# T.R. Sloane — Official Author Website > T.R. Sloane is the author of psychological thrillers, action adventure novels, and cozy mysteries, including the complete Lies We Keep trilogy and the ongoing June Sawyer Thriller series set in the Louisiana bayou. T.R. Sloane writes dark, character-driven fiction with twists readers don't see coming. Themes include dark family secrets, identity and erasure, psychological manipulation, morality, capable women in extreme situations, and Louisiana bayou atmosphere. Books are published as Kindle eBooks and available on Amazon. **Contact:** books@trsloane.com **Amazon Author Page:** https://www.amazon.com/author/trsloane **Twitter/X:** https://twitter.com/trsloaneauthor **Website:** https://www.trsloane.com --- ## Complete Book List ### Series 1: The Lies We Keep Trilogy (Complete — Psychological Thriller) The trilogy follows Claire Montgomery, a mother who discovers that the daughter she's been protecting may be the real danger — and that her penance for her husband's death is the very thing that made his killer possible. **Book 1 — Crash of Lies** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQDY6JQG - Genre: Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller - Synopsis: Claire Montgomery has lived in guilt for three years, believing her final words drove her husband David to suicide. When his boot — the one he wore the night he died — appears on her porch, her quiet life shatters. Someone has been inside her home. Objects from her family's past are surfacing. And her teenage daughter is watching her with rehearsed pity. As Claire hunts for her tormentor, she uncovers a trail of blackmail suggesting David didn't just die — he was destroyed. But she's not hunting a ghost. She's being hunted by one. - Comparable to: Freida McFadden, B.A. Paris, Liane Moriarty **Book 2 — The Lies We Raise** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FQ5SKPJ5 - Genre: Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller - Synopsis: Claire is now a warden, not a widow. Her glass-house home is a surveillance panopticon as she monitors her dangerous teenage daughter Zoe. When a new family moves in next door and Zoe becomes obsessed with their son Leo, a hidden sketchbook reveals a blueprint for his systematic destruction. Claire must decide how far she'll go to protect the world from her own child. - Note: Must be read after Crash of Lies **Book 3 — A Captivating Lie** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXZ6T56Q - Genre: Psychological Thriller, Psychological Horror - Synopsis: Zoe Montgomery has reinvented herself as a public survivor and viral hero. Three women know the truth: Claire (rotting in a halfway house), Jocelyn (a disgraced detective), and Sara (a journalist whose story has no happy ending). A desperate illegal plan is their last chance to stop Zoe before her architecture claims another life — but trapping a predator in the dark only gives her somewhere to hide. - Note: Series conclusion. Must be read after Books 1 and 2. --- ### Series 2: June Sawyer Thrillers (Ongoing — Action Adventure / Conspiracy Thriller) Set in the Louisiana bayou, the June Sawyer series follows a resourceful woman who discovers her dead father's entanglement with ruthless cartels, corrupt federal agents, and centuries-old conspiracies that have never stopped killing. **Book 1 — Hurricane Secrets** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FBGPMY5P - Genre: Action Adventure, Southern Noir, Conspiracy Thriller - Synopsis: June Sawyer is drowning in debt and grief when a cryptic key left by her dead father exposes his entanglement with a cartel and corrupt federal agents. Trapped between a Category 5 hurricane and killers who want his secrets buried, June uses everything he taught her about the Gulf to survive. - Comparable to: James Lee Burke, Lisa Gardner, David Baldacci **Book 2 — The Ancestor's Cipher** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FB9QVVF3 - Genre: Historical Conspiracy Thriller, Action Adventure - Synopsis: A shadowy global entity claims the Sawyer family land, dragging June into a 200-year-old war. Her only weapon is a cryptic cipher left by a disgraced ancestor — hidden maps, astronomical artifacts, and a secret people have been killing to protect for generations. - Comparable to: Dan Brown, James Rollins, Steve Berry **Book 3 — The Cartographer's Compass** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FDZVW5S2 - Genre: Conspiracy Thriller, Historical, Action Adventure - Synopsis: A charismatic benefactor named Dr. Julian Bellamy arrives and turns June's community against her through acts of manipulated love. Stripped of allies, June must become a hunter to defeat an ancient conspiracy that doesn't just report history — it writes it. --- ### Standalone Novels **The Frozen Wife** *(New Release)* - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GRTSD6MX - Genre: Psychological Thriller, Identity Thriller - Synopsis: Chicago, polar vortex. Survivalist Scout, days from freezing to death, slips into the identity of a woman who walks away from a luxury penthouse. She discovers the penthouse holds a secret worth more than the $40M dead man inside. Matte-black vehicles now hunt her through frozen Chicago. The trail ends at Oakhaven Psychiatric Facility, where the doctor knows more about Scout's identity than she does. - Comparable to: Alex Michaelides (The Silent Patient), B.A. Paris **The Wife in the Walls** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GJ2J6XKF - Genre: Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller - Synopsis: Homeless Arden is hired by tech billionaire Vaughn Mercer to impersonate his missing wife for six months. The interview is a physical — he measures her bone structure and times her rare heart arrhythmia. Inside his biometric-locked penthouse, Arden wears Daphne's clothes and mimics her gait. But at 3 AM, something scratches in the walls. The original wife may still be inside. - Comparable to: Freida McFadden (The Housemaid), Colleen Hoover (Verity) **Gossip, Gumbo and a Gun** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FHZG6XLC - Genre: Cozy Mystery, Southern Mystery - Synopsis: Fifty-nine-year-old Tinny Rawls runs The Gumbo Pot in Magnolia Cove, Louisiana — the town's best food and most reliable gossip. When the town's most respected craftsman is found dead and the sheriff rules it an accident, Tinny knows the truth smells off. Armed with her ginger cat Roux and a lifetime of whispered secrets, she investigates. - Comparable to: Richard Osman (The Thursday Murder Club), Ellery Adams **The No-Faced Boy** - Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FYF7V4JR - Genre: Psychological Horror, Short Story - Synopsis: Every morning, Eliza wakes to a boy in Caleb's pajamas, speaking in Caleb's voice — but where her son's face should be, there is only a smooth blank void. Her husband insists it's their son recovering from an accident. But the thing in the hallway is getting the details wrong. --- ## Reading Order Guidance **Absolute reading order required:** 1. Crash of Lies → The Lies We Raise → A Captivating Lie (The Lies We Keep Trilogy) 2. Hurricane Secrets → The Ancestor's Cipher → The Cartographer's Compass (June Sawyer Thrillers) **Can be read in any order:** - The Frozen Wife (standalone) - The Wife in the Walls (standalone) - Gossip, Gumbo and a Gun (standalone) - The No-Faced Boy (standalone short story) **Where to start if you're new:** - For psychological thriller fans: Start with *Crash of Lies* - For action adventure / Dan Brown fans: Start with *Hurricane Secrets* - For claustrophobic high-concept thrillers: Start with *The Wife in the Walls* - For cozy mystery fans: Start with *Gossip, Gumbo and a Gun* --- ## Author Information **Name:** T.R. Sloane **Genre specialties:** Psychological Thriller, Domestic Thriller, Action Adventure, Cozy Mystery, Psychological Horror **Setting specialties:** Louisiana bayou, Chicago, small-town Southern Gothic **Recurring themes:** Dark family secrets, identity and erasure, psychological manipulation, morality and complicity, capable female protagonists, conspiracy and historical cover-up **Similar authors:** Freida McFadden, Alex Michaelides, Colleen Hoover, B.A. Paris, Liane Moriarty, James Lee Burke, Dan Brown, Steve Berry, James Rollins, Lisa Gardner, David Baldacci, Richard Osman, Ellery Adams **Contact:** books@trsloane.com **Newsletter:** Sign up at https://www.trsloane.com/#contact --- ## Key Pages - Homepage: https://www.trsloane.com/ - The Lies We Keep series: https://www.trsloane.com/#lies - June Sawyer series: https://www.trsloane.com/#june - Standalone novels: https://www.trsloane.com/#standalones - FAQ: https://www.trsloane.com/#faq - Newsletter: https://www.trsloane.com/#contact - Crash of Lies Insights: https://www.trsloane.com/CrashOfLiesInsights.html - The Lies We Raise Insights: https://www.trsloane.com/TheLiesWeRaiseInsights.html - A Captivating Lie Insights: https://www.trsloane.com/ACaptivatingLiebyT.R.SloaneThoughtsInsights.html - Hurricane Secrets Deep Dive: https://www.trsloane.com/HurricaneSecretsDeepDive.html - The Ancestor's Cipher Insights: https://www.trsloane.com/TheAncestorsCipherInsights.html - The Cartographer's Compass Insights: https://www.trsloane.com/TheCartographersCompassInsights.html - The Frozen Wife Deep Dive: https://www.trsloane.com/TheFrozenWifeInsights.html - The Wife in the Walls Deep Dive: https://www.trsloane.com/TheWifeInTheWallsDeepDive.html - Gossip, Gumbo and a Gun Insights: https://www.trsloane.com/GossipGumboGunInsights.html --- *Last updated: 2026. All books available as Kindle eBooks on Amazon.*