Lies She Told: A Novel

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A BOOK OF THE MONTH CLUB SELECTION From the USA Todaybestselling author of The Widowers Wife comes an electrifying psychological thriller of love and deceit where the truth can be darker than fiction Liza Cole a once-successful novelist whose career has seen better days has one month to write the thriller that could land her back on the bestseller list. Meanwhile shes struggling to start a family but her husband is distracted by the disappearance of his best friend Nick. As stresses weigh her down in her professional and personal lives Liza escapes into writing the chilling exploits of her latest heroine Beth. Beth a new mother suspects her husband is cheating on her while shes home caring for their newborn. Angry and betrayed she aims to catch him in the act and make him pay for shattering the illusion of their perfect life. But before she realizes what shes doing shes tossing the body of her husbands mistress into the East River. Then the lines between Lizas fiction and her reality eerily blur. Nicks body is dragged from the East River and Lizas husband is arrested for his murder. Before her deadline is up Liza will have to face up to the truths about the people around her including her own. If she doesnt the end of her heroines story could be the end of her own. Recommended for anyone who enjoys Paula Hawkins or Gillian Flynn primarily because its better. Library Journal