LoveReading Says
This addictive, and beautifully nuanced locked-room mystery is one of the best I’ve read. Karin Slaughter is right at the top of her game, each new novel becomes my favourite of hers. Will Trent and Sara Linton are hiking into their honeymoon and towards an incredibly dangerous investigation. It is no secret that I absolutely adore this series, and it comes as highly recommended by our team. While I always suggest starting at the beginning of a series, I believe this novel is so well set in its place that it could easily be read as a standalone. It starts with a map (I always love a good map!), followed by one of the best prologues I’ve read. I had goosebumps racing up and down my arms by the time I was ready to start chapter one. My mind was on full alert and I found myself ready to question everyone and everything. The sequence of the timeline cleverly allows you to form a relationship with the victim and suspects. While there is a certainly a level of diversion to be had in attempting to solve the mystery, Karin Slaughter’s trademark provocative eloquence can also be found. Piercing and challenging, the darkness is all-consuming. There is a thoughtful balance between the two elements, my heart and mind were both fully engaged. The sense of place here is immense, the rural setting is beautifully described and I could picture the scene. In fact the plot, characters, and setting all come together to form not only an immensely satisfying read, but I can see this making a fantastic film too. This novel unsurprisingly and most deservedly joins our LoveReading Star Books. Powerful, thought-provoking, and hugely entertaining, This is Why We Lied is an absolute humdinger of a read.
Liz Robinson
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This is Why We Lied Synopsis
One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer?
Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a secluded mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living.
Except that everyone here is lying. Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves.
Then one night, Mercy McAlpine – until now the good daughter – threatens to expose everybody's secrets. Just hours later, Mercy is dead.
In an area this remote, it’s easy to get away with murder. But Will Trent and Sara Linton – investigator and medical examiner for the GBI – are here on their honeymoon.
And now, with the killer poised to strike again, the holiday of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock…
Click to listen to Sara and Will's wedding playlist.
About This Edition
ISBN: |
9780008625825 |
Publication date: |
20th June 2024 |
Author: |
Karin Slaughter |
Publisher: |
HarperCollins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
Format: |
Hardback |
Pagination: |
453 pages |
Series: |
The Will Trent Series |
Primary Genre |
Crime and Mystery
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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 Housekeeping
About Karin Slaughter
Karin Slaughter is one of the world’s most popular storytellers. She is the author of more than twenty instant Sunday Times bestselling novels, including the Edgar-nominated Cop Town and standalone novels The Good Daughter and Pretty Girls. An international bestseller, Slaughter is published in 120 countries with more than 40 million copies sold across the globe. Pieces of Her is a #1 Netflix original series, Will Trent is a television series starring Ramón Rodríguez, on Disney+, and further projects are in development for television. Karin Slaughter is the founder of the Save the Libraries project—a nonprofit organization established to support libraries and library programming. A native of Georgia, she lives in Atlanta.
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