The Liar's Room

By: Simon Lelic

Narrated by: Laura Aikman, Nancy Carroll

THE DARKLY ADDICTIVE THRILLER THAT READERS CAN'T STOP TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU LIKED WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN, YOU'LL LOVE THIS

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'Brilliantly chilling' Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home and In the Dark

'You'll try to outguess the plot but always be one step behind' C J Tudor

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One Room. Two Liars. No Way Out


FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HOUSE, COMES THE NEW SPINE-TINGLING THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN

Susanna Fenton has a secret. Fourteen years ago she left her identity behind, reinventing herself as a counsellor and starting a new life. It was the only way to keep her daughter safe.

But everything changes when Adam Geraghty walks into her office. She's never met this young man before - so why does she feel like she knows him?

Then Adam starts to tell her about a girl. A girl he wants to hurt.

And Susanna realises she was wrong.

She doesn't know him.

BUT HE KNOWS HER.

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What authors are saying


'Had me in a headlock from the start and wouldn't loosen its grip till the last page' John Marrs

'Deliciously dark and clever' Mark Edwards

'Taut, unsettling and brilliantly done' Tim Logan

'It will have you up all hours of the night!' Kathryn Croft

'Brilliant ... complex characters that draw you in and won't let you go' Amy Lloyd

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What readers are saying


***** 'I read it in one session . . . a fabulous read' Alison, Netgalley

***** 'Wow. Didn't want to put this down' Lucy, Netgalley

***** 'I LOVED this . . . extraordinarily addictive' Liz, Netgalley

***** 'Spine-chilling, creepy, riveting . . . The Liar's Room is a very, very good book' Nicki, Netgalley

Critic reviews

Praise for The Liar's Room

“Brilliantly tense…You’ll try to outguess the plot but always be one step behind as the secrets and lies gradually unfold in ever more dark and disturbing ways”--CJ Tudor, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalk Man

“A central theme of the book―How much is a parent responsible for a child’s behavior?―is presented in a thought-provoking way that will stay with readers long after the final twist. Hand this one to readers who enjoyed Lionel Shriver’s We Need to Talk about Kevin (2003).”― Booklist

“This thrilling suspense novel will have you on the edge of your seat…. Be prepared to read this straight through. It’s very difficult to put down.”― Suspense Magazine

Praise for Simon Lelic's The New Neighbors

"An intricate, powerful, and deeply unsettling thriller about the profound ways in which cruelty can change its survivors, and the creeping fear that nothing--not your home, not love, not even your own mind--is as rock-solid and impregnable as we all want to believe."--Tana French, New York Times bestselling author of The Trespasser

"This terrifying thriller sent shivers through me!"--Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife

"A masterpiece of duplicity, a psychological thriller of the highest order, in which the characters not only lie to each other and to everyone around them, they lie to themselves. With two highly unreliable narrators digging themselves deeper in every chapter, fans of he said/she said suspense will love this tense and gripping story. Highly recommended!"--Karen Dionne, author of The Marsh King's Daughter

“Enjoy the intense ride.”—Publishers Weekly

"A bundle of creepy chills...Read it."--The Observer

"Deeply creepy...This clever, twisting plot, told in convincing voices, will haunt you in the very best way."--Sunday Mirror

Excellent

Great twists and turns and insight into damaged people who really didn’t mean to do harm. Jake needed serious help and then they might not have been there. I enjoyed wondering what and how it would resolve.

4

Following the crowd, I'm going 4.
This held my attention pretty well, though I lost patience with some of the author's heavy handed attempts at building and keeping the suspense going.

REALLY GOOD!!!

Now this is the stuff! Way to go Simon Lilac (author) and super narrators!!! Worth 2 credits although only cost 1 😘

excellent

hats off to the author for keeping the suspense going as the story unfolds,I thought I had it figured out but I was wrong. well worth the credit.

Wanted to compare to G. Flynn’s, but........

The Liar’s Room is the story of a counselor, Susanna, who is seeing a new patient named Adam. From the moment she sees him, she can’t help think that “she knows him.” Something about him is triggering something from her past, but she isn’t sure what it is.... once the session gets started, it becomes one of the most difficult and wretched experiences of her life, bringing up a past she is trying to hide and wondering what Adam has exactly done with her daughter, Emily.

In all honesty, this book is nowhere near as good as Flynn’s three novels; halfway through, I thought it was close, but something really bothered me in the story. I developed a huge issue with the author’s views on feminism and how the media seems to make woman the bad guy. It’s not true and irritated me, so I can’t compare it to Flynn, because there were flaws here. Flynn’s books made sense from every angle and there were quite a few issues with this one.

The story, overall, was very entertaining and I had such a good time with this it. The narrators were great and I had zero issues with them. I’m not sure which voice actor voiced which character, but Susanna’s narrator will receive an A from me and Emily’s is an A- since she didn’t do as much of the story. The story itself will receive a B+. Really good, but it’s not the best.