The Better Liar

<b>Tanen Jones</b> grew up in Texas and North Carolina. She has a degree in American history and spent several years editing law and criminal justice textbooks. She now lives in New York with her partner where she writes from her apartment window. THE BETTER LIAR is her first novel. <p><b>________________________</b><br><br><b>'The final twist turns out to be a full-on gut punch' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b><i>Two sisters. One fortune to claim. But who is...the better liar? <br><br></i></b>Estranged for a decade sisters Leslie and Robin must reunite if they are to claim the fortune their father left them. But when Leslie arrives at her sister's apartment in Las Vegas she finds her body instead. And without Robin she won't see a penny.<br><br> Mary spends her nights waitressing at a seedy restaurant. She'd do anything to start her life over again. When Leslie offers her a huge sum of money if she pretends to be Robin she takes it. <br><br> But Robin's life isn't as straightforward as Mary thought it would be. And Leslie seems to have dark secrets of her own...<br><b>________________________</b><br><b><br><u>PRAISE FOR <i>THE BETTER LIAR:</i></u></b><br>'Gripping suspenseful' <i>Daily Mail</i><br><b>'A compulsively page-turning story' Claire Fuller author of <i>Bitter Orange</i></b><br>'A brilliantly claustrophobic thriller with a gasp-inducing sting in the tail' Christobel Kent author of <i>The Loving Husband</i></p> I couldn’t help becoming so drawn in . . . Tanen Jones has written a <b>compulsively page</b>-<b>turning story</b>. She cleverly drip-feeds nuggets of information each more surprising than the last until the final shocking revelation Jones’ sensational debut has the bones of a thriller but reads like literary fiction: lean shrewd and gratifyingly real. Gripping suspenseful […] The chracters are deep and complex and unpredictable – exactly the kind of characters a thriller should deliver […] the story makes a bold and thought provoking statement on women sisterhood and motherhood. THE BETTER LIAR is <b>a</b> <b>knockout</b> <b>a stunner of a debut </b>that left me in awe of this new writer’s talent. Smart fresh twisty and compelling with utterly believable characters gorgeous prose and a storyline that kept me guessing until the final pages. You know a book is good when you wish you'd written it! An incredibly unique thriller with beautiful relationships and cracking twists. <p><b>________________________</b><br><br><b>'The final twist turns out to be a full-on gut punch' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b><i>Two sisters. One fortune to claim. But who is...the better liar? <br><br></i></b>Estranged for a decade sisters Leslie and Robin must reunite if they are to claim the fortune their father left them. But when Leslie arrives at her sister's apartment in Las Vegas she finds her body instead. And without Robin she won't see a penny.<br><br> Mary spends her nights waitressing at a seedy restaurant. She'd do anything to start her life over again. When Leslie offers her a huge sum of money if she pretends to be Robin she takes it. <br><br> But Robin's life isn't as straightforward as Mary thought it would be. And Leslie seems to have dark secrets of her own...<br><b>________________________</b><br><b><br><u>PRAISE FOR <i>THE BETTER LIAR:</i></u></b><br>'Gripping suspenseful' <i>Daily Mail</i><br><b>'A compulsively page-turning story' Claire Fuller author of <i>Bitter Orange</i></b><br>'A brilliantly claustrophobic thriller with a gasp-inducing sting in the tail' Christobel Kent author of <i>The Loving Husband</i></p>