Her Many Faces
A gripping and timely international bestseller
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3.0 • 2 Ratings
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Publisher Description
*A LISA JEWELL PICK IN Woman & Home*
‘Brilliantly structured’ LISA JEWELL
'So original, thrilling and utterly addictive' ALICE FEENEY
'Beautifully written, experimental, and fast-paced. I’m addicted' GILLIAN McALLISTER
'Unique, punchy and super-smart' ABIGAIL DEAN
ONE TRIAL. FIVE TRUTHS. BUT ARE THEY READY FOR HERS?
When Katie is charged with murdering four men at the exclusive private club where she’s a waitress, her personal life and upbringing are thrust into the spotlight.
During the trial, the people closest to Katie start to question how well they really know her.
Her father remembers the sweet schoolgirl.
Her childhood friend misses her kindness and protection.
Her lover regrets ever falling for her.
Her lawyer believes she is hiding something.
A journalist is convinced she is a cold-blooded killer.
To each of them she's someone different. But is she guilty?
READERS LOVE HER MANY FACES:
‘Utterly compelling and had me hooked from the first to the last page!’
‘Such clever, edgy writing’
‘Simply brilliant. Five massive stars for this one’
‘An original, completely immersive reading experience’
‘Nicci Cloke delivers a masterclass in unreliable narration’
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The story of a young woman on trial for multiple murders is told from the perspective of five men who knew her in this twisty suspense novel by Cloke (Close Your Eyes). After four wealthy patrons of an exclusive London club, including a politician and an oil baron, die from apparent poisonings, 22-year-old club waitress Katherine Cole is arrested for their murders. Katherine's seasoned lawyer, Tarun Rao, laments the abundance of incriminating evidence, including his client's time on conspiracy theory message boards and her frequent Google searches of the dead men. Katherine's father, John, wants to believe in her innocence, but her former lover, Conrad Milton, characterizes her as a stalker who ruined his relationship with his fiancée, and her friend, Gabriel, describes how her obsession with conspiracies, including the idea that the 9/11 attacks were faked, came to define her life in recent months. Meanwhile, journalist Max Todd digs into Katherine's background and tries to contact people from her childhood, unearthing details about her past that might recast her role in the murders. Cloke's narrative conceit pays off, with the Rashomon structure allowing readers to piece together their own portraits of Katherine from the fragments provided. This grips from the first page and doesn't let go.
