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Beautiful Lies
Oct 9, 2024 8:22 PM

Author:Lisa Unger

Beautiful Lies

Beware of who you trust...

When Ridley Jones steps off a New York street corner to save the life of a young child, she is thrown into a whirlwind of violence, deception and fear, and her world is turned upside down.

But just as she has a chance to pick up the pieces of her shattered life, another seemingly ordinary act leads her into dark territory she never knew existed, and where she must question everything she knows about those close to her.

Forced to hunt down a ghost from the past, Ridley risks everything and learns to trust no one in a race to find the truth before it finds her...

Reviews

A stunning, powerful novel! Lisa Unger's taut prose grabs the reader from word one and never lets go. In this tantalizing tale of family suspense, beware of who you trust and be forewarned about what might happen next

—— Lisa Gardner

A tense exploration of what lies beneath the white picket fence of ordinary life. Harlan Coben has a new rival for his thriller crown

—— John Connolly

Beautiful Lies is a heartfelt thriller full of twists, turns, and truths . . . Lisa Unger writes with precision and insight - she's a welcome new voice in suspense fiction

—— Jeff Abbott

Suspenseful, sensitive, sexy, subtle . . . The best nail-biter I have read for ages. Highly recommended

—— Lee Child

You'll want to read this thriller in one night!

—— Glamour

Fascinatingly complex ... it keeps you gripped right up to the last page

—— Scarlet Magazine

With breathless speed, Unger is off on an action-packed journey of treachery and intrigue-and sex and romance. . . . Deep as well as clever, and Unger plays it out thrillingly

—— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Unger effectively builds suspicions. . . . Cleverly handled suspense

—— Kirkus Reviews

Her engaging narrative wins us over

—— Entertainment Weekly

This mystery's surprising twists will make your jaw drop

—— Cosmopolitan

Perfect pitch, characters we can recognize as versions of ourselves, a plot in which a vague sense of suspense almost instantly appears and then grows with the speed of a waterslide... lip-smacking good

—— Chicago Tribune

Lisa Unger comes on strong... A tightly written thriller... Beautiful Lies maintains a high adrenaline level throughout as Jones draws ever closer to learning the dark secrets of her childhood and to discovering who is behind a scheme that changed her life. The book's characters are fully formed, and the action is depicted with satisfying breathlessness

—— San Francisco Chronicle

An intriguing plot, clever twists, surprise elements, believable characters and unexplained history explored... A real page-turner

—— Choice

One of Britain's finest thriller writers

—— Time Out

Nesbo effortlessly shows what can be done with the classic detective story, employing clever tricks to maintain almost unbearable suspense

—— Joan Smith , Sunday Times, Christmas round up

Consolidated his reputation as a Scandinavian novelist ready to fill any Larsson-shaped holes. Nesbo, one ex-rock star who can write, fuses urgent storytelling with a keen engagement with social issues

—— Barry Forshaw , Independent, Christmas round up

A superb, tasty, huge page-turner... Seriously scary but a superior thriller

—— Vince Cable , Evening Standard, Christmas round up

My big book discovery this time was The Snowman by Jo Nesbo - it's about a Norwegian detective who has to investigate a series of gruesome murders. What could be better for holiday entertainment

—— Bruno Tonioli , Mail on Sunday

THE NEXT STIEG LARSSON

—— Independent

[A] dark, chilling, page-turner

—— Deborah D. Rogers , Times Higher Education, *Summer Reads of 2021*

'Civilised, funny, life-affirming and hugely enjoyable. I can't recall reading crime fiction quite like this before- honest, ironic, and cheerfully unselfconscious. I urge you to share my surprise and delight.'

—— Philip Oakes, Literary Review

One of the most brilliantly playful, witty and original writers we have.

—— Scotsman

'At heart a comic novelist, who explores the relationship between comedy and crime... In Case Histories, these skills have found their literary home.'

—— Heather O’Donoghue, Times Literary Supplement

'Sharp humour, together with a number of unexpected twists, make this a typically pacey and intelligent read.'

—— Daily Mail

Not just the best novel I have read this year...but the best mystery of the decade. There are actually four mysteries, nesting like Russian dolls, and when they begin to fit together, I defy any reader not to feel a combination of delight and amazement. Case Histories is the literary equivalent of a triple axel. I read it once for pleasure and then again just to see how it was done. This is the mind of book you shove in people's faces, saying 'You gotta read this!'

—— Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly
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