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The Lying Game
The Lying Game
Apr 30, 2025 11:12 AM

Author:Ruth Ware

The Lying Game

'I could not put this book down' Reese Witherspoon'

IT ISN'T A GAME WHEN SOMEBODY DIES

The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you.

Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her.

Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game, competing to convince people of outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of hiding the truth, something terrible has been found on the beach. The friends' darkest secret is about to come to light...

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Praise for THE LYING GAME:

'Atmospheric, mysterious, gripping' Marian Keyes

'Surprising twists' Daily Mail

'Another heart-stopping belter of a thriller from an epic talent' Heat

'A gripping, unpredictable narrative that shifts like sand underfoot' Erin Kelly

Reviews

Perry does justice to every one of her flawed but fully rounded characters as the story accelerates towards an ending that is as bleak, bloody and inevitable as that of any Greek tragedy

—— Declan Burke , Irish Times

I read Stranger in 24 hours. What a compelling, brilliant and entertaining thriller it is. The twists just kept on coming as skeletons fell one by one out of this family closet. Most enjoyable!

—— Liz Nugent

A really disturbing tale . . . Assured storytelling and neat twists

—— Daily Mail

Throughout this well-paced thriller Perry keeps ramping up the tension to almost unbearable heights to an unexpected and utterly devastating denouement

—— Irish Independent

This well-crafted read goes in unexpected directions, with plenty of twists and turns to keep you on your toes

—— Belfast Telegraph

A twisty domestic noir that keeps you guessing right to the end. Fans of Paula Hawkins and Liz Nugent will swallow it whole

—— Westmeath Examiner

Praise for Karen Perry

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Slick, engrossing, twisted and addictive. Domestic crime drama at its best. Highly recommended

—— Jo Spain

Like Gone Girl...it's the most gripping thing I've read for ages

—— Evening Standard

Truly remarkable...Grips your heart from the first pages and simply never lets go

—— Jeffery Deaver

Tense, unpredictable, blending a thriller with an intimate family story to produce a most compelling read

—— John Boyne

Praise for Nicola Moriarty

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Had me turning the pages into the small hours

—— Gillian McAllister, bestselling author of How to Disappear

Expect dark themes and plot twists a plenty

—— Red

Dramatic, mysterious and compelling

—— Vogue

Kept me guessing to the end

—— Sun

With secrets and intrigue, this is a compulsive read

—— Sun on Sunday

Moriarty rocks the drama genre

—— Courier-Mail

Nicola Moriarty belongs to a family tree laded with writers. She more than holds her own

—— The Australian

Nicola's got great pace and snappy dialogue, and I especially like her male characters

—— Liane Moriarty , Sydney Morning Herald
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