Such Charming Liars
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- Expected 1 Aug 2024
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- £7.99
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Publisher Description
The new mystery thriller from the author of One of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus! When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final heist, the job gets dangerously personal ... and deadly.
For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for forty-eight hours twelve years ago when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in a swift divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.
Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job - at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s 80th birthday party. Kat has figured out a way to tag along to the dazzling Sutherland compound, but neither she nor her mother know about the other surprise guests that weekend: Liam and his father, a serial scammer who has his own sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.
Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. They can’t trust anyone—except each other.
Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Former stepsiblings reunite to solve a murder in this uneven thriller from McManus (One of Us Is Back). Kat Quinn, 16, and Liam Rooney, 17, haven't seen each other since their parents met, eloped, and divorced during a weekend in Las Vegas 12 years ago. Kat's mother then joined a jewelry theft ring, while Liam's father started fleecing lonely women. When Kat's mom announces her intentions to pull one last high-stakes job before going straight, Kat contrives to tag along. Mom hopes to use "half billionaire" Ross Sutherland's 80th birthday bash as a distraction to steal a ruby necklace, but upon arriving at the Sutherlands' compound in Bixby, Maine, Kat encounters Liam, who reveals that his father is there with his newest mark, Annalise—the necklace's owner and Ross's daughter. Complications avalanche, and after someone shoots a Sutherland, Kat and Liam find themselves on the run from an unidentified killer. Following a lengthy setup, the narrative slips into high gear, executing hairpin twists and exploding bombshells that catapult the tale to an electrifying close. Kat and Liam take turns narrating, and their candid first-person-present accounts confer tension and texture. All characters cue as white. Ages 14–up.
