Little Liar
Published on 7. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78344-691-9 (ISBN)
Description
Shortlisted for CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Young Adults 2019.
Nora has lied about many things. But has she told her most dangerous lie of all?
There's a new art assistant at Nora's school, and he's crossed a line. Nora decides to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
But not everything goes quite to plan, and Nora needs an escape. She befriends the rich and talented Bel, who longs for a part in a remake of a famous film. Bel is unpredictable, jealous and crazy, but she opens up a new world for Nora, and that makes her irresistible.
As events start to spin wildly out of control, Nora must decide where her loyalties lie - and what deceits she can get away with.
Nora has lied about many things. But has she told her most dangerous lie of all?
There's a new art assistant at Nora's school, and he's crossed a line. Nora decides to teach him a lesson he won't forget.
But not everything goes quite to plan, and Nora needs an escape. She befriends the rich and talented Bel, who longs for a part in a remake of a famous film. Bel is unpredictable, jealous and crazy, but she opens up a new world for Nora, and that makes her irresistible.
As events start to spin wildly out of control, Nora must decide where her loyalties lie - and what deceits she can get away with.
Reviews / Votes
"Gray has a sure-footed understanding of the adolescent mind (so much so that I often winced in pleasurable recognition) and creates a gripping, smoothly executed psychodrama... I genuinely could not stop reading this: a treat for teens and above." -- Philip Womack * Literary Review * "Julia Gray's impressive, Patricia Highsmith inspired Little Liar... puts readers into the hands of the ultimate unreliable narrator for a story that never lets you stay too long on stable ground - it's nail-biting stuff." * Waterstones Children's Summer Reading Round-Up * "This gripping psychological thriller, crackling with the intensities of female friendship, confirms [Julia Gray] as a highly original new talent in YA fiction" -- Fiona Noble * The Bookseller * "Julia Gray's second novel is a superb psychological thriller with a distinctive voice, a clever blend of contemporary realism and classic noir." -- Claire Hennessy * Inis Reading Guide * "Julia Gray has created an immensely powerful psychological thriller which challenges our whole understanding of behaviour and warns against passing judgement" * Carousel * "Intelligent, gripping, highly original." -- Andrea Reece * Lovereading * "Intense, psychological, gripping; The Talented Mr Ripley for YA" -- Anna McKerrow "Smart, gripping and sharply-observed YA, with a pitch-perfect narrative voice." * Katherine Woodfine * "Another wildly inventive, thrillingly unreliable narrator from the immeasurably talented Julia Gray. Full of twists and turns this story leaves you wondering who is telling the tallest story. A great novel about truth and lies and what we need to believe to stay alive." -- Julia Bell "...a gripping, memorable page turner that I am glad to have read." * Teach Secondary *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Young adult
Interest Age: From 12 to 17 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
311 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78344-691-9 (9781783446919)
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Person
Julia Gray is a writer and singer-songwriter. She studied Classics at UCL and has a diploma in Children's Literature and an MA in Creative Writing from Birkbeck, for which she received the Sophie Warne Fellowship. She has released three albums with the trip-hop/jazz collective Second Person, and more recently two solo albums, I Am Not The Night and Robber Bride.