First Lie Wins
The No. 1 bestselling gripping thriller with THAT TWIST YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING
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4.2 • 34 Ratings
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Publisher Description
'One of the best thrillers I've read this year' ANDREA MARA
'I did NOT expect that ending' REESE WITHERSPOON
'Riveting' LUCY FOLEY
'I'm still breathless' LISA GARDNER
Discover your new obsession - the pulse-pounding No. 1 bestselling thriller.
Evie Porter is not looking for trouble. But trouble has found her...
At a party with her fiancé, Evie is approached by a woman. She's using Evie's name. And Evie knows it's a warning.
Because Evie Porter is not her real name. It's her job.
The man she's with is not her future husband. He's her target.
And this woman showing up now can only mean one thing. One mistake and she's dead.
To save herself and escape her employer for good, Evie must set the last perfect trap.
Which means using herself as bait...
Readers CAN'T GET ENOUGH of this million-copy-selling novel:
'Heartpounding. One of the best books of the year' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Gripped from page one' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Makes you gasp out loud' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Riveting' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Terrifically suspenseful' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Phenomenal' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
At the centre of First Lie Wins is its narrator, a woman who is not who she seems—and definitely not who she has claimed to be to her boyfriend and his friends. Does that mean the reader shouldn’t trust her either? Even while we wondered just that, we found ourselves rooting for her all the same. Quickly, the urgent, page-turning question becomes whether she will make it out of their small Louisiana town with her relationship, her freedom and her life intact. As the shady job that brought “Evie Porter” there becomes an existential threat, this fraught thriller offers up an impressive succession of twists and handbrake turns.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The anonymous narrator of Elston's ingeniously plotted adult debut (after the YA novel 10 Truths and a Dare) has long relied on charm and physical strength to complete a string of lucrative, increasingly dangerous missions from her mysterious boss. For her latest assignment, as in the past, she's been given a fresh identity ("Evie"), a destination, and the name of her mark, about whom she's supposed to learn everything and await further instructions. But the closer Evie gets to hunky Louisiana financial adviser Ryan Sumner—before long, she's his full-time girlfriend—the more unusual this job seems. Things get especially bizarre when one of Ryan's oldest friends shows up with a date who looks nearly identical to Evie and introduces herself by Evie's actual name. Might Evie's boss be setting her up? Is Ryan in on it? With the clock ticking, Evie and her MIT dropout/computer whiz sidekick, Devon, scramble to unravel what's really going on. Though a few plot elements, particularly those concerning Devon's hacking feats, strain credibility, Elston whips up plenty of suspense and delivers a satisfyingly serpentine finale. This promises more good things from Elston to come.
Customer Reviews
Excellent twists!
First book to read by this author and I loved it. Can’t wait to read more.
Yessssss
Incredible!!!
Had me hooked
Fabulous twists and turns throughout