First Lie Wins
The addictive Sunday Times Thriller of the Month with a devious twist you won't see coming
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4.2 • 30 Ratings
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- $16.99
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Publisher Description
🔥 You meet a stranger at a party. She looks like you. Even has your name... 🔥
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The No. 1 New York Times bestseller, Sunday Times Thriller of the Month, and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick. Soon to be a major TV series.
'Riveting!' LUCY FOLEY
'This has everything you could want in a thriller' REESE WITHERSPOON
'Twisty and exhilarating' SUNDAY TIMES
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Everything she is about to tell them is a lie...
Evie Porter has everything a girl could want: a doting boyfriend and a house with a picket fence. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist.
First comes the identity. Once given a name and location, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark. Ryan Sumner.
The last piece of the puzzle is the job. But this job feels different. Ryan has gotten under her skin. And when a woman walks into town using the one thing Evie has been desperate to protect - Evie's real identity - she can't afford to make a mistake. As Evie's past begins to catch up with her, can she stay one step ahead to save her future?
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Real readers are GRIPPED by this pacey cat-and-mouse thriller:
'Boldly dynamic, terrifically suspenseful' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Heartpounding - Definitely one of the best books this year' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Twisty and engaging' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Suspense fans rejoice - this is phenomenal' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Not your ordinary mystery' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'An addictive, wild ride' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
'Perfect for a book club' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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.
