Apples Never Fall

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Liane Moriarty comes a novel that looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest

The Delaney family really cares for one another, yet sometimes they feel like killing one other.

Would you report your mother missing to the authorities? even if your father was the apparent suspect?

The four adult Delaney siblings are confronted with this conundrum.

The Delaneys are fixtures in their community. All of their pals are envious of Stan and Joy, their parents. They’re killers on the tennis court, and off it their chemistry is palpable. But after fifty years of marriage, they’ve finally sold their famed tennis academy and are ready to start what should be the golden years of their lives. So why are Stan and Joy so miserable?

Despite being individual tennis stars, Amy, Logan, Troy, and Brooke Delaney, as their father will tell you, none of them had what it required to succeed at the highest level. But that’s okay, now that they’re all successful grown-ups and there is the wonderful possibility of grandchildren on the horizon.

One night a stranger named Savannah knocks on Stan and Joy’s door, bleeding after a fight with her boyfriend. She is more than welcome to receive the tiny gesture of compassion from the Delaneys. If only that was all she wanted.

Later, when Joy goes missing, and Savannah is nowhere to be found, the police question the one person who remains: Stan. But for someone who claims to be innocent, he, like many spouses, seems to have a lot to hide. Two of the Delaney children think their father is innocent, two are not so sure—but as the two sides square off against each other in perhaps their biggest match ever, all of the Delaneys will start to reexamine their shared family history in a very new light.