Author:Fred Vargas,Siân Reynolds
The opera singer Sophia Siméonidis wakes up one morning to discover that a tree has appeared overnight in the garden of her Paris house. Intrigued and unnerved, she turns to her neighbours: Vandoosler, an ex-cop, and three impecunious historians, Mathias, Marc and Lucien - the three evangelists. They agree to dig around the tree and see if something has been buried there. They find nothing but soil.
A few weeks later, Sophia disappears and her body is found burned to ashes in a car. Who killed the opera singer? Her husband, her ex-lover, her best friend, her niece? They all seem to have a motive.
Vandoosler and the three evangelists set out to find the truth.
The Three Evangelists is a strange mix of the sinister, the bizarre and the surreal; her characters seldom behave like ordinary people, and her mysteries do not follow the usual rules of crime fiction. Yet these curiously assembled elements coalesce into a gripping, unsettling whole that stays in the mind far longer than most novels of the genre. It tantalises from page one
—— Marcel Berlins , The TimesA Vargas novel is as good as a trip to Paris. The style has the same hyper-real quality as all her writing - the real world, but filtered through a strange prism - but it's the plotting that really hits the spot: ingenious and eccentric
—— Barry Forshaw , Daily ExpressA truly original talent, creating situations and characters like nothing else in contemporary crime fiction... This novel is a delight, written in a wonderfully wry tone of voice, and its plot twists will defy the most alert reader
—— Joan Taylor , Sunday TimesOne of France's most original crime writers... her characters are eccentric but appealing and the mystery is enjoyably hard to solve
—— Sunday TelegraphOriginal...plenty to enjoy
—— Times Literary SupplementFifty Shades of Hay
—— The TimesThe author of last year's bestseller, The Husband's Secret, is back with another sure-fire hit. Unputdownable
—— The Sun on SundayIt's not often that a book about murder mingled with domestic and sexual violence has you howling with laughter, but Moriarty pulls it off here ... Her ironic turn of phrases infuses even poignant moments with humour. Blending romance, comedy and mystery, this is a wonderful book - full of brains, guts and heart
—— The Sunday MirrorIt all reads terrifyingly real, with the viciousness of the women at the school gates and the hell they can make each others' lives. It's a fine book
—— The Sunday SportMoriarty is happy to thread a thin line between mummy lit and fluffy thriller. It's easy to get stuck into this book, thanks to neat plotting that keeps you guessing. Just dive right in because this book slips down as easily as a strawberry soufflé
—— Irish IndependentA brilliantly plotted story with characters to care for who kept me reading, utterly gripped
—— Woman and Home MagazineHere at Company HQ we're all obsessed with Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. This juicy seaside-town murder mystery will be one of the biggest books this autumn
—— Company MagazineThis fantastically written story, with its little clues casually dropped in along the way, will keep you guessing until the very end ... Another compelling, funny and thought-provoking winner from Liane Moriarty. Do whatever you can to get your hands on a copy - it's brilliant
—— Heat MagazineTake this page-turner on holiday with you - you won't be able to put it down!
—— Closer MagazineA twisted thriller
—— Now MagazineAnother riveting thriller. Tackling difficult subjects with intelligence and humanity
—— Hello MagazineA compelling summer read not to be missed
—— OK MagazineThis addictive new thriller from bestselling author Liane Moriarty weaves three stories together to a shocking and unpredictable climax
—— Take A Break MagazineIt's a hell of a good book. Funny and scary. She nails the feuding moms.
—— Stephen KingNot only an enthralling murder investigation... but a plot that is strengthened and illuminated by two of the best characters I have read for some time- reporter Sully Carter and his cohort, the streetwise gangster Sly Hastings... their exchanges are pure gold.
—— Raven Crime ReadsThis is a terrific first novel by a man with a long career in journalism. The tale builds to a dramatic conclusion, with a final unexpected and terrible twist in the tail.
—— Crime Review