Such Charming Liars
The brand-new heist thriller from the bestselling author of TikTok sensation One of Us Is Lying
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3.6 • 8 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Karen M. McManus, the internationally bestselling YA thriller author of One of Us Is Lying, is back with a brand-new murder-mystery – you won’t be able to resist Such Charming Liars. Now in bright pink with a matching sprayed edge and an exclusive bonus short story inside!
When mother-daughter con artists set out on their final heist before cleaning up their act, it's not long before the job turns deadly and they have a lifeless body to contend with . . .
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 con artist 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 . . .
PRAISE FOR SUCH CHARMING LIARS
‘The queen of mystery is back’ – COSMOPOLITAN
‘Hairpin twists and exploding bombshells catapult the tale to an electrifying close’ – KIRKUS REVIEWS
‘An unputdownable, deliciously twisty mystery’ – PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
PRAISE FOR ONE OF US IS LYING
‘An exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat’ – GUARDIAN
‘Utterly irresistible’ – HEAT
‘Easily the YA thriller of the year’ – ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
Karen M. McManus, Sunday Times Bestseller, August 2023.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former stepsiblings reunite to solve a murder in this uneven thriller from McManus (One of Us Is Back). Kat Quinn, 16, and Liam Rooney, 17, haven't seen each other since their parents met, eloped, and divorced during a weekend in Las Vegas 12 years ago. Kat's mother then joined a jewelry theft ring, while Liam's father started fleecing lonely women. When Kat's mom announces her intentions to pull one last high-stakes job before going straight, Kat contrives to tag along. Mom hopes to use "half billionaire" Ross Sutherland's 80th birthday bash as a distraction to steal a ruby necklace, but upon arriving at the Sutherlands' compound in Bixby, Maine, Kat encounters Liam, who reveals that his father is there with his newest mark, Annalise—the necklace's owner and Ross's daughter. Complications avalanche, and after someone shoots a Sutherland, Kat and Liam find themselves on the run from an unidentified killer. Following a lengthy setup, the narrative slips into high gear, executing hairpin twists and exploding bombshells that catapult the tale to an electrifying close. Kat and Liam take turns narrating, and their candid first-person-present accounts confer tension and texture. All characters cue as white. Ages 14–up.
