriage to the man she loved. Then one ordinary morning, her husband, Marcus, picks up his briefcase, kisses her good-bye, and simply vanishes. That ...

  • Fragile

    Jones Cooper - 1

    Maggie and Jones live with their teenage son, Rick, in The Hollows, a small town outside of New York City. The cozy intimacy of the town is broken when Rick's girlfriend, Charlene, mysteriously disappears. The investigation has Jones, the lead detect...

  • Four Thrillers by Lisa Unger

    Four thrilling novels by bestselling novelist Lisa Unger are now available as one complete series. Read all four novels in order for the first time digitally and delve into Unger’s world -- full of nightmarish journeys, bone-chilling discoveries, a...

  • Darkness, My Old Friend

    Jones Cooper - 2

    The New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Lies and Fragile returns to The Hollows, delivering a thriller that explores matters of faith, memory, and sacrifice. After giving up his post at the Hollows Police Department, Jones Cooper is at...

  • Heartbroken

    A shattering new thriller about three women, strangers, on a heart-wrenching collision course none of them could have seen coming. Long after anyone expected Kate to do anything with her life, she did. Using the journals left behind by her aunt an...

  • In the Blood

    SOMEONE KNOWS LANA'S SECRET - AND HE'S DYING TO TELL. LANA GRANGER LIVES A LIFE OF LIES. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can't quite recall. About to graduate from c...



  • The Whispers

    A Whispers Story - 1

  • The Burning Girl

    A Whispers Story - 2

  • The Three Sisters

    A Whispers Story - 3

    When Eloise’s granddaughter, 20-year-old Finley, comes to live with her, Eloise’s abilities start to change --- things seem to be getting easier. Her load is lighter, and rather than chasing down people she needs, they are coming to her. She team...

  • Crazy Love You

    Darkness has a way of creeping up when Ian is with Priss. Even when they were kids, playing in the woods of their small upstate New York town, he could feel it. Still, Priss was his best friend, his salvation from the bullies who called him "loser" a...

  • Whispers in the Hollows

    For the first time New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger delivers her three spellbinding short stories featuring reluctant psychic Eloise Montgomery together as one novella: The Whispers, The Burning Girl, and The Three Sisters, along with a n...

  • Ink and Bone

    Read the stunning bestseller voted a Best Book finalist in the Goodreads Choice Awards! New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger "builds a sense of place for The Hollows that rivals Stephen King's Castle Rock for continuity and creepiness." (The...

  • The Red Hunter

    What is the difference between justice and revenge? In this buzzworthy new standalone thriller by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, two wronged women on very different paths find themselves in the same dark place… Claudia Bishop’s ...

  • Under My Skin

    From New York Times bestselling author and master of suspense Lisa Unger comes an addictive psychological thriller about a woman on the hunt for her husband’s killer. What if the nightmares are actually memories? It’s been a year since Popp...

  • The Stranger Inside

    There’s a stranger inside all of us… Twelve-year-old Rain Winter narrowly escaped an abduction while walking to a friend’s house. Her two best friends, Tess and Hank, were not as lucky. Tess never came home, and Hank was held in captivity be...

  • Confessions on the 7:45

    Be careful who you tell your darkest secrets… Selena Murphy is commuting home from her job in the city when the train stalls out on the tracks. She strikes up a conversation with a beautiful stranger in the next seat, and their connection is fas...



  • Last Girl Ghosted

    Secrets, obsession and vengeance converge in this riveting thriller about an online dating match turned deadly cat-and-mouse game, from the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45. Think twice before you swipe. She met him ...

  • Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six

    A chilling locked-room thriller about three couples who rent a luxury cabin in the woods for a weekend getaway to die for What could be more restful, more restorative, than a weekend getaway with family and friends? An isolated luxury cabin in the wo...

  • The Dark Door

    A horror writer’s death leaves his daughter haunted by voices in this short story by the New York Times"bestselling author of Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six. Pip Duke’s life has descended into chaos following the death of her father, a bestselling h...

  • Best American Mystery and Suspense 2023

    A collection of the year’s best mystery and suspense short fiction selected by New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger and series editor Steph Cha.“This form has a special kind of magic, the ability to transport you quickly, intens...

  • Christmas Presents

    Instead of presents this Christmas, a true crime podcaster is opening up a cold case… Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing...

  • The New Couple in 5B

    "Spine-tingling fun."  -- People“Lisa Unger, you’ve done it again.” -- Sarah Michelle Gellar, Emmy Award-winning actressA couple inherits an apartment with a spine-tingling past in this unputdownable thriller from the New York Times&...

  • Close Your Eyes and Count to 10

    "Pacy and gripping, I couldn’t read fast enough.”  -- Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author of The SanatoriumAn extreme game of hide-and-seek turns deadly in this riveting new thriller from New York Times b...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Lisa Unger has published 26 books.

The next book by Lisa Unger, Close Your Eyes and Count to 10, will be published in March 2025.

The first book by Lisa Unger, Beautiful Lies, was published in April 2006.

Yes. Lisa Unger has 3 series.
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