I couldn’t help becoming so drawn in . . . Tanen Jones has written a compulsively page-turning story. She cleverly drip-feeds nuggets of information, each more surprising than the last, until the final shocking revelation

Jones’ sensational debut has the bones of a thriller but reads like literary fiction: lean, shrewd, and gratifyingly real.

Gripping, suspenseful […] The chracters are deep and complex and unpredictable – exactly the kind of characters a thriller should deliver […] the story makes a bold and thought provoking statement on women, sisterhood and motherhood.

THE BETTER LIAR is a knockout, a stunner of a debut that left me in awe of this new writer’s talent. Smart, fresh, twisty, and compelling, with utterly believable characters, gorgeous prose, and a storyline that kept me guessing until the final pages. You know a book is good when you wish you'd written it!

An incredibly unique thriller with beautiful relationships and cracking twists.

In this genuinely surprising novel with exacting observations, Jones layers the lies on thick to craft a propulsive narrative about motherhood, misery and dysfunctional family dynamics. The Better Liar just kept getting better and better and better.

Two dangerous women in a toxic embrace that winds relentlessly tighter, Tanen Jones’s The Better Liar is a brilliantly claustrophobic thriller with a gasp-inducing sting in the tail. Tense, controlled and masterly.

I wolfed down this clever thriller

The finest psychological thriller writer currently at work

Disturbing and addictive ... You'll be desperate to get to the bottom of it all

An uncanny ability to get under the skin of characters ... nobody is a mere cliché in Nugent's clear, propulsive writing

Captivating ... A contemporary psychological thriller that will leave you wondering if you ever really know what someone else is thinking - or what goes on behind closed doors

The brilliant Liz Nugent has done it again ... Creepy, compelling and totally addictive

The tight plotting and brilliant characterisation will keep you absolutely enthralled

Deliciously dark and engaging writing ... Her fans are in for a real treat

A proper rollicking family saga EPIC of a story shot through with black humour, toxic truths and pathos. Brava

This great story of toxic relationships had me up way too late trying to work out who the bad guy was. As always, Liz had me guessing until the end

Evocative, vivid, brilliant storytelling from a novelist of powerful gifts

What a terrific storyteller Liz Nugent is! Brilliantly structured, fluently told, rich in unsettling incident and pulsing with dark, tumultuous energy ... her best book yet

Stunning ... it really got under my skin like no other book

Utterly compelling - full of terrible people doing terrible things and I could not have enjoyed it more

Unputdownable

Brilliantly written ... Highly original, with exceptionally well-drawn characters

A family drama tinged with thriller that explores all the quiet brutalities siblings inflict on each other. Magnificent

I loved this compelling read

The narcissist mother and her objectionable three sons will draw you into their tangled tale of jealousy and sibling rivalry

[An] incredible achievement ... I love her so much ... Genius

Thrilling, twisty, and darkly fascinating

[A] harrowing, and sometimes blackly comic, drama of sibling rivalry

Smart, artful and totally gripping - LOVED IT

Loved it ... so addictive I read it in two sittings

Gripping, occasionally horrifying and utterly entertaining

A darkly humorous tale

A total page-turner ... The best yet from a superb and skillful writer. Loved it

A twisted thriller, reminiscent of Patricia Highsmith

Bloody brilliant

Absorbing, beautifully written

A masterful interrogation of a family's undoing ... and a ruthless examination of the pieces left behind

Dramatic and compelling ... a whodunit and a Greek tragedy all in one ... absolutely riveting

Nugent excels at creating a shocking story of a horrible family with huge issues and complexities that keep you hooked to the end