Synopsis
One room. Two Liars. No way out...
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 and the girl he pans to hurt is her daughter...
The addictive new thriller with an ending you'll never guess.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- ISBN: 9780241296561
- Number of pages: 352
- Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
- Weight: 245g
- Languages: English
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Taut, Tense & Mysterious!
A very puzzling read .. but one I'm glad I stuck with.
Susanna Fenton is a counsellor and shares office space with a dentist. Apart from her co-worker, sh... READ MORE
Worth a read
Good, not what you expect, gripping and challenging. Thought provoking, easy to read and different. All things I like in a book. When I thought maybe the b... READ MORE
Psychological thriller
This is a deep, dark, psychological thriller based on two main characters. Susanna and Adam have a battle of wills as they try to outsmart each other trap... READ MORE
Page turner
I almost gave up at the beginning of this book as I seem to have read a few thrillers recently which start in such a similar way it almost feels formulaic... READ MORE
A one-sitting read!
Set in one room (pretty much!), this tells the story of a counsellor, Susannah, and a patient, Adam. What begins as an innocent counselling session, ends u... READ MORE
Evil
This is a deep, dark, psychological thriller based on two main characters. Susanna and Adam have a battle of wills as they try to outsmart each other trap... READ MORE
A slow burn.
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... READ MORE
Brilliant !!!
This is the second book I have read by Simon Lelic having read and loved The House .The Liars Room doesn't disappoint ,it is a very gripping and compellin... READ MORE
Tense
Susanna Fenton, a counsellor, welcomes a new client Adam but he’s hiding something. It turns out she is too, having re-invented herself after a tragedy in... READ MORE
A Heartfelt & Disturbing Book
When a mass school shooting rocks Edinburgh to its core the women at its centre struggle to come to terms with the involvement of their loved ones. Will th... READ MORE
Compelling
I am a huge fan of Simon Lelic and his latest novel does not disappoint. He is back on the familiar territory of troubled teenagers. It is a compelling and... READ MORE
Top read of 2018
The Liar’s Room is one of my top reads of 2018. I couldn’t stop, I kept guessing, and I was just chilled at some of the things I read. Simon Lelic wr... READ MORE
Intense thriller focusing on family secrets.
My lasting impression from this intense thriller is the tragic waste of life and potential. Even though most of the present-day action takes place in the t... READ MORE
HAS TO BE READ IN ONE SITTING!
Having read The House by Simon Lelic I was really excited to receive a copy of The Liar's Room and I was not disappointed. The different characters were we... READ MORE
A Simply Outstanding Psychological Thriller With A Unique Concept That Is Well Executed!
"The Liar's Room" is the follow-up to Simon Lelic's fantastic debut entitled "The House". Again, Lelic has taken a unique concept and setting and created a... READ MORE
Wrung Out
From the title you automatically know that everything you read is to be taken with a pinch of salt, after all everything has the potential to be a lie betw... READ MORE
An emotional an intelligent psychological thriller
Due to a past tragedy Susanna has moved away from home and successfully rebuilt her life with a new identity. She has a fourteen-year-old daughter, Emily, ... READ MORE
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'The Liar's Room' is the follow up to Simon Lelic's stonkingly good debut 'The House'.
If you haven't read it,a)why not and b)you might be taken aback by h... READ MORE
Taut, Tense & Mysterious!
A very puzzling read .. but one I'm glad I stuck with.
Susanna Fenton is a counsellor and shares office space with a dentist. Apart from her co-worker, sh... READ MORE
A rollercoaster of a read
What a superb, chiller-thriller. The story centres around Susannah a counsellor meeting a new client Adam. Adam confesses he is having dark thoughts about ... READ MORE