The Better Liar

I couldn’t help becoming so drawn in . . . Tanen Jones has written a compulsively page-turning story. She cleverly drip-feeds nuggets of information, each more surprising than the last, until the final shocking revelation

Claire Fuller, author of <i>Bitter Orange</i> and <i>Swimming Lessons</i>

THE BETTER LIAR is a knockout, a stunner of a debut that left me in awe of this new writer’s talent. Smart, fresh, twisty, and compelling, with utterly believable characters, gorgeous prose, and a storyline that kept me guessing until the final pages. You know a book is good when you wish you'd written it!

Karen Dionne, author of <i>Home</i>

An incredibly unique thriller with beautiful relationships and cracking twists.

C.C. MacDonald, author of HAPPY EVER AFTER

In this genuinely surprising novel with exacting observations, Jones layers the lies on thick to craft a propulsive narrative about motherhood, misery and dysfunctional family dynamics. The Better Liar just kept getting better and better and better.

Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of WHISPER NETWORK

Two dangerous women in a toxic embrace that winds relentlessly tighter, Tanen Jones’s The Better Liar is a brilliantly claustrophobic thriller with a gasp-inducing sting in the tail. Tense, controlled and masterly.

Christobel Kent, Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Did

Jones’ sensational debut has the bones of a thriller but reads like literary fiction: lean, shrewd, and gratifyingly real.

Entertainment Weekly

Gripping, suspenseful […] The chracters are deep and complex and unpredictable – exactly the kind of characters a thriller should deliver […] the story makes a bold and thought provoking statement on women, sisterhood and motherhood.

Daily Mail

I wolfed down this clever thriller

Nina Pottell, Prima