Lie With Me: the gripping bestseller and suspense read of the year: An absolutely addictive crime suspense thriller for 2024 from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Sabine Durrant

Jan 2018 · Sold by Mulholland Books

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'A superb and clever thriller' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Dark, sharp and deliciously funny' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'I loved every page' Clare Mackintosh

It started with a small lie. Bumping into an old acquaintance, embellishing my life story to impress the happily married lawyer with kids and a lovely home.

So when he invited me on a group holiday, I said yes. I wanted to prove that I can fit in with his posh, wealthy friends. It's the sort of life I deserved, after all.

But in the scorching Greek sunshine, the lies become bigger and tensions start rising. Can I stop my new world from crashing down, or is it already too late?

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Readers love Lie With Me:
'Utterly gripping' Daily Mail
'A killer twist' Woman & Home
'A stunning thriller from a very talented writer' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Clever and gripping' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
'Draws you in and keeps you there...' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

***Sabine Durrant's brilliant new novel, Sun Damage, is available now***

Ratings and reviews

O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! - Walter Scott. A great quote that sums up a not so great story. Paul, the main character and narrator of this tale, has to be one of the most unlikable characters that I've ever come across. He's arrogant, womanizing, lazy, manipulative, and deceitful. I came to the conclusion pretty quickly that we aren't actually supposed to like Paul, and that's okay, but there needs to be something that pulls a reader in and gives them a reason to want to know what happens to a character like that. Not only was that key element missing, but I didn't find a single character in this book to be remotely likable. The story crawls along at a snail's pace until the very end. Then, we get a big twist and an almost conclusion. Sadly, I couldn't find it in me by that point to care one way or another what might happen to our hapless narrator. The subtitle on this one claims " the gripping bestseller and suspense read of the year," which rather suits the general theme of this tale. In fact, the only thing that kept me reading was my own OCD-like penchant for being unable to leave a book unfinished.

Things are not always as they seem and this book is one of those things. The author weaves a beautifully written tale of about a man who thinks highly of himself and has had a life lead on the backs of others. Uncaring, pompous, self-imposed, just prime for them. He was all they knew and needed them to be. He was perfect. Loved the story and how the author played this so well. There is never a hint, never a reason to doubt. The characters are well played and everything they need to be. He is his own worst enemy and so are they. Lies and smoke screens. What’s the truth what’s the lie? I haven’t read this author before, I do love her style.

About the author

Sabine Durrant is the author of three psychological thrillers, Under Your Skin, Remember Me This Way and Lie With Me, a Richard & Judy Bookclub selection and Sunday Times paperback bestseller. Her previous novels are Having It and Eating It and The Great Indoors, and two books for teenage girls, Cross Your Heart, Connie Pickles and Ooh La La! Connie Pickles. She is a former features editor of the Guardian and a former literary editor at the Sunday Times, and her writing has appeared in many national newspapers and magazines. She lives in south London with her partner and their three children.