The Lying Club

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Three women. Two bodies. One big lie... 'Shocking and scandalous' Cosmopolitan, Best Books of 2022 'Dark and compelling' Liv Constantine 'An edgy, addictive read about the lengths people go to in the name of love' Heather Gudenkauf 'Clever and brilliantly written' Karen Hamilton At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, a tangled web of lies draws together three vastly different women. Natalie, a young office assistant, dreams of having a life like the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke-a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother and serial cheater-and Asha, an overachieving and overprotective mom who suspects her husband of having an affair. Their fates are bound by their relationships with the handsome, charming assistant athletic director Nicholas, who Natalie loves, Brooke wants and Asha needs. But when two bodies are carried out of the school early one morning, it seems the jealousy between mothers and daughters, rival lovers and the haves and have-nots has shattered the surface of this isolated, affluent town-a town where people will stop at nothing to get what they want. Set in a world of vast ranches, chalet-style apartments and mountain mansions, The Lying Club is a juicy thriller of revenge, murder and a shocking conspiracy-one in which the victims aren't who you might think.

ANNIE WARD is a screenwriter and novelist. The Lying Club is her third book. Her second, The Ideal Wife, originally published as Beautiful Bad, was sold in seventeen foreign countries and translated into fourteen languages. A former travel writer, she loves mountains, beaches, languages and good food. She lives in Kansas with her husband and two sons.

Ward writes with compelling energy about what some women are prepared to do when they are losing their power * Daily Mail * Who can resist a juicy revenge thriller? And this one is both shocking and scandalous. For anyone who adored Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty. Obsessed. * Cosmopolitan * Another dark, twisty and expertly-plotted thriller by Annie Ward. Tension and intrigue bubble beneath the surface in the unique setting. I could barely turn the pages fast enough, eager to unravel the clever and brilliantly-written mystery * Karen Hamilton * Annie Ward has done it again! The Lying Club is a stunning whodunnit that will keep readers captivated until its final page. Ward has created characters so real you'll feel like you're a member of their dark and twisted world where everyone is a suspect, and everyone has a motive. The Lying Club is an edgy, addictive read about the lengths people go to in the name of love, no matter the consequences. Fans of Big Little Lies will revel in this dark, pacy page-turner * Heather Gudenkauf * Layers of deceit and intrigue explosively unravel at an elite private school in this dark and compelling must-read. A master of misdirection, Ward takes the reader on a continual rollercoaster ride with one shocking twist after another * Liv Constantine * Annie Ward ratchets up the tension in this tantalizing story of jealousy, privilege, lies and murder. With breakneck pacing and one shocking revelation after the next, The Lying Club will absolutely wow readers of domestic suspense * Mary Kubica * If you loved Big Little Lies and Little Fires Everywhere, allow me to introduce you to your next obsession. Wildly addictive, smart, and chilling, The Lying Club by Annie Ward will have you on the edge of your seat, guessing until the very last page * Kim Liggett * Annie Ward digs in deep to her richly drawn characters, revealing layer after layer with each twist and turn of this addictive, propulsive thriller. A deliciously juicy and unputdownable tale of revenge and all the twisted things we'll do in the name of love * Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of LAST GIRL GHOSTED * Sharp and entertaining . . . here's the originality and purpose we expect from a modern crime novel * NB magazine * Cleverly plotted, with shocking twists and turns; it hooked me * Peterborough Telegraph *