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Hilary Davidson

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Hilary Davidson was a journalist before she turned to the dark side and started writing crime fiction. Her novels include the award-winning Lily Moore series—The Damage Done, The Next One to Fall, and Evil in All Its Disguises—the bestselling Shadows of New York series—One Small Sacrifice and Don’t Look Down—and the standalone novels Blood Always Tells and Her Last Breath. She is also the author of some fifty short stories. Her fiction has won two Anthony Awards, a Derringer Award, and a host of other accolades. Toronto born and raised, she moved to New York City in October 2001. She is also the author of 18 nonfiction books. Her next novel, Every Lie I Told, will be published on June 16, 2026, by Blackstone.

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Welcome to the World, EVERY LIE I TOLD

You know those times when you’re waiting forever for something to happen, and then it suddenly does happen and you feel shocked? That’s what pub day is like for me. Writing a book takes eons (you know I’m not one of those “writers” using AI to churn out a book a month), then selling it to a […]

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	Her Last Breath 3.89 avg rating — 21,424 ratings — published 2021 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	One Small Sacrifice (Shadows of New York, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 11,378 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Don't Look Down (Shadows of New York #2) 4.23 avg rating — 2,010 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Damage Done 3.74 avg rating — 756 ratings — published 2010 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next One to Fall 3.41 avg rating — 375 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evil in All Its Disguises 3.65 avg rating — 279 ratings — published 2013 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood Always Tells 3.61 avg rating — 267 ratings — published 2014 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Lie I Told 3.53 avg rating — 148 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Black Widow Club: Nine Tales of Obsession and Murder 3.87 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Frommer's New York City Day by Day 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from. —George Eliot”
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“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are.”
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“Dripping water pierces a stone.”
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message 6: by Christine

May 10, 2014 04:39AM

Thanks for being my friend

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message 5: by Zoë

Mar 27, 2013 05:21AM

Hi Hilary. Thanks so much for Friending me. Lovely to catch up with you here. I was really sorry not to make LCC this time. It looks fabulous.

How's the writing going with you?

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message 4: by Kris

Sep 17, 2012 07:21PM