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  • Published: 6 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529176155
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

Everyone Here is Lying




The number one bestselling thriller from the 'queen of the one-sit read', multi-million-copy bestseller. Secrets start to unravel in a family-friendly neighbourhood when a local girl goes missing.

'The most addictive book I've read in ages - so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.'
LISA JEWELL

'I was obsessed with Everyone Here is Lying . . . Fast paced, tightly-plotted and with twists so well executed they floored me. Loved every word!'
CLAIRE DOUGLAS

'A smart, unguessable mystery set among a cast of satisfyingly flawed characters. Shari Lapena is an auto-buy for me - I always know I'll be in for a treat!'
LOUISE CANDLISH

Welcome to Stanhope - a safe neighbourhood. A place for families.

William Wooler is a family man, on the surface. But he's been having an affair, an affair that ended horribly this afternoon at a motel up the road. So when he returns to his house, devastated and angry, to find his difficult nine-year-old daughter Avery unexpectedly home from school, William loses his temper.

Hours later, Avery's family declares her missing.

Suddenly Stanhope doesn't feel so safe. And William isn't the only one on his street who's hiding a lie. As witnesses come forward with information that may or may not be true, Avery's neighbours become increasingly unhinged.

Who took Avery Wooler?

Nothing will prepare you for the truth.

  • Published: 6 August 2024
  • ISBN: 9781529176155
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 416
  • RRP: $22.99

About the author

Shari Lapena

Shari Lapena worked as a lawyer and as an English teacher before writing fiction. Her debut thriller, The Couple Next Door, was a global bestseller, the bestselling fiction title in the UK in 2017 and has been optioned for television. Her thrillers A Stranger in the House, An Unwanted Guest, and Someone We Know were all Sunday Times and New York Times bestsellers. Her fifth thriller, The End of Her, is coming soon.

Facebook: ShariLapena
Twitter: @sharilapena

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Praise for Everyone Here is Lying

Shari Lapena has done it again with Everyone Here Is Lying. The queen of page-turners has written her paciest thriller yet. I raced through it in two days, desperate to find out what happened to Avery Wooler. The denouement is one of the most satisfying I've ever read - a reveal that made me gasp out loud. Genius. I loved it.

Andrea Mara

Everyone Here is Lying is classic Shari Lapena . . . just like The Couple Next Door, you simply can't put it down.

Robert Gold

Shari Lapena delivers another brilliant, propulsive thriller in Everyone Here is Lying . . . Sharply observed and at times unexpectedly touching, the novel deftly unpicks a tangled knot of deceit and intrigue until the most shocking truth is revealed. I defy you to put it down until you know what happened to Avery Wooler.

Gilly Macmillan

Everyone Here is Lying is a chilling exploration of the worst-case repercussions and extensive fallout of a brief affair. Characteristically addictive and propulsive, Shari Lapena is the queen of the "just one more chapter" read.

Sarah Vaughan

I devoured Everyone Here is Lying in two hits in under ten hours. I can't remember the last time I did that! This really was the most addictive book I've read in ages - so slick and disquieting and clever. Just brilliant.

Lisa Jewell

I inhaled Everyone Here is Lying. Shari is a very gifted storyteller, and a most entertaining one. The pace never flags, the twists are fiendishly clever and the writing is as perfect as can be

Liz Nugent

Everyone Here is Lying is a Shari Lapena signature read: a taut, clever, chilling ride of manipulation and family secrets, with a terrifying question at its core-what if you can't believe the very people you love the most? Prepare to be consumed!

Ashley Audrain

Gripping, clever, and tightly plotted, Everyone Here is Lying showcases Shari Lapena at her absolute best. I was utterly transfixed. A must-read.

Sarah Pearse

An incredibly clever set-up that made for one of the most gripping and surprising thrillers I've read in a while. A one-sitting read.

Catherine Ryan Howard

Everyone Here Is Lying by Shari Lapena is WILD. A very satisfying thriller.

Roxane Gay

A fast-paced read with jaw-dropping twists

The i

Magnificent, a perfect demonstration of [Shari Lapena's] exceptional skill as a storyteller... Utterly compelling

Daily Mail

Everyone Here Is Lying opens with a corker of a premise that had me racing through the book... a clever twist... a thrilling ride

The Observer

Shari Lapena is an expert in both pace and the placing of clues and misdirections

Literary Review

Shari Lapena has been described as the queen of the 'just one more chapter' thriller, and having devoured this compelling novel in double-quick time it's easy to see why . . . Plot twists are planted like hand grenades throughout the narrative, set to go off when you least expect them, and the denouement is as surprising as it is shocking.

Choice

Lapena has great fun pulling secrets from her conjuror's hat . . . when it comes to construction she's a master, her stream of twists and surprises perfectly timed

Daily Express

I read this in three days and loved every addictive page

Simon Mayo

'A smart, unguessable mystery set among a cast of satisfyingly flawed characters. Shari Lapena is an auto-buy for me - I always know I'll be in for a treat!

Louise Candlish

Shari Lapena is a modern master of the psychological thriller, and all of her considerable talents are at work in Everyone Here Is Lying

Steve Cavanagh

You'll be gripping the pages so tightly you might tear them

Daily Express