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Such Charming Liars

Such Charming Liars

Summary

The internationally bestselling YA thriller author Karen M. McManus is back with a brand-new mystery thriller – you won’t be able to resist Such Charming Liars.


'The queen of mystery is back' – COSMOPOLITAN on Such Charming Liars


‘Hairpin twists and exploding bombshells catapult the tale to an electrifying close’ – KIRKUS REVIEWS on Such Charming Liars


‘An unputdownable, deliciously twisty mystery’PUBLISHERS WEEKLY on Such Charming Liars


When mother-daughter scam artists set out on their final heist, the job gets dangerously personal and deadly. . .


For all of Kat’s life, it’s been her and her mother, Jamie - except for 12 years ago, when Jamie was married for two days and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. But all that ended in a swift divorce.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job, at a billionaire's 80th birthday party. Neither Kat nor her mother know about two surprise guests: Liam and his father, a serial scammer with his own sights set on Ross Sutherland’s family.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when someone dies, the two teens realize they might be in the killer’s crosshairs. They can’t trust anyone except each other.


Or can they? If there’s one thing both of them know, it’s how to be such charming liars. . .


'An exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat'GUARDIAN on One of Us Is Lying


'Utterly irresistible' - HEAT on One of Us Is Lying


'Easily the YA thriller of the year' – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY on One of Us Is Lying


Karen M. McManus, Sunday Times Bestseller, August 2023.

Reviews

  • Ingenious
    Booklist, starred review

About the author

Karen M. McManus

Karen M. McManus is a #1 New York Times and international bestselling author of young adult thrillers. Her work includes the One of Us Is Lying series, which was turned into a television show on Peacock and Netflix, as well as the standalone novels Two Can Keep a Secret, The Cousins, You’ll Be the Death of Me, Nothing More to Tell and Such Charming Liars. Karen's critically acclaimed, award-winning books have been translated into forty-two languages and have sold more than seven million copies worldwide. To learn more, visit www.karenmcmanus.com or @writerkmc on Twitter and Instagram.
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