{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Jeff Hoffman | Like it Never Happened: A Novel","description":"ABOUT LIKE IT NEVER HAPPENED: A NOVEL Decades ago, four friends concealed a deadly secret\u2013but not all lies stay buried in this psychological suspense for fans of Ashley Winstead and Alison Gaylin.  Thirty years ago, Tommy, Malcolm, Henry, and Kevin were best friends graduating high school, brothers almost, until the night they did something terrible. The decision to keep hidden what they did in that parking lot shattered their friendship and warped their lives. But when Kevin, struggling with a heroin addiction, drives his motorcycle into the side of a truck, the other three find themselves together again\u2014at Kevin\u2019s funeral.  When they meet Kevin\u2019s wife Naomi at the wake, they can tell that she knows everything, and when they learn that she\u2019s a reporter, they\u2019re terrified. When she sends them to visit one of their victims from that night\u2014at the nursing home where he\u2019s been suffering for decades\u2014they do as they\u2019re told, even though they know it won\u2019t stop there.  After watching her husband pay a steep price for keeping the friends\u2019 secret, Naomi has crafted a plan to make Tommy, Malcolm, and Henry pay their fair share. When the three men decide to fight back, they\u2019re forced to decide just how far they\u2019ll go this time. \ud83d\udd17 Links &amp;amp; Resources Like It Never Happened on Bookshop.org: https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/10588\/9781639106998 &amp;nbsp; ABOUT JEFF HOFFMAN        Jeff Hoffmann's latest novel, Like it Never Happened, was released in March of 2024. His debut novel was Other People's Children, and his writing has been published in The Sun, Booth, Harpur Palate, and Publishers Weekly. He was the winner of the Madison Review's Chris O'Malley Prize in Fiction and a finalist for the Missouri Review's Jeffrey E. Smith Editor's Prize. He is a passionate proponent of the Oxford comma, a mediocre men's league hockey player, and a fair-weather fan of the Chicago Blackhawks. He was born and raised in St. Louis and now lives in Elmhurst, Illinois, with his wife and two children.         _______________________________________________________________ One easy way to support this show is to rate and review Read Between the Lines wherever you listen to our podcast.&amp;nbsp; Those ratings really help us and help others find our show. Read Between the Lines is hosted by Molly Southgate and is produced\/edited by Rob Southgate for Southgate Media Group.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; Follow this show on Facebook&amp;nbsp;@ReadBetweentheLinesPod Follow our parent network on Twitter at&amp;nbsp;@SMGPods Make sure to follow SMG on Facebook too at&amp;nbsp;@SouthgateMediaGrouLearn more, subscribe, or contact Southgate Media Group at&amp;nbsp;www.southgatemediagroup.com. &amp;nbsp; Check out our webpage at&amp;nbsp;southgatemediagroup.com ","author_name":"Read Between the Lines with Molly Southgate","author_url":"http:\/\/www.southgatemediagroup.com\/read-between-the-lines-podcast","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/33185642\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/178562042"}