The Better Liar

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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. * Entertainment Weekly * 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. * Daily Mail * 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! -- Karen Dionne, author of <i>Home</i> An incredibly unique thriller with beautiful relationships and cracking twists. * C.C. MacDonald, author of HAPPY EVER AFTER * 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. * Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of WHISPER NETWORK * 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. * Christobel Kent, Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Did * I wolfed down this clever thriller -- Nina Pottell * Prima *