מאת Julie Clark
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
"A mindbender." —Jessica Knoll
"Riveting...a winner." —Laura Dave
"A knockout." —Mary Kubica
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight comes a twisted con-woman thriller about two women out for revenge—or is it justice?
Two women. Many aliases.
Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be—a college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. Nothing about her is real. She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you need to hear, and by the time she's done, you've likely lost everything.
Kat Roberts has been waiting ten years for the woman who upended her life to return. And now that she has, Kat is determined to be the one to expose her. But as the two women grow closer, Kat's long-held assumptions begin to crumble, leaving Kat to wonder who Meg's true target is.
The Lies I Tell is a twisted domestic thriller that dives deep into the psyches and motivations of two women and their unwavering quest to seek justice for the past and rewrite the future.
Praise for The Last Flight by Julie Clark:
"Thoroughly absorbing...the characters get under your skin." —The New York Times
"Highly thrilling." —Entertainment Weekly
"You won't be able to put it down." —People.com
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!
"A mindbender." —Jessica Knoll
"Riveting...a winner." —Laura Dave
"A knockout." —Mary Kubica
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight comes a twisted con-woman thriller about two women out for revenge—or is it justice?
Two women. Many aliases.
Meg Williams. Maggie Littleton. Melody Wilde. Different names for the same person, depending on the town, depending on the job. She's a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be—a college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. Nothing about her is real. She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you need to hear, and by the time she's done, you've likely lost everything.
Kat Roberts has been waiting ten years for the woman who upended her life to return. And now that she has, Kat is determined to be the one to expose her. But as the two women grow closer, Kat's long-held assumptions begin to crumble, leaving Kat to wonder who Meg's true target is.
The Lies I Tell is a twisted domestic thriller that dives deep into the psyches and motivations of two women and their unwavering quest to seek justice for the past and rewrite the future.
Praise for The Last Flight by Julie Clark:
"Thoroughly absorbing...the characters get under your skin." —The New York Times
"Highly thrilling." —Entertainment Weekly
"You won't be able to put it down." —People.com
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April 4, 2022
This intriguing thriller from bestseller Clark (The Last Flight) focuses on two 30-something women who are bent on revenge. Posing as a real estate agent, Meg Williams is a con artist who returns to Los Angeles to get even with Ron Ashton, a local politician who swindled her mother from their home when Meg was a teenager, forcing the two of them to live in a van. Unbeknownst to Meg, journalist/copyeditor Kat Roberts has been tracking Meg and is ready to take her down for a brief encounter that ruined Kat’s life 10 years earlier. Vowing to expose Meg for her crimes, Kat pretends she’s interested in buying a house and hires Meg as her agent. Each is aware that the other woman is lying, but they manage to develop a close friendship. Using flashbacks and alternating points of view, Clark skillfully fleshes out the strong, multifaceted characters. The story nicely mixes brisk plot points with slow burning reveals as it builds to a satisfying conclusion. Clark doesn’t disappoint. Agent: Mollie Glick, CAA. -
May 6, 2022
Beautiful, smart con artist Meg Williams has burned through many identities since high school, when her mother's boyfriend stole all their money and left them living in a car. Meg has just created a new identity as a star Realtor in Los Angeles with one plan in mind--to ruin a man currently running for office. What she doesn't realize is that she has been pursued for the past 10 years by Kat Roberts, a tenacious, struggling journalist whose life Meg ruined all those years ago. Kat lost a huge story due to Meg's tip and finally has her chance to bring Meg down and make her pay. Soon Kat is mysteriously working for Meg and vicious game of cat-and-mouse ensues. Readers will wonder which of these two women is telling the truth, and which one has other deadly secrets to hide. VERDICT This follow-up to Clark's previous thriller, The Last Flight, will twist readers through an intricate, domestic thriller as the two women's lies unravel. Perfect for fans of Kimberley Belle, Alice Feeney, and Michael Robotham.--Bill Anderson
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July 15, 2022
Dark, intense, and unsettling, Clark's latest psychological thriller focuses on how all-consuming revenge can be and whether it is justified, even for the "right" reasons. Meg Williams had a difficult childhood--she never knew her dad; then her mother, Rosie, fell in love with property-developer Ron Ashton, who tricked Rosie into signing over everything she owned, leaving her and Meg homeless and penniless. Rosie died shortly afterwards, and Meg was left in abject poverty, sleeping in her car and wearing thrift-store clothes to school. After graduation, Meg took dead-end jobs and couldn't break the poverty cycle until she came up with a devious but brilliant plan to finally get revenge on Ashton. Years later, budding journalist Kat Reynolds sees Meg at a party and is sure she knows her. Once she figures out that she and Meg were at the same high school, she's confounded. How did that poor girl become a hugely successful real estate agent in L.A.? As Kat investigates, she finds a twisted story of a woman whose quest for revenge has turned into something almost admirable and whose devious plan has blurred the line between revenge and justice. A gripping, disturbing thriller with a totally unexpected ending and a thought-provoking premise guaranteed to capture readers' attention.COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
