The Better Liar
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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'The final twist turns out to be a full-on gut punch' Sunday Times
Two sisters. One fortune to claim. But who is...the better liar?
Estranged for a decade, sisters Leslie and Robin must reunite if they are to claim the fortune their father left them. But when Leslie arrives at her sister's apartment in Las Vegas, she finds her body instead. And without Robin, she won't see a penny.
Mary spends her nights waitressing at a seedy restaurant. She'd do anything to start her life over again. When Leslie offers her a huge sum of money if she pretends to be Robin, she takes it.
But Robin's life isn't as straightforward as Mary thought it would be. And Leslie seems to have dark secrets of her own...
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PRAISE FOR THE BETTER LIAR:
'Gripping, suspenseful' Daily Mail
'A compulsively page-turning story' Claire Fuller, author of Bitter Orange
'A brilliantly claustrophobic thriller with a gasp-inducing sting in the tail' Christobel Kent, author of The Loving Husband
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Jones debuts with a taut, twisty thriller. For the past two months, Leslie Voigt Flores, an accountant, wife, and mother in Albuquerque, N.Mex., has been desperately trying to track down her little sister, Robin Voigt the black sheep who left home 10 years earlier at 16 so that Leslie can collect $50,000 from their father's estate. Under the terms of the will, no funds can be dispersed without both siblings being present, a condition designed to force the two to reconcile. After hitting an apparent dead end in Nevada, Leslie runs into a vivacious young woman with an eerie resemblance to Robin, a server/actor wannabe who introduces herself as Mary. The pair return to New Mexico to play out a two-handed con, with Mary pretending to be Robin. The author sneakily builds suspense via a trio of narrators Leslie, Mary, and Robin none of them reliable. Though the novel falters at the finale when its big reveal comes across as less convincing than the characters' previous lies, readers won't feel cheated. Jones arrives with an undeniable splash.
