Best Boy | An Evening with Deborah Goodrich Royce

Best Boy | An Evening with Deborah Goodrich Royce

Join Deborah Goodrich Royce for a conversation on her gripping new psychological thriller, Best Boy (Post Hill Press, $28). When a letter from a man she doesn’t remember shatters her picture-perfect life, former actress Viveca Stevenson is forced to confront the dark secrets of her past—and the Halloween night that changed everything. A sharp, suspenseful story about memory, identity, and the ghosts we try to forget.

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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.

DEBORAH GOODRICH ROYCE is the author of literary thrillers examining puzzles of identity. Reef Road (2023), a national bestseller, was named one of the best books of the year by Kirkus Reviews and an Indie Next pick by the ABA. Ruby Falls (2021) won the Zibby Award for Best Plot Twist, and Finding Mrs. Ford (2019) was hailed by Forbes, Book Riot, and Good Morning America. Her newest, Best Boy, will be published on February 24, 2026. Her Ocean House Author Series—a salon-style conversation hosted in partnership with Martin House Books and WCRI radio—brings world-class authors like Emma Straub, Sarah Ferguson, Chris Bohjalian, and Katie Couric to Watch Hill. She also created the Deer Mountain Writers’ Retreat in the Catskills with fellow authors Luanne Rice and Amy Scheibe, and writes a book column for Providence Monthly and Hey Rhodymagazines.

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