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Once Upon a Lie: From the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author of The Guilty One
Lisa Ballantyne
Crime & mystery
The new tense and emotional moral thriller from the Richard and Judy and international bestselling author of The Guilty One.
The truth can hurt
But a lie can hurt more...
The gripping and emotional new moral thriller from the Richard and Judy and international bestselling author of The Guilty One.
Marie and Lorraine have been friends since college and trust each other with their lives. So when Lorraine, a single mother, needs a much-needed night away without her children, she calls on Marie and her husband Sam to look after them. They're godparents - what could go wrong?
While Marie and Sam believe the children to be asleep, the unimaginable happens and Marie finds baby Theo lifeless in his room. The police are called. Statements are taken. But the biggest nightmare for any parent is about to spiral out of control. Because a lie has been told. An enormous and terrible one.
Out of Marie, Sam and Lorraine, one of them isn't telling the truth...
A tragic, gripping and thought-provoking moral thriller, exploring the themes of parenthood and friendship, and the murky grey areas between right and wrong.
Praise for Lisa Ballantyne:
'One of the most readable, emotionally intense novels of the year' Richard and Judy
'Thought-provoking, brave and challenging, this book is an unsettling and compulsive read' Rosamund Lupton
'Moving, insightful' Guardian
'Grips like
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Praise for Once Upon a Lie: From the Richard & Judy Book Club bestselling author of The Guilty One
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Praise for Lisa Ballantyne:
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Thought-provoking - Woman & Home
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This tense psychological thriller focuses relentlessly on the way its characters cope as stress piles up and the mess deepens - Sunday Times
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A page-turner with real emotional depth - Daily Express
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Grips like a vice - Daily Mail
Lisa Ballantyne
Lisa Ballantyne is the internationally bestselling author of four novels. Her debut, The Guilty One, was a Richard and Judy Book Club bestseller, Edgar-Award nominated and translated into nearly thirty languages. Her second novel, Good Bad Love (previously Redemption Road), was a USA Today bestseller. She lives in Glasgow, Scotland.
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