The author of The Girls Who Disappeared spins another fiendishly clever psychological thriller, revolving around a crime writer whose latest plotline is becoming chilling reality.
Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Crime & Thriller Book of the Year 2024
Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two children - a teenager from her first marriage, a little boy from her second. She also happens to be the bestselling author of the Miranda Moody detective novels.
But when Emilia embarks on her tenth novel, life takes a disturbing turn: an incident straight out of the plot of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just an unsettling coincidence, she thinks.
Until it happens again - and again.
Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing.
Why is someone doing this?
How do they know what she is writing?
And what if Emilia and her family are next?
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241542361
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 282 g
Dimensions: 198 x 128 x 25 mm
Claire Douglas's best yet. I loved the literary setting, the simmering tension and the book-within-a-book. It's gripping, atmospheric, and so original - GILLIAN MCALLISTER
Life imitates art and the truth keeps sliding just out of reach in this clever, twisting thriller. Claire Douglas knows just how to put both characters and readers through their paces - I was hooked - LOUISE CANDLISH
A thriller packed with twists that will leave you breathless - WOMAN'S OWN
An intriguing, twisty mystery combined with first-rate suspense - hard to put down - SHARI LAPENA
Thrilling, twisty and impossible to put down, The Woman Who Lied is Claire Douglas at her very best - TIM WEAVER
A whirlwind of a thriller with twists that made me gasp - C L TAYLOR
THE WOMAN WHO LIED is a gripping read, so cleverly plotted and brimming with tension. The book-within-a-book intrigued me and works beautifully to ratchet up the tension and deepen the mystery. I loved it - GILLY MACMILLAN
Absolutely loved it...Ingenious and compelling with so many twists - MARK EDWARDS
This novel is an absolute dream for crime fiction fans. So many ingenious twists, so many gasp moments, so many page-turning scenes that are impossible to stop thinking about. I absolutely loved it. - B P WALTER
A tightly plotted, dazzling thriller, filled with Claire Douglas's trademark suspense. This is an up-all-night read - sure to be another blockbuster! - LUCY CLARKE
I was so disappointed with this book. I've read all of Claire Douglas's others and for the most part really enjoyed them, but this was just bad. The pacing was rushed, and there was no tension - it just... More
A gripping read from start to finish from Claire Douglas. Such a clever plot that had me guessing right up until the end, with twists and red herrings galore!
Emilia Ward is a wife, a mother, and an author of...
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The Woman Who Lied by Claire Douglas
I give this book 4.25 stars
I was immediately drawn to the premise of this one,anything that hints at a story within a story is one I’m going to read,and l loved the Miranda...
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