The Lie
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  • Published: 18 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9781405945509
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $27.99
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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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What happens when you discover everything about your marriage was a lie?

Romy and Michael have it all. Over 30 years of marriage, two grown-up sons, a beautiful London home as well as a weekend bolthole by the sea. If Romy's had to sacrifice some of her dreams along the way to support Michael's high-flying legal career, then it's been a price worth paying.
Until the arrival of a letter changes everything.
At first Romy can't believe what it is saying. That Michael - an upholder of the law, with an unwavering sense of right and wrong - could do something so terrible.
But then other lies start to emerge and she starts to wonder who the man she's shared her heart, her bed, the best years of her life with, really is.
Walking away should be the start of a new chapter for Romy.
But an urgent telephone call brings her back into Michael's life - and propels her into the past and the allegations which ended their marriage.
Innocent or guilty? Truth or lie? How well can you ever know those closest to you?
  • Published: 18 February 2020
  • ISBN: 9781405945509
  • Imprint: Penguin Audio
  • Format: Audio Download
  • RRP: $27.99
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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.

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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
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