Not What It Seems
Release Date: June 30, 2026
Genre: Suspense/Thriller/Romantic Suspense
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jackson brings her own brand of Southern Gothic back to the Spanish moss-draped shade of Savannah and the swampy marshes of Lowcountry Georgia, as crime writer Nikki Gillette and her husband, Detective Pierce Reed, race to expose an obsessive killer with an enigmatic M.O. . . .
The stone is small and round, easy to miss among the junk surrounding Billy Huber’s body. The man was a hoarder for sure. At first, police assume he fell from a ladder, injuring his throat and smashing his head in the process. Only on closer inspection do they see the polished stone nearby, with a number on one side etched in blood, and a strange symbol on the other.
Reporter Nikki Gillette seizes on the story and visits Huber’s sprawling property in Georgia’s low country. She gains little except the uneasy feeling of being watched. Within days, another body is found—a wealthy, thrice-married Savannah socialite dead in her lavish home. More victims follow, each one pierced through the throat. Beside each body, a stone engraved with a different number and symbol.
Detective Pierce Reed, Nikki’s husband, cautions her against getting in too deep. She’s a mother now and can’t keep putting herself in danger. Nikki knows he’s right, but her instincts are in overdrive. This is what she’s good at—finding answers and driving toward justice at any cost. Yet she knows, too, that the most terrifying killers don’t look like monsters at all. And by the time you realize how close they really are, it may already be too late to save yourself.
Lisa Jackson
Lisa Jackson is the #1
New York Times bestselling author of over ninety-five novels, including
It Happened on the Lake, You Will Pay, After She’s Gone, Deserves to Die, Running Scared, and Shiver. She is also the co-author of One Last Breath, Last Girl Standing and the Colony Series, written with her sister and bestselling author Nancy Bush, as well as the collaborative novels Sinister and Ominous, written with Nancy Bush and Rosalind Noonan. There are over 30 million copies of her novels in print and her writing has been translated into 20 languages. She lives with her family and rambunctious dogs in the Pacific Northwest and can be found online at
LisaJackson.com.
When the phone rings and her husband learns of a new case that has just landed in his lap Nikki Gillette gets excited, it also means there's a new story for her to tell. But as Nikki digs into this latest case she begins to realize there are more sinister things at play and the closer she gets to solving the case, the closer she becomes to the killer. It's a dangerous lead that could also put her in danger too!
Not What It Seems is a thrilling page-turner that kept me on my toes the whole way through. As Nikki searches for answers and finds herself one step behind the killer the more excited and nervous I became for her...especially since things are not always what they seem!
As always Ms. Jackson has put pen to paper and created a suspenseful gem that is destined to keep readers flying through the pages and teetering on the edges of their seats!! This is a can't miss read that should be in every readers summer reading stack! Highly recommend!!
I requested an advanced copy of this title from the publisher, via NetGalley request, and I am voluntarily leaving my honest and unbiased opinion.
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