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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