This is Why We Lied

One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer?

Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a secluded mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living.

Except that everyone here is lying. Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves.

Then one night, Mercy McAlpine – until now the good daughter – threatens to expose everybody's secrets. Just hours later, Mercy is dead.

In an area this remote, it’s easy to get away with murder. But Will Trent and Sara Linton – investigator and medical examiner for the GBI – are here on their honeymoon.

And now, with the killer poised to strike again, the holiday of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock…

The incredible new thriller – an instant Sunday Times bestseller!

‘Everything a thriller should be: dark, multilayered, suspenseful’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Kept me guessing to the end’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘So twisted my head was spinning’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘One of those books you really don't want to put down!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The final reveal delivers an absolute jaw drop moment that punched me straight in the chest’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Definitely keeps you on your toes’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Jaw dropping thriller you don't want to end’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The plot twisted & turned and reached a very unexpected conclusion’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I loved every minute of this’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘I stayed up half the night to finish this one’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘The entire book is just sheer perfection!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Karin Slaughter's book After That Night was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2023-06-19

Reviews

'Adroit scene-setting, vivid characterisation and (crucially) impeccable plotting' Financial Times

'A dark, mysterious and compelling read' Sun

'A clever rural variant on the traditional locked-room mystery' Sunday Times

'An engrossing masterclass in crime writing' Irish Independent

‘Another gripping five-star read from the Queen of Crime’ Woman's Weekly

‘Shocking lies are exposed in this pacy thriller’ Woman's Own

'Spellbinding' MyWeekly

Praise for Karin Slaughter

‘Compulsive reading’ Clare Mackintosh

‘Never less than nail-biting’ The Times

‘Twisty, touching and intense. I find it totally absorbing’ Adele Parks

‘A dark, sophisticated gem of a read’ Janice Hallett

‘Heart-stopping one moment, heart-breaking the next’ Cara Hunter

‘Her heroines are believable, flawed and courageous’ Oyinkan Braithwaite

‘Passion, intensity, and humanity’ Lee Child

‘Absorbing’ Sunday Times

‘I’d follow her anywhere’ Gillian Flynn

‘An effortlessly accomplished thriller’ The Times

‘One of the boldest thriller writers working today’ Tess Gerritsen

‘Her characters, plot, and pacing are unrivalled’ Michael Connelly

‘A writer of extraordinary talents’ Kathy Reichs

‘Fiction doesn't get any better than this’ Jeffery Deaver

‘A great writer at the peak of her powers’ Peter James

‘It’s big, dark, rich, satisfying, and bloody – like a perfectly cooked steak’ Stuart MacBride

‘Slaughter has always been adroit at supplying a steady accretion of menacing detail in her Will Trent/Sara Linton series’ Financial Times (Best summer crime books of 2023)

‘The queen of the explosive thriller’ Good Housekeeping