The Woman Who Lied

Author Claire Douglas
Narrator Gemma Whelan, Ayesha Antoine
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Publish Date 6 July 2023
Run Time 8 hours and 49 minutes
Format Audio
Genre Crime and mystery fiction, Thriller / suspense fiction.

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THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE COUPLE AT NO 9

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?

PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS:

'Clever. Gripping. Terrifically compelling. Kept me glued to the page' SARAH PEARSE

'Eerie, spine-tingling. Douglas is a master storyteller. The perfect immersive read' JANICE HALLETT

'Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet' GILLIAN MCALLISTER

© Claire Douglas 2023 (P) Penguin Audio 2023

Critics Review

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

A brilliantly compelling page-turner

Crime Monthly

PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS

I loved this twisty novel

RICHARD OSMAN

Claire crafts a gripping mystery that not only kept me glued to the page but gave me goosebumps! Clever and terrifically compelling

SARAH PEARSE

Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet

GILLIAN MCALLISTER

Moody, menacing and gothic…a chillingly atmospheric thriller

JP DELANEY

An unputdownable thriller. Spine-tingling mystery . . . I could not put this down!

GRAZIA BOOK CLUB

A cleverly plotted dark and twisty thriller which will keep you guessing until the end

ALICE FEENEY

A fabulously eerie, spine-tingling treat. Douglas is a master storyteller and I felt in the safest of hands. This haunting thriller is the perfect immersive read. I loved it!

JANICE HALLETT

Spine chilling

THE SUNDAY TIMES

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