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  • Published: 2 August 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241296578
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

The Liar's Room

The addictive new psychological thriller from the bestselling author of THE HOUSE




ONE ROOM.
TWO LIARS.
NO WAY OUT.

ONE ROOM. TWO LIARS. NO WAY OUT.

Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe.

But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him?

Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt. And that's when Susanna realises she was wrong.


She doesn't know him.
He knows her.
And the girl he plans to hurt is her daughter.

  • Published: 2 August 2018
  • ISBN: 9780241296578
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the author

Simon Lelic

Simon Lelic is the author of seven highly acclaimed thrillers: Rupture (winner of a Betty Trask Award and shortlisted for the John Creasey Debut Dagger), The Facility, The Child Who (longlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger), The House, The Liar's Room, The Search Party and The Hiding Place. He has also written The Haven series for younger readers, twice shortlisted for the CrimeFest awards.

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Praise for The Liar's Room

AN INTRICATE AND POWERFUL THRILLER

Tana French on 'The House'

HUGELY GRIPPING AND SPOOKY AS HELL

Mark Billingham on 'The House'

TAUGHT, TENSE AND TERRIFYING, I LOVED IT

Sharon Bolton on 'The House'

PACKS IN THE CHILLS...READ IT

Thriller of the Month, Observer

SIMON LELIC WRITES BEAUTIFULLY AND HE HAS A REAL TALENT FOR CHILLING STORIES THAT PLAY MERCILESSLY ON OUR MOST MOST DISTURBING FEARS

Cara Hunter

A SUPERBLY WRITTEN AND WELL-CRAFTED THRILLER ... SIMON LELIC FUELS EACH PAGE WITH SUSPENSE AND INTRIGUE. IT WILL HAVE YOU UP ALL HOURS OF THE NIGHT ... JUST FABULOUS!

Kathryn Croft

A WONDERFULLY CLAUSTROPHOBIC READ EXPOSING THE FAULT LINES IN FAMILIES AND THE TERRIBLE DANGER OF SECRETS

Cath Staincliffe

THE LIAR'S ROOM IS A BOOK YOU CAN'T WALK AWAY FROM

Emma Kavanagh

'A DARKLY DISTURBING THRILLER THAT HOOKED ME FROM THE FIRST PAGE. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!'

Nuala Ellwood, author of 'My Sister's Bones'

A TENSE, ATMOSPHERIC THRILLER IN WHICH THE PAST HAUNTS THE PRESENT - AND THE LIES WE TELL OURSELVES COME BACK WITH A VENGEANCE. TAUT, UNSETTLING AND BRILLIANTLY DONE

TM Logan, author of 'Lies'

BRILLIANTLY TENSE...YOU'LL TRY TO OUTGUESS THE PLOT BUT ALWAYS BE ONE STEP BEHIND AS THE SECRETS AND LIES GRADUALLY UNFOLD IN EVER MORE DARK AND DISTURBING WAYS

C J Tudor

HAD ME IN A HEADLOCK FROM THE START & WOULDN'T LOOSEN ITS GRIP TILL THE LAST PAGE'

John Marrs

BRILLIANT ... COMPLEX CHARACTERS THAT DRAW YOU IN AND WON'T LET YOU GO

Amy Lloyd, author of 'The Innocent Wife'

TENSE AND UNPUTDOWNABLE AS ANYTHING. A FANTASTIC READ

Luca Veste