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Biographical note
Clare Mackintosh is a police officer turned crime writer, and the multi-award-winning author of seven Sunday Times bestselling novels. Translated into forty languages, her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide and have spent a combined total of sixty-eight weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. Clare lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children. Clare Mackintosh is a police officer turned crime writer, and the multi-award-winning author of seven Sunday Times bestselling novels. Translated into forty languages, her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide and have spent a combined total of sixty-eight weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. Clare lives in North Wales with her husband and their three children.<b>One of our favourite thriller writers . . . A rollercoaster ride with a shocker of a final sentence</b>
Good Housekeeping
[An] expertly constructed thriller . . . Instant gratification<b> grip-lit of the highest order </b>
METRO
<b>With twists aplenty, this is a belter of a novel</b>
Heat
As <b>heartbreakingly sad</b> as it is<b> breakneck thrilling, </b><i>Let Me Lie</i> is a triumph for Clare Mackintosh and a<b> must read for 2018</b>
LOUISE CANDLISH, author of The Swimming Pool
Another <b>one-more-chapter, stay-up-late sensation</b> from Clare Mackintosh. No doubt about it now - she's a major talent
LEE CHILD
<b><i>Let Me Lie</i> is absolutely BRILLIANT. I LOVED it. I think this is Clare Mackintosh's best yet. An engaging, engrossing read</b>
MARIAN KEYES
<b>Brilliant. Tense and surprising </b>but heartbreaking and sensitively written . . . I expect no less from Clare but she seems to get better with each novel
GILLIAN McALLISTER, author of Anything You Do Say
<b>Clare Mackintosh does it again. A brilliantly twisting tale of toxic families</b>
ERIN KELLY, Sunday Times bestselling author of He Said/She Said
<b>I devoured every page</b> of this addictive, complex, multi-viewpoint spider's web of plot and clever characterisation.<b> The big twist took me completely by surprise </b>- but even this was overshadowed by the shock of the last page. No cheating. <b>You're in for a treat</b>
JANE CORRY, author of My Husband's Wife and Blood Sisters
<b>Gripping,</b> inventive and unexpected.<b> Her best yet</b>
EMILY ELGAR, author of If You Knew Her
<b><i>Let Me Lie </i>is simply impossible to put down. </b>Complex and clever, this book will grab onto you and will not let go
EMMA KAVANAGH, author of Falling
It's like being in the hands of a master magician. You think you know what she is doing, and that seems thrilling enough, and then she pulls the rug from under you.<b> So very clever. Totally absorbing and original</b>
SABINE DURRANT, author of Sunday Times bestselling Lie With Me
<b>Another masterclass in misdirection </b>that <b>twists</b>, <b>twists </b>and - when you think you've figured it out - <b>twists again</b>
MARK EDWARDS, author of The Lucky Ones
<b>Tightly-plotted, tense and affecting, <i>Let Me Lie</i> will keep you guessing until the very last line. No one writes a twist like Clare Mackintosh</b>
PAULA HAWKINS, number one bestselling author of The Girl on the Train
Brilliantly clever . . . <i>Let Me Lie</i> is a <b>work of genius</b>
JOANNA CANNON, author of The Trouble with Goats and Sheep
A<b> beautifully written, haunting page turner </b>with a devilish twist or two
COLETTE McBETH, author of An Act of Silence
A compelling premise, perfectly paced and threaded with killer twists -<b> <i>Let Me Lie </i>is an utterly gripping psychological thriller</b>
LUCY CLARKE, author of Last Seen
<b>Shocking</b>, <b>dark</b> and <b>brilliant</b>, I loved it!
SAM HEPBURN, author of Her Perfect Life
Nothing is what it seems in this <b>extraordinarily twisty tale</b> of heartbreak and love by Clare "Page-turner" Mackintosh
MICHELLE FRANCES, author of The Girlfriend
I <b>absolutely loved</b><i> Let Me Lie</i>. The plot is engrossing and in Murray Mackenzie Clare Mackintosh has created one of those <b>perfect characters</b> who stay with you long after the final page is turned
SARAH FRANKIN, author of Shelter
Clare Mackintosh just keeps getting <b>better and better</b> - no mean feat after her first two cracking novels. She's so good at getting under the skin of ordinary lives to reveal hidden stories and dramas . . . I honestly <b>raced through the book</b>
JULIA CROUCH, author of Her Husband's Lover
Clare Mackintosh is <b>the master of surprise</b>
DAILY EXPRESS
With Clare Mackintosh's trademark clever twists, <b>this will keep you up all night</b>
FABULOUS
<b>A rollercoaster read</b>
PRIMA
Latest gripper from popular ex-copper turned bestseller, in which Anna starts to doubt the suicide verdicts on her parents' deaths. <b>The insight and delicacy with which Mackintosh draws her characters </b>- from new mother Anna to weary police officer Murray -<b> is compelling</b>
SUNDAY TIMES AND TIMES CRIME CLUB
<i>Let Me Lie</i> <b>grabs you from the first page and never lets go</b>. Taut, compelling and twisty
Linda Green, bestselling author of While My Eyes Were Closed
A <b>brilliant </b>roller-coaster of a read
Closer Magazine
<b>Threats and lies abound as the mystery draws you in</b>
Daily Express
A nightmare scenario and some <b>nuanced writing</b> make this <b>a cut </b><b>above your average </b><b>thrille</b>r; it's not just the premise of the story but the characters who will stick with you
Grazia
Don't miss Clare Mackintosh's electrifying new thriller - HOSTAGE is available to pre-order now.
'Tightly-plotted, tense and affecting, Let Me Lie will keep you guessing until the very last line. No one writes a twist like Clare Mackintosh' PAULA HAWKINS
'Brilliantly clever . . . Let Me Lie is a work of genius' JOANNA CANNON
'Let Me Lie is absolutely BRILLIANT. I LOVED it. I think this is Clare Mackintosh's best yet. An engaging, engrossing read' MARIAN KEYES
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The police say it was suicide.
Anna says it was murder.
They're both wrong.
One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever since.
Now with a young baby of her own, Anna misses her mother more than ever and starts to ask questions about her parents' deaths. But by digging up the past, is she putting her future in danger? Sometimes it's safer to let things lie . . .
The stunning, twisty new psychological thriller from number one bestseller Clare Mackintosh, author of I LET YOU GO and I SEE YOU.
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What everyone is saying about LET ME LIE:
'Another one-more-chapter, stay-up-late sensation from Clare Mackintosh. No doubt about it now - she's a major talent' LEE CHILD
'Clare Mackintosh does it again. A brilliantly twisting tale of toxic families' ERIN KELLY
'It's phenomenal, super-twisty and, incredibly, EVEN BETTER than I Let You Go and I See You' JILL MANSELL
'Brilliant. Tense and surprising but heartbreaking and sensitively written . . . I expect no less from Clare but she seems to get better with each novel' GILLIAN McALLISTER
'One word - wow! Compelling, twisty and wickedly good, I loved it!' ALICE FEENEY
'Fantastically twisty, utterly gripping and kept me guessing until the very end' LUCY DIAMOND
'Shocking, dark and brilliant, I loved it!' SAM HEPBURN
'So very clever. Totally absorbing and original' SABINE DURRANT
'Clare Mackintosh has nailed it again. Let Me Lie is an emotional ride with fantastic twists' FIONA BARTON
'Raced through Let Me Lie . . . Inventive, twisting and perfectly controlled' SARAH VAUGHAN
'Let Me Lie is a triumph for Clare Mackintosh and a must read for 2018' LOUISE CANDLISH