The Truth-Teller's Lie

By Sophie Hannah
(Penguin Books, Paperback, 9780143115854, 400pp.)

Publication Date: September 28, 2010

Categories: Mystery & Detective - General, Suspense, Literary

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“Desperate to find her lover, adulterous Naomi Jenkins decides to embellish a lie to speed up a missing persons investigation. She relates a horrific experience in which she was a victim, yet changes the identity of the perpetrator in hopes of finding Robert, her true love. How else will she save him? However, Naomi isn't aware of that in telling her long-ago secret, she is eerily close to figuring out the truth. This psychologically tense thriller will keep you on the edge with it's many dark turns and frightening twists.”
-- Kristin Bates, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, Petoskey, MI


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"A superbly creepy, twisty thriller” (The Times (London)) by the internationally best-selling author of The Other Woman’s House and The Wrong Mother

Naomi Jenkins knows all about secrets: three years ago something so terrible happened to her that she's never told anyone about it. Now, Naomi has another secret: her relationship with the unhappily married Robert Haworth. When Robert vanishes without explanation, Naomi knows he must have come to harm. But the police are less convinced, particularly when Robert's wife insists he is not missing. In desperation, Naomi decides that if she can't persuade the detectives that Robert is in danger, she'll convince them that he is a danger to others. Naomi knows how to describe the actions of a psychopath; all she needs to do is dig up her own traumatic past. The second book in Sophie Hannah’s beloved Zailer and Waterhouse series, The Truth-Teller’s Lie is a chillingly smart suspense novel sure to appeal to fans of Tess Gerritsen and Gillian Flynn.




About the Author

Sophie Hannah is the author of the international bestsellers Little Face, The Wrong Mother, and The Other Woman’s House. In 2004 she won the Daphne Du Maurier Prize for Suspense Fiction, and she is also an awarding-winning poet. She lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two children.

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