The Lying Club
A Novel
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
Big Little Lies meets Desperate Housewives in the explosive new novel from Annie Ward, about three women in a hyper-elite private school community whose lives are turned upside down by the dark secrets that roil beneath the surface, culminating in a shocking crime and electrifying twists readers won’t see coming
Three women. Two bodies. One big lie . . .
At an elite private school nestled in the Colorado mountains, a tangled web of lies draws together three vastly different women. Natalie, a young office assistant, dreams of having a life like those of the school moms she deals with every day. Women like Brooke, a gorgeous heiress, ferociously loving mother and serial cheater; and Asha, an overachieving and overprotective mom who suspects her husband of having an affair.
Their fates are bound by their relationships with Nicholas, the handsome, charming assistant athletic director, who Natalie loves, Brooke wants and Asha needs. But when two bodies are carried out of the school early one morning, it seems the jealousy between mothers and daughters, rival lovers and the haves and have-nots has shattered the surface of this isolated, affluent town—a town where people will stop at nothing to get what they want.
Set in a world of vast ranches, chalet-style apartments and mountain mansions, The Lying Club is a juicy thriller about revenge, murder and a shocking conspiracy—one in which the victims aren’t who you might think.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Pill-popping Natalie Bellman, the protagonist of this disappointing psychological thriller from Ward (Beautiful Bad), wakes up early one morning in her car in the parking lot of the Falcon Academy, an elite private school in the Colorado mountains where she works as an administrative assistant. Vaguely thinking she's done something regrettable, she wanders over to the gym. Through a window, she spots a body in a pool of blood and wonders, "What the hell did I do?" Flash back six months. Natalie is over the moon when she hooks up with ladies' man Nick Maguire, the highly sought-after academy coach. Despite Nick's desire to keep their relationship a secret, she believes he's serious about her, especially after he breaks up with his girlfriend. But when she presses Nick about going public with their relationship, he breaks up with her. Natalie then self-medicates and stalks Nick. Meanwhile, she also cultivates relationships with two mothers who have hired Nick to give their daughters private soccer lessons. The three soon learn Nick isn't who he seems. Stock characters match the predictable plot. Readers can safely skip this one.
