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First Lie Wins

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2nd January 2024

Price: £16.99

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Selected: ebook / ISBN-13: 9781472295354

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🔥 ‘One of the best thrillers I’ve read this year’ ANDREA MARA 🔥

The Sunday Times Thriller of the Month, soon to become a major TV series.

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You meet a stranger at a party. She looks like you. Even has your name.
But she isn’t a stranger. She’s a warning…

Evie Porter has everything a girl could want: a doting boyfriend and a house with a picket fence. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.

First comes the identity. Once given a name and location, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the target: Ryan Sumner.

The last piece of the puzzle is the job. But this job feels different. Ryan has gotten under her skin. And when a woman walks into town using the one thing Evie has been desperate to protect – Evie’s real identity – she can’t afford to make a mistake. As Evie’s past begins to catch up with her, can she stay one step ahead to save her future?

‘Riveting’ LUCY FOLEY
‘Twisty and exhilarating’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘This has everything you could want in a thriller’ REESE WITHERSPOON
The runaway No. 1 New York Times bestseller – January 2024
A Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick

Real readers are GRIPPED:

‘A riveting thriller with the same edge-of-your-seat literary rhythm of GONE GIRL’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Dynamic; terrifically suspenseful’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Heartpounding. Definitely one of the best books this year’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Twisty and engaging’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Suspense fans rejoice: phenomenal’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Not your ordinary mystery’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘An addictive, wild ride’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
‘Perfect for a book club’ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐

Reviews

<b>Lisa Gardner</b>
Buckle up . . . the best cat and mouse suspense I've read in years
<b>Megan Miranda</b>
Smart and sharp, fast-paced and twisty, this kept me on the edge of my seat
<b>Julie Clark</b>
Wildly inventive, diabolically clever
<b>Elle Cosimano</b>
The most suspenseful game of deception I've ever read. Brilliant!
<b>Diane Chamberlain</b>
Clever, twisty, and suspenseful, First Lie Wins kept me on my toes right up to the satisfying conclusion
<b>A.J. Finn</b>
What a box of tricks! First Lie Wins flickers past like a shadow-play: just when you think you've worked out what you're seeing, the shapes shift, the scene transforms, and - hold on - maybe you had it wrong a moment ago? Cool and clever and full-on fun, the sort of slippery high-stakes now-you-see-me-now-you-don't thriller that few novelists are bold enough to attempt these days. Pick it up, please. This is a good one
<b>Harriet Tyce</b>
Unexpected and pacey
<b>Rachel Abbott</b>
An absolute CRACKER of a book
Heidi Perks
I devoured it. Absolutely brilliant
Daily Mail
Strikingly ingenious
<b>Cesca Major</b>
A propulsive, note-perfect thriller
Observer
Twisty and fast-paced
<b><i>Sun</i></b>
Mind-blowingly brilliant
<b>Sarah Morgan</b>
Brilliant. I read it in one sitting. If you love twisty thrillers, this one is for you
<b><i>I News</i></b>
The kind of jaw-droppingly twisty read you stay up all night for
<b><i>SHOTs Magazine</i></b>
An outstanding psychological thriller... this could well be the best read of 2024
New York Times
Edgy and smart
<b><i>Prima Magazine</i></b>
This will have you turning the pages at speed
<b><i>Glamour</i></b>
A great title to choose for a book club of thriller lovers
<b><i>Crime Monthly</i></b>
A break neck thrill ride
<b>Lucy Foley</b>
Riveting
<b>Reese Witherspoon</b>
This has everything you want in the thriller
Sunday Times
Twisty and exhilarating
<b><i>Crime Time</i></b>
A clever blend of GONE GIRL and KILLING EVE... Terribly ingenious and a gripping read, this is one to savour
<b>Andrea Mara</b>
Breakneck pace, non-stop action, genius premise. One of the best thrillers I've read this year