
The Better Liar
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Lisa Flanagan
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Karissa Vacker
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Kristen Sieh
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By:
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Tanen Jones
“Jones’s sensational debut has the bones of a thriller but reads like literary fiction: lean, shrewd, and gratifyingly real.” (Entertainment Weekly)
When a woman conceals her sister’s death to claim their joint inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets in this addictive new thriller for fans of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, and Paula Hawkins.
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Leslie Flores has the perfect life - a loving husband, a happy newborn, and a New Mexico home straight out of a magazine. She’s been the perfect daughter, too, taking care of her ailing father in his final days. But Leslie has a dark secret - and it’s an expensive secret to keep. When she discovers she won’t receive a penny of her inheritance unless she finds her estranged sister, Robin, she sets out to track her down. Instead, upon arriving at Robin’s apartment, Leslie discovers her body.
Just as Leslie begins to panic, she meets a charismatic aspiring actress named Mary who bears a striking resemblance to Robin - and has every reason to leave her past behind. The two women make a bargain: Mary will impersonate Robin for a week in exchange for Robin’s half of the cash. Neither realizes how high the stakes will become when Mary takes a dead woman’s name.
Even as Mary begins to suspect Leslie is hiding something, and Leslie realizes the stranger living in her house has secrets of her own, Robin’s wild, troubled legacy threatens to eclipse them both. Fans of Megan Abbott, Gillian Flynn, and Paula Hawkins will relish this darkly addictive portrait of the ties that bind and the secrets we all keep from one another.
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Critic reviews
"A darkly complex relationship between two sisters lies at the heart of Jones’s debut psychological thriller.... A blistering debut from a promising new talent." (Kirkus Reviews)
"A taut, twisty thriller.... Jones arrives with an undeniable splash." (Publishers Weekly)
"A dark, intriguing exploration of family wounds and the fragility of identity.” (Caite Dolan-Leach, author of Dead Letters and Why We Went to the Woods)
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Great suspense!
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Unrealistic
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Loved this!!
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Fantastic
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I’m not sure what one reviewer could have meant about this being the second book by Jones she’s listened to, since this is a debut!
An incredible debut—up there with Paula Hawkins!
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Toug to get into
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Twisty and a little too real (but in the best way)
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Usually, I’m able to guess at least part of the ending of psychological thrillers far in advance, including whats a false lead & what it’s meant to cover up but this one had me wrong on all accounts. It’s been years since that’s happened and I am very happy to be shocked by this one & how it ended!
5/5 stars, definitely worth a purchase.
Really gripping
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Better than expected.
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Really like this one!
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