Dear Friends,
“What are you working on next?” That question came up at every book event I did when I was on tour for Every Lie I Told. Readers always want to know what’s on the horizon. It seems only fair that my newsletter readers should find out first: my next book, Vera, will be out early in 2028. Here’s the official deal announcement, which will be public soon:
Vera is a standalone thriller that plays with ideas of loyalty, identity, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive. It’s dark and twisted (of course!) and it’s allowing me to explore the complicated bonds of marriage and partnership. If you’ve read my earlier books, you’ll recognize some of my obsessions: family secrets, moral ambiguity, and characters who can’t quite escape their past.
I’ll have more details to share over the upcoming months, but I wanted to tell you the story behind the title. It’s something you won’t see explained elsewhere (at least for now): Vera is a deliberate nod to Véra Nabokov, the famously enigmatic wife of Vladimir Nabokov, and the woman who managed nearly every aspect of his personal and professional lives. She was his editor, translator, typist, chauffeur, gatekeeper, and guardian. It’s a name that carries the weight of caretaking, devotion, and self-erasure: the real-life Véra sacrificed her own budding literary career to support her husband’s. In calling the novel Vera, I wanted to invoke that complicated legacy: the all-but-invisible labor of a wife who builds her husband’s profile while her own story remains in the shadows. I wanted to explore what happens when a woman who has always managed someone else’s life begins to question the myth she’s been sustaining.
While you’re waiting for Vera, I hope you’re enjoying Every Lie I Told. Part two of the tour included New York’s Bryant Park Author Series and Toronto’s Ben McNally Books. Both stops were incredible!
Check out this incredible interview Nancie Clare did with me for CrimeReads. And my appearance on KHOU’s Great Day Houston. And Ed Aymar’s interview with me for the Washington Independent Review of Books. And Oline Cogdill’s stellar review in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. (To quote: “In her eighth novel, Davidson wraps a family drama with workplace intrigue in a plot that starts on a high note, then accelerates from there.... Deception was never so much fun.”)
If you’ve read Every Lie I Told—or listened to the audiobook—please leave a review on Amazon. So few people bother to, and it genuinely helps to raise a book’s visibility. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.
I hope you’re enjoying summer!
Hilary
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