Allegedly: A Psychological Thriller

“A tightly spun debut that wrestles with many intense ideas and ends with a knife twist that will send readers racing back to the beginning again.” —ALA Booklist (starred review)

Orange Is the New Black meets Walter Dean Myers’s Monster in this gritty, twisty, and haunting story about a girl convicted of murder seeking the truth while surviving life in a group home, from New York Times bestselling author Tiffany D. Jackson.

Mary B. Addison killed a baby.

Allegedly. She didn’t say much in that first interview with detectives, and the media filled in the only blanks that mattered: A white baby had died while under the care of a churchgoing black woman and her nine-year-old daughter. The public convicted Mary and the jury made it official. But did she do it?

There wasn’t a point to setting the record straight before, but now she’s got Ted—and their unborn child—to think about. When the state threatens to take her baby, Mary’s fate now lies in the hands of the one person she distrusts the most: her Momma. No one knows the real Momma. But does anyone know the real Mary?

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Published Apr 10, 2018

416 pages

Average rating: 8.11

261 RATINGS

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Community Reviews

LiterallyREaD
Jun 02, 2025
8/10 stars
This is a really well-written book. Not my typical genre, I’m a romance girl. This had up/downs twist and turns that I didn’t expect. It was crazy. I likely wouldn’t read it again and definitely wouldn’t want my child reading it…..but good nonetheless.
Principessa30
Apr 30, 2025
9/10 stars
Best book I’ve read this year. Highly recommend!
nderessa
Jan 07, 2025
captivating and suspenseful. great writing style but mid ending
Tanesha’s Tips
Dec 12, 2024
7/10 stars
See my goodreads review!
Mrs. Awake Taco
Nov 13, 2024
8/10 stars
Just read her books. I feel like I can’t say anything more and yet this isn’t enough. Just. Damn. Read her books.

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