The Perfect Liar: A Novel - Tapa dura

"A beautifully crafted thriller, The Perfect Liar keeps on twisting and turning until the very last page. Tense, dark and compelling - I couldn't put it down." - TM Logan, author of Lies "Keeps readers riveted. . .This novel creates a slow burn with not one but two shocking climaxes." - Library Journal "[A]n absorbing mystery about who is predator and who is prey." - Booklist "Beautifully written and sharply insightful, The Perfect Liar is a captivating, stay-up-late thriller about dark secrets, dangerous passions, and the perilous pursuit of a picture-perfect life." Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and Where They Found Her "Riveting...fans of domestic suspense will be well satisfied." - Publishers Weekly "A taut, well-written thriller...The pace is crisp, the surprises keep coming, and there are two big ones that readers are unlikely to see coming." - Associated Press "A page-turner of a domestic thriller that fans of the genre will absolutely want to devour." - Criminal Element "Thomas Christopher Greene...brings the requisite politics, popularity, and power plays (which are not mutually exclusive) to a riveting tale of people behaving badly to protect one another--and themselves--at any cost. Like works of art that inspire conversation and debate, you may not fully appreciate or understand them, but you won't be able to look away, either--which is a complex truth that buttresses The Perfect Liar." - The Strand Magazine "A surprising and sinister story, The Perfect Liar propels the reader on a journey that ends with two sentences that chill the blood and spark admiration for its talented wordsmith." - The Free Lance-Star

Susannah, a young widow and single mother, has remarried well: to Max, a charismatic artist and popular speaker whose career took her and her fifteen-year-old son out of New York City and to a quiet Vermont university town. Strong-willed and attractive, Susannah expects that her life is perfectly in place again. Then one quiet morning she finds a note on her door: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Max dismisses the note as a prank. But days after a neighbourhood couple comes to dinner, the husband mysteriously dies in a tragic accident while on a run with Max. Soon thereafter, a second note appears on their door: DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT? Both Susannah and Max are keeping secrets from the world and from each other - secrets that could destroy their family and everything they have built. The Perfect Liar is a thrilling novel told through the alternating perspectives of Susannah and Max with a shocking climax that no one will expect.