Tell your Friends

A thrilling and intoxicating cat-and-mouse thriller about envy, revenge and the price of perfection, from the acclaimed author of THE GOLDENS

'An enthralling YA cat-and-mouse thriller with a toxic female friendship and a steely twist' Guardian

IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN HER ...

For reluctant online sensation Crystal, university is her chance to escape the clutches of her controlling vlogger family. She finally has evidence to destroy her mother's picture-perfect online image. What she needs now is someone she can trust to help her expose the truth and burn it all down.

Crystal opens up to Alyssa, a fellow journalism student, and the two begin to form a friendship. But Alyssa is a secret superfan of Crystal's family's vlog - with an agenda of her own. Alyssa isn't ready to say goodbye to her perfect surrogate family just yet ... and she'll do anything to be welcomed into the fold.

Readers love Tell Your Friends:

'This book completely blew me away. Easily one of the best thrillers I've read in a very long time'

'After loving The Goldens, this was one of my highly anticipated reads of 2026 and it did not disappoint!'

'Tell Your Friends has solidified Lauren Wilson as an auto-buy author for me! NO ONE writes toxic female friendship like Lauren Wilson!'

'Read this if you enjoy fast thrillers, dark academia and crazy social media obsessions'

'Amazing! It was like watching good reality TV, I just needed some popcorn to go with it'

'I love a good influencer drama thriller story and this delivered'

'So much fun... Tense and unique and intriguing, I was on the edge of my seat'

'Just when I thought I understood where the story was headed, it completely pulled the rug out from under me in the best way possible'

'A razor-sharp psychological thriller that forced me to look at my own feed with a new lens'

'Easily five stars!'