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The Lying Club

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What to expect

Three women. Two bodies. One big lie...

'Shocking and scandalous' Cosmopolitan, Best Books of 2022

'Dark and compelling' Liv Constantine

'An edgy, addictive read about the lengths people go to in the name of love' Heather Gudenkauf

'Clever and brilliantly written' Karen Hamilton

At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, a tangled web of lies draws together three vastly different women. Natalie, a young office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke-a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother and serial cheater-and Asha, an overachieving and overprotective mom who suspects her husband of having an affair.

Their fates are bound by their relationships with the handsome, charming assistant athletic director Nicholas, who Natalie loves, Brooke wants and Asha needs. But when two bodies are carried out of the school early one morning, it seems the jealousy between mothers and daughters, rival lovers and the haves and have-nots has shattered the surface of this isolated, affluent town-a town where people will stop at nothing to get what they want.

Set in a world of vast ranches, chalet-style apartments and mountain mansions, The Lying Club is a juicy thriller of revenge, murder and a shocking conspiracy-one in which the victims aren't who you might think.

(P) 2022 Quercus Editions Limited

Critics Review

Ward writes with compelling energy about what some women are prepared to do when they are losing their power
Daily Mail
Who can resist a juicy revenge thriller? And this one is both shocking and scandalous. For anyone who adored Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. Obsessed.
Cosmopolitan
Another dark, twisty and expertly-plotted thriller by Annie Ward. Tension and intrigue bubble beneath the surface in the unique setting. I could barely turn the pages fast enough, eager to unravel the clever and brilliantly-written mystery
Karen Hamilton
Annie Ward has done it again! The Lying Club is a stunning whodunnit that will keep readers captivated until its final page. Ward has created characters so real you'll feel like you're a member of their dark and twisted world where everyone is a suspect, and everyone has a motive. The Lying Club is an edgy, addictive read about the lengths people go to in the name of love, no matter the consequences. Fans of Big Little Lies will revel in this dark, pacy page-turner
Heather Gudenkauf
Layers of deceit and intrigue explosively unravel at an elite private school in this dark and compelling must-read. A master of misdirection, Ward takes the reader on a continual rollercoaster ride with one shocking twist after another
Liv Constantine
Annie Ward ratchets up the tension in this tantalizing story of jealousy, privilege, lies and murder. With breakneck pacing and one shocking revelation after the next, The Lying Club will absolutely wow readers of domestic suspense
Mary Kubica
If you loved Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere, allow me to introduce you to your next obsession. Wildly addictive, smart, and chilling, The Lying Club by Annie Ward will have you on the edge of your seat, guessing until the very last page
Kim Liggett
Annie Ward digs in deep to her richly drawn characters, revealing layer after layer with each twist and turn of this addictive, propulsive thriller. A deliciously juicy and unputdownable tale of revenge and all the twisted things we'll do in the name of love
Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of LAST GIRL GHOSTED
Sharp and entertaining . . . here's the originality and purpose we expect from a modern crime novel
NB magazine
Cleverly plotted, with shocking twists and turns; it hooked me
Peterborough Telegraph
Author Annie Ward
Narrator Teri Schnaubelt
Duration 10 hours and 38 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781787472785
Format Audiobook
Publisher Quercus
Genre Thriller / suspense fiction
Availability AU, GB, IE

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