Lie With Me

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The truth is, we all tell lies... take a deep breath and get ready for the most twisty, tense and unsettling book of the summer.

'If, like me, you have been longing for a psycho-thriller of genius since you finished Gone Girl, then the wait is finally over. There are very few books in this world that are impossible to put down. Lie With Me is one of them.' Tony Parsons

It starts with a lie. The kind we've all told - to a former acquaintance we can't quite place but still, for some reason, feel the need to impress. The story of our life, embellished for the benefit of the happily married lawyer with the kids and the lovely home.

And the next thing you know, you're having dinner at their house, and accepting an invitation to join them on holiday - swept up in their perfect life, the kind you always dreamed of...

Which turns out to be less than perfect. But by the time you're trapped and sweating in the relentless Greek sun, burning to escape the tension all around you - by the time you start to realise that, however painful the truth might be, it's the lies that cause the real damage...

... well, by then, it could just be too late.

(P) 2016 Hodder & Stoughton

Critics Review

Brilliantly executed – I loved every page.

Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go

A sizzling tale of deceit, betrayal and entrapment that is extraordinarily well-crafted and utterly gripping – a stunning summer read

Daily Mail

A perfect thriller: clever, classy and shocking. I read it in one day.

Erin Kelly, author of He Said/She Said

I doubt there will be a better beach read out this summer

Daily Express

An unsettling, disturbing but utterly brilliant, gripping read with a terrific twist

Sunday Mirror

A dark and well-plotted psychological thriller.

Sebastian Faulks

If you’ve had a hole in your literary life since finishing Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, this is the book to fill it

Grazia

Tightly plotted and taut with psychological suspense, I couldn’t put down this gripping novel. In my mind, Lie With Me is set to be one of this summer’s biggest hits.

Lucy Clarke, author of Last Seen

Ingenious plotting, fine characterisation and assured pacing

The Sunday Times

Enormous fun, a psychological thriller worthy of Ruth Rendell or Patricia Highsmith…. The way the narration keeps us guessing is masterly

Guardian

A clever, engaging thriller to frantically binge-read as the tension mounts and all the subtle clues that Durrant has skilfully hidden begin to reveal themselves

Red Magazine

The word-perfect portrait of character leading to disaster, the unfurling dread, the ingenious plotting… I feel sick with envy that I didn’t write it myself.

Alex Marwood, author of The Darkest Secret

I was intrigued, unsettled and utterly engrossed from the very first page…so beautifully written and intelligently constructed

Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us

Grabs you from the first page and never lets you go. If, like me, you have been longing for a psycho-thriller of genius since you finished Gone Girl, then the wait is finally over.

Tony Parsons, author of The Murder Bag

Simmering with menace, and with a blisteringly taut and twisted plot. Simply superb.

Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else's Skin

I absolutely loved it: claustrophobic, gripping, and beautifully written with a growing sense of foreboding until the unexpected, final twist.

Claire Douglas, author of The Sisters

Tense, darkly funny and morally complex. I wished Lie With Me wouldn’t end.

Tamar Cohen, author of When She Was Bad

An exceptional novel that seduced me from the first page and tightened its grip with every chapter. I’m not sure it has released me even now.

Claire Kendal, author of The Book of You

A compelling, clever, claustrophobic read with a brilliantly executed anti-hero – I loved Lie With Me!

Angela Clarke, author of Follow Me

A tremendously engrossing, unnerving story…delivers suspense from the outset and dark jokes and surprises throughout

Mark Lawson

I was absolutely hooked…Sabine builds up the sense of unease with unbelievable finesse. This book simply sings

Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You

Amid all the lies, one inalienable truth – Durrant has written a clever and totally gripping thriller.

T.R. Richmond, author of What She Left

It is so skilfully done – Domestic Noir at its very finest.

Julia Crouch, author of Cuckoo

Devilishly dark and addictive

Paula Daly, author of The Mistake I Made

Compelling and thrilling

Stylist

An undercurrent of tension and sense of growing unease made me keep on turning the pages in this psychological thriller with a difference…and a killer twist

Woman & Home

A clever, duplicitous thriller that racks up the tension

Red Magazine

Fast becoming one of our favourites, Sabine Durrant writes clever, compelling thrillers

Good Housekeeping

There are shades of The Talented Mr Ripley in this atmospheric new psychological thriller… It’s not easy to come up with something that truly takes the reader by surprise, but this twisted tale keeps you guessing right to the dark, rather wonderful end

Heat

A brilliantly executed psycho-thriller – you’ll stay up all night

India Knight

A chilling, elegantly written, top-drawer psychological thriller

Irish Independent

Gripping…shows how a life of selfishness and deceit can condemn a person in later life.

Daily Mail

Clever… twists all along the way

The Times

Praise for Sabine Durrant

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Alternating between Lizzie’s narrative and Zach’s diary, it’s splendidly creepy, with plenty of paranoia

Guardian

Fresh and compelling prose, packed with twists. A treat.

Sarah Hilary, author of Someone Else's Skin

Durrant’s debut, UNDER YOUR SKIN, was among the best of the wave of psychological thrillers that appeared in the wake of Gone Girl‘s success. REMEMBER ME THIS WAY is better still…An elegant, quietly chilling illustration of the ways in which lovers blind themselves to reality

Mail on Sunday

Grips immediately… Durrant sustains the mystery throughout and offers a clever resolution

The Times

This is one super-disturbing psychological thriller

Woman & Home

Spellbindingly dark and intense drama

Heat

When a thriller leaves you looking over your shoulder, it’s a sign the author’s doing something right. In fact Durrant doesn’t put a foot wrong with this assured and deeply unsettling chiller… Superb

Sunday Mirror

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