The Lie
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  • Published: 23 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781405934848
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Lie

The emotionally gripping family drama that will keep you hooked until the last page

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Paperback
20 Oct 2020
EBook
23 Jan 2020
Audiobook
18 Feb 2020
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From the bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park and The Anniversary comes a deeply moving, provocative new novel. Would you side with your husband if he was accused of a terrible crime?

Romy was the perfect wife - until the day she received a letter claiming her husband was keeping a nasty secret. She wanted desperately to believe Michael was innocent, but the letter broke their marriage apart.

Three years later, Romy tentatively allows a friendship with her handsome neighbour to grow into something more. But her newfound happiness is suddenly shadowed by the news that Michael has suffered a serious stroke.

Romy finds herself caught between two very different lives - and very different men - as she tries to do her duty to her husband, unravel the truth about his past and find out where her heart truly lies.
  • Published: 23 January 2020
  • ISBN: 9781405934848
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400
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About the author

Hilary Boyd

Hilary Boyd trained as a nurse and a marriage guidance counselor before beginning a career as a writer and journalist. She has written six non-fiction books and is the author of Thursdays in the Park, the bestselling novel which spawned a whole new genre.

Also by Hilary Boyd

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The Escape
The Hidden Truth
The Affair
The Anniversary
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Praise for The Lie

Praise for Hilary Boyd

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Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes

Daily Mail

Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart-string puller

Closer

A warm and well-written case for love affairs in later life

Daily Telegraph

I was ripping through this book . . . addictive

Evening Standard

Boyd gets under the skin of her characters to show that falling in love isn't limited to the young

Sunday Express

A smart emotional drama, you will race through this

Sunday Mirror

Boyd is terrific at cutting to the quick of modern relationships

Woman & Home

Boyd is the mistress of the multi-layered story

My Weekly

Smart, with true-to-life characters whose dilemmas will tear at your heartstrings

Sunday Mirror

Deeply emotional

Sunday Post

A compelling domestic noir

Sun

Hilary Boyd nails family dynamics and misplaced loyalties with pin-sharp precision in an impressibly well-written tale

Daily Express