Beautiful Liars - Softcover

Ashdown, Isabel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1409174727 ISBN 13: 9781409174721

Publisher: Trapeze, 2018

Synopsis

Eighteen years ago Martha said goodbye to best friend Juliet on a moonlit London towpath.
The next morning Juliet's bike was found abandoned at the waterside.
She was never seen again.

Nearly two decades later Martha is a TV celebrity, preparing to host a new crime show... and the first case will be that of missing student Juliet Sherman. After all these years Martha must reach out to old friends and try to piece together the final moments of Juliet's life.

But what happens when your perfect friends turn out to be perfect strangers...?

About this title

About the Author

Isabel Ashdown was born in London and grew up on the south coast of England. She is the author of four novels and winner of the Mail on Sunday Novel Competition. After giving up a successful career in product marketing to study English at the University of Chichester, her debut GLASSHOPPER was published and named as one of the best books of the year by the Observer and the London Evening Standard. She has a first class degree in English and an MA in Creative Writing with distinction. In 2014 Isabel was Writer in Residence at the University of Brighton, where she has taught on their Creative Writing MA. Along with dachshund Leonard she is a volunteer for Pets as Therapy, as part of their Read2Dogs scheme. Isabel lives in West Sussex with her carpenter husband, two children and their dogs.

Review

A craftily plotted, intricate read. Highly recommended. * Mick Herron, author of LONDON RULES * Beautiful Liars is a real cracker of a book. I lost count of the twists and yet each worked perfectly. Ashdown is brilliant at hiding clues in plain sight, making for a gasp-out-loud, deeply satisfying read. Her books are getting better and better, which is no mean feat. * Elizabeth Haynes, author of THE MURDER OF HARRIET MONCKTON * A brilliant story of friendship and lies with a twist I never saw coming. * Claire Douglas * A tangled web of secrets and lies. * Louise Jensen * A great, twisty thriller, carefully plotted and beautifully written. * Niki Mackay * A scarily well-drawn narrative about the dark underside of friendship, the lies we tell ourselves, and the way memory distorts reality. Gripping, clever and beautifully written, Isabel Ashdown's star is about to soar. * Phoebe Morgan * A gripping exploration of friendship and twisted family secrets. Highly recommended. * Cass Green, number one bestseller * Beautiful Liars is a psychological thriller, but it's a lot more than that, too - it explores themes of friendship, of memory, of our pasts and of the lengths we'll go to in order to belong. This is a great character-driven mystery that's as enjoyable as it is satisfying. * Elle Croft * Beautiful Liars is twisty, gripping, and utterly unpredictable.' * Will Dean, author of DARK PINES *

Edition details

• Publisher: Trapeze
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1409174727
• ISBN 13: 9781409174721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304