What I'm Reading: Best Boy by Deborah Goodrich Royce

A review of a twisty domestic thriller with movie stars, stalkers and buried secrets

BEST BOY by Deborah Goodrich Royce

Viveca is a former actress, who has left the West Coast for the Gold Coast of Connecticut with her husband and son. When a cryptic note signed by her “Best Boy” arrives, references a night in her past that she doesn’t remember well, and her home is broken into, Viveca begins to fear for the lift she has so carefully built. Secrets and regrets from her past begin to plague her, even as her Best Boy seems to be closing in, Viveca doesn’t know who to trust.

Royce has written a twisty domestic suspense, full of secrets. Her use of multiple timelines keeps you guessing through the whole book.

Thank you to Post Hill Press and NetGalley for the opportunity to read an advance copy.

BEST BOY is out February 24, 2026.