The Note

A USA TODAY BESTSELLER - AS RECOMMENDED ON THE TODAY SHOW AND CBS SUNDAY MORNING - A suspenseful story about a vacation in the Hamptons that goes terribly wrong for three friends with a complicated history - From the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife and The Better Sister (now a Prime Video TV series starring Elizabeth Banks and Jessica Biel)

"Your perfect summer thriller is here already." --Maureen Corrigan, Washington Post

"I absolutely loved The Note. Trust no one in this irresistible page-turner." --Ashley Elston, #1 New York Times best-selling author of First Lie Wins

It was meant to be a harmless prank.

Growing up, May Hanover was a good girl, always. Well-behaved, top of her class, a compulsive rule-follower. Raised by a first-generation Chinese single mother with high expectations, May didn't have room to slip up, let alone fail. Her friends didn't call her the Little Sheriff for nothing.

But even good girls have secrets. And regrets. When it comes to her friendship with Lauren and Kelsey, she's had her fair share of both. Their bond--forged when May was just twelve years old--has withstood a tragic accident, individual scandals, heartbreak and loss. Now the three friends have reunited for the first time in years for a few days of sun and fun in the Hamptons. But a chance encounter with a pair of strangers leads to a drunken prank that goes horribly awry.

When she finds herself at the center of an urgent police investigation, May begins to wonder whether Lauren and Kelsey are keeping secrets from her, testing the limits of her loyalty to lifelong friends.

What had they gone and done?

The Note is a page-turner of the highest order from one of our greatest contemporary suspense writers.

Author: Alafair Burke
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Published: 01/07/2025
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780593537084


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 10/01/2024 pg. 6
Kirkus Reviews 11/15/2024
Publishers Weekly 11/18/2024
Booklist 12/01/2024 pg. 113
Shelf Awareness 01/25/2025

About the Author
ALAFAIR BURKE is the Edgar-nominated, New York Times best-selling author of fourteen novels of suspense, including The Ex, The Wife, The Better Sister, and Find Me, and coauthor of the best-selling Under Suspicion series. A former prosecutor, she is now a professor of criminal law. She recently served as president of the Mystery Writers of America and was the first woman of color to be elected to that position. She lives in New York.