This is Why We Lied
Published on 10. April 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
480 pages
978-0-00-862586-3 (ISBN)
Description
One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer?
Welcome to the luxury McAlpine Lodge...
Nestled in the misty mountains, it's the perfect getaway. Until a woman's body is found.
Everyone is a suspect.
The cruel father.
The toxic mother.
The bitter family.
The silent staff.
The suspicious guests.
Each of them is guilty of something. But only one is a killer. You'll never guess who...
The incredible new thriller - an instant Sunday Times bestseller!
'Everything a thriller should be: dark, multilayered, suspenseful'?????
'Kept me guessing to the end'?????
'So twisted my head was spinning'?????
'One of those books you really don't want to put down!' ?????
'The final reveal delivers an absolute jaw drop moment that punched me straight in the chest'?????
'Definitely keeps you on your toes'?????
'Jaw dropping thriller you don't want to end'?????
'The plot twisted & turned and reached a very unexpected conclusion'?????
'I loved every minute of this'?????
'I stayed up half the night to finish this one'?????
'The entire book is just sheer perfection!' ?????
This is Why We Lied was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17/6/24
Welcome to the luxury McAlpine Lodge...
Nestled in the misty mountains, it's the perfect getaway. Until a woman's body is found.
Everyone is a suspect.
The cruel father.
The toxic mother.
The bitter family.
The silent staff.
The suspicious guests.
Each of them is guilty of something. But only one is a killer. You'll never guess who...
The incredible new thriller - an instant Sunday Times bestseller!
'Everything a thriller should be: dark, multilayered, suspenseful'?????
'Kept me guessing to the end'?????
'So twisted my head was spinning'?????
'One of those books you really don't want to put down!' ?????
'The final reveal delivers an absolute jaw drop moment that punched me straight in the chest'?????
'Definitely keeps you on your toes'?????
'Jaw dropping thriller you don't want to end'?????
'The plot twisted & turned and reached a very unexpected conclusion'?????
'I loved every minute of this'?????
'I stayed up half the night to finish this one'?????
'The entire book is just sheer perfection!' ?????
This is Why We Lied was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17/6/24
Reviews / Votes
'Adroit scene-setting, vivid characterisation and (crucially) impeccable plotting' Financial Times 'A dark, mysterious and compelling read' Sun 'A clever rural variant on the traditional locked-room mystery' Sunday Times 'An engrossing masterclass in crime writing' Irish Independent 'Another gripping five-star read from the Queen of Crime' Woman's Weekly 'Shocking lies are exposed in this pacy thriller' Woman's Own 'Spellbinding' MyWeekly Praise for Karin Slaughter 'Compulsive reading' Clare Mackintosh 'Never less than nail-biting' The Times 'Twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing' Adele Parks 'A dark, sophisticated gem of a read' Janice Hallett 'Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next' Cara Hunter 'Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous' Oyinkan Braithwaite 'Passion, intensity, and humanity' Lee Child 'Absorbing' Sunday Times 'I'd follow her anywhere' Gillian Flynn 'An effortlessly accomplished thriller' The Times 'One of the boldest thriller writers working today' Tess Gerritsen 'Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled' Michael Connelly 'A writer of extraordinary talents' Kathy Reichs 'Fiction doesn't get any better than this' Jeffery Deaver 'A great writer at the peak of her powers' Peter James 'It's big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody - like a perfectly cooked steak' Stuart MacBride 'Slaughter has always been adroit at supplying a steady accretion of menacing detail in her Will Trent/Sara Linton series' Financial Times (Best summer crime books of 2023) 'The queen of the explosive thriller' Good HousekeepingMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
HarperCollins Publishers
Product notice
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 130 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
326 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-00-862586-3 (9780008625863)
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Karin Slaughter is one of the world's most popular storytellers. Published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe, her novels have all been Sunday Times bestsellers. Slaughter lives in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the founder of the Save the Libraries project-a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. Her standalone novel Pieces of Her is now a Netflix series, and the Grant County and Will Trent series are in development for television.