Seven Lies

Critics Review

• A dark, gripping story with one of the most interesting and compelling narrators I’ve ever encountered. Highly recommended

  Shari Lapena, author of THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR

• With scalpel sharp writing and a killer concept, Seven Lies is dark, clever, compelling and utterly assured. It heralds the arrival of a hugely exciting new voice in crime fiction

  Lucy Foley, author of THE HUNTING PARTY

• Breathtakingly good – I devoured Seven Lies in a single weekend. A phenomenal debut.

• A chilling and original voice. It’s gripping, fresh and unsettling – all the ingredients I love

  Clare Mackintosh, author of LET ME LIE

• ‘Friends forever’ becomes a weapon swung with fatal force in Elizabeth Kay’s debut. A thriller deftly told through seven lies, the calmly manipulative Jane is a protagonist who will haunt you long after you finish turning the pages. The truth, it turns out, can be far more dangerous than any lie….It’s going to be the next massive thriller.

  Pandora Sykes

• Dark, vivid, and engrossing. You won’t want to put this one down!

  Cara Hunter, author of CLOSE TO HOME

• Seven Lies is the perfect psych thriller – smart, dark and morally ambiguous. I loved it.

  Tammy Cohen, author of WHEN SHE WAS BAD

• You NEED to read this one. So very unsettling!

  Lesley Kara, author of THE RUMOUR

• SEVEN LIES is a relentless, chilling story of what happens when friendship becomes obsession. Keep the lights on – you’ll be turning pages deep into the night with this one

  Harlan Coben, author of FOOL ME ONCE

• Compelling, clever, imaginative and beautifully written

  Jo Spain, author of THE CONFESSION

• Kay’s unputdownable thriller follows former childhood friends Jane and Marnie down a devious path littered with secrets, murder and, of course, lies

  i

• Compulsive, hypnotic . . . a tale of obsession, grief and the real meaning of truth

  Red

• With a protagonist to rival Villanelle, you’ll love this sharp, original and seductive thriller, which turns the idea of an unreliable narrator on its head.

  Cosmopolitan

• I devoured Seven Lies in less than 24 hours. Such a clever, deliciously dark page turner and a compelling read

  Alice Feeney, author of SOMETIMES I LIE

• Shockingly intimate and scarily insidious. Seven Lies explores the explosive truths behind obsession, love, and a seemingly perfect friendship

  Lisa Gardner, author of FEAR NOTHING

• Seven Lies takes the idea of the unreliable narrator and spins it on its head. An immersive study of female friendship and loneliness with a scarily reliable narrator who proves that truth is often scarier and stranger than any fiction.

• A compelling take on the obsession that can come with female friendship

  Image

• A pacy domestic thriller sure to keep you reading well past bedtime. Kay holds a mirror up to female friendship and the result is both relatable and utterly chilling

  Sarah Langford, author of IN YOUR DEFENSE

• Brilliantly twisty but also so insightful of human nature: this is a chilling portrayal of an obsessive relationship

  Michelle Frances, author of THE GIRLFRIEND

• I loved it from the first page: spellbinding, urgent, creepy, and impossible to put down. Seven Lies is a hugely satisfying novel of deeply disturbed psychological suspense.

  Chris Pavone, author of THE PARIS DIVERSION

• Superbly controlled writing, a captivating voice and a brilliantly plotted story about a toxic friendship

  Ali Land, author of GOOD ME, BAD ME

• Elizabeth Kay’s debut is a gorgeously narrated and scarily real account of friendship-turned-fixation. You won’t be able to put it down

  Christina Dalcher, author of VOX

• An electrifying psychological thriller . . . even readers who suspect where the story is heading should brace themselves for a wild and surprising ride.

  Publishers Weekly

• Chilling and unusual, we couldn’t put it down

  Closer

• With a hold-your-breath moment near the end, we can’t stop thinking about it

  Heat

• A highly entertaining, pitch-dark exploration of an intense and toxic friendship

  Sunday Mirror

• What a narrator, and what a plot . . . I was absolutely hooked. Toxic friendships don’t get more toxic than this

  Prima

• The new face of domestic noir

  Evening Standard

• Chilling

  Readers Digest

• A slick debut … original and clever

  Woman's Weekly

• We’re in

  Stylist

• What a narrator, and what a plot! Toxic friendships don’t get more toxic than this.

  Prima

• A chilling read that we couldn’t put down

  Bella

• A remarkable debut from a remarkable author

  Shots

• This compelling and unsettling thriller will have you totally gripped!

  The Sun (Fabulous Magazine)

• Compelling

  Irish Times

• Beautifully lyrical, infused with a kind of anticipatory dread that grips you from the very beginning.

  Birmingham Post

• Compelling . . . this fine novel shines a light on how our darkest moments shape our future

  ipaper

• This gripping and very scary tale of obsessive love is a tour de force

  Irish Independent

• This is the smartest thriller we’ve read in a while . . . It’s twisted and thrilling, and you will zip through it.

  Goop

• This is a tense nerve-shredder that wrong-footed me again and again, leaving the hairs on the back of my neck standing up. There’s nothing more terrifying than watching someone disintegrate when love takes a wrong turn.

  Val McDermid

• I read this book with obsession – I loved everything about it. Dark, intimate, and wonderfully unsettling, with the sharpest thriller writing there is, this was an all-consuming read.

  Ashley Audrain