True Story by Kate Reed Petty

What really happened that night?

As teenagers, Alice Lovett and Nick Brothers were bound by a story—one whispered, twisted, and retold until truth and lies became inseparable. Years later, Alice is still haunted by what she doesn’t remember and what everyone else insists they do. Now, as their paths cross again, buried secrets resurface, threatening to unravel both their lives.

Told through shifting perspectives and inventive storytelling forms—emails, screenplays, and confessions—True Story is a haunting exploration of memory, trauma, and the narratives that define us. Kate Reed Petty delivers a bold, genre-bending novel that blurs the line between psychological thriller and literary fiction, asking one devastating question: Who gets to tell the story of what happened to a woman?