Best Boy, Deborah Goodrich Royce
Best Boy, Deborah Goodrich Royce
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Best Boy

Author: Deborah Goodrich Royce

Narrator: Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/24/2026

Synopsis

A gripping psychological thriller, Best Boy teeters on the knife-edge of memory and identity when the arrival of a shocking letter threatens the carefully constructed life of a woman desperate to outrun her past.Viveca Stevenson has it all: a handsome and successful husband, an adorable ten-year-old son, and a coastal dream house in Greenwich, Connecticut. She has a solid group of girlfriends and is content with the afterglow of the film career she’s left behind. But when a threatening letter arrives—from a man she does not remember—it cracks open a part of her past she thought was buried for good.A terrifying chain of events is set in motion, forcing Viveca to confront what happened on a shattering Halloween night in high school when she had a different name, a different face, a different voice. Who is the man contacting her now and was he really the best boy on her most famous film, Misty? Why can’t she remember him—or that night?A taut psychological thriller, Best Boy explores identity, memory, and the dangerous power of forgetting.

About Deborah Goodrich Royce

Deborah Goodrich Royce launched her acting career in 1982 in the lead role of Silver Kane on ABC’s All My Children. She went on to star in dozens of feature films, television series, and TV movies. In the 90s, she was the story editor at Miramax Films. Royce serves on the national council of the American Film Institute, the executive board of the Greenwich International Film Festival, the international council of the Preservation Society of Newport, and the governing boards of New York Botanical Garden, the Greenwich Historical Society, and the PRASAD Project.

About Saskia Maarleveld

Saskia Maarleveld is an experienced voice-over actress and Earphones Award–winning narrator. Raised in New Zealand and France, she is highly skilled with accents and dialects, and many of her books have been narrated entirely in accents other than her own. In addition to audiobooks, her voice can be heard in animation, video games, and commercials.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ceecee on September 25, 2025

Best Boy- in a film crew is the chief assistant to the Gaffer or Key Grip. 1998 -Ingrid Lind, a Halloween party, hazy memories, a hospital bed, multiple aches and pain, cop questions and more agony but all she can clearly remember is arriving at the party and waking next morning on the school parkin......more

Goodreads review by Mary on March 01, 2026

Book Title: Best Boy Author: Deborah Goodrich Royce Publishers: Post Hill Press + Blackstone Publishing Pub Date: February 24, 2026 Dates Read/Listened: February 26, 2026 – February 27, 2026 🗣️ 𝚀𝚞𝚒𝚌𝚔 𝚃𝚊𝚔𝚎: Best Boy is only my second time reading Goodrich Royce, the other title being Ruby Falls, and I ha......more

Goodreads review by dianas_books_cars_coffee on February 09, 2026

This was definitely one of my most anticipated reads this year and it did not disappoint! I absolutely love this author and her books! Viveca Stephenson seems to have it all: a handsome, successful husband, an amazing 10-year-old son, and the coastal house in Greenwich, CT everyone dreams about. She......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on February 21, 2026

filled to the top with drama then this is a story that you need to check out. I will admit when I first started reading this book I was a little bit confused as to what was going on but after a couple of chapters in I figured out what was going on and from there it was easy to follow along. This is......more

Goodreads review by hannah ⊹ ࣪ ˖ on January 03, 2026

Best Boy by Deborah Goodrich Royce is a psychological thriller that is definitely more of a slow burn thriller rather than a thriller with constant twists. From the very beginning, it isn’t overwhelmingly shocking; it has this undercurrent that feels eerie, and you just kinda feel like something or......more

Quotes

“Once again, Deborah Goodrich Royce hits a home run with a suspenseful novel that flip-flops seamlessly as the story unwinds.” Lee Woodruff, #1 New York Times bestselling author 

“This novel is electric—a low pulse that builds and builds, then explodes in a devastating lightning strike. I felt this way right from the beginning, all the way through.” Luanne Rice, New York Times bestselling author

“Deborah Goodrich Royce writes with the cutting clarity of a glittering diamond…At times dark, at times laugh-out-loud funny, this is a dishy and deeply textured read that will have you racing through the pages to figure out what happened, and what happens next.” Allison Pataki, New York Times bestselling author

“This is a breathless and engrossing must-read about the lies we tell each other—and ourselves. Don’t miss it!” Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author

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