A compelling page-turner which kept me reading well into the night. This book will make any woman look at her best friend with more than a touch of suspicion . . .

One Little Mistake is a great page-turner: entertaining and thrilling, right up to the dramatic ending. I love how the book deals with the theme of motherhood – what can happen without a mother’s love and support, and the fine line between being a responsible parent and one that makes a silly mistake with far-reaching and devastating consequences . . .

A tense and utterly engrossing story

A brilliant, gripping read. I couldn't put it down!

A page-turner that explores how friendship, mothering, marriage, and events in the past can collide in unexpected and tumultuous ways

A novel that might make you look at your closest friend with suspicion, One Little Mistake is a dark, gripping page-turner that had me reading far too late into the night...

A book you pick up and can't put down again until you've read right to the end

A dark and compulsive read - deftly plotted and chillingly believable

A dark page-turning debut of friendship, deceit and lies.

Will one mistake shatter their lives? A cleverly written story about how the past, and one moment of regret, can catch up with you in the most unexpected of ways

Intriguing and meticulously crafted . . . the gradual unfolding of consequences is beautifully done . . . An accomplished novel by an imaginative story-teller.

A tense, intriguing and meticulously crafted read that is very hard to put down.

If you're going to read this book, you might want to set some time aside, because once you've begun you'll find it hard to focus on anything else.

Absolutely LOVED this. What a page-turner!

I was hooked all the way through . . . One of those books you may find yourself still reading at two am.

Cancel your plans for the weekend when you sit down with this book, because you won’t want to move until it’s over.

A light but suspenseful read

A brilliant read

Ruth Ware has established herself as queen of the twisty, psychological thriller… Her third book delves into the caustic side of female friendship and opens with an unexpected invitation to revisit the secrets of the past… If you’re after a book that’s impossible to put down, look no further

Pacy and claustrophobic... Ware perfectly captures the overwhelming, heart-wrenching intensity of female teenage friendships, which lie at the very core of the of the novel, as well as the universal experience of love, betrayal and grief

Can you imagine something you did as a teenager coming back to haunt you 17 years later? That's the journey The Lying Game takes you on. Four friends from high school bound together by a dark secret get pulled back together with one cryptic text. Will someone find out the truth? Will one of the women break the pact? So many questions... Until the very last page! Needless to say, I could not put this book down.