There Will Be Lies

Shelby Jane Cooper leads an interesting, but not exactly extraordinary life. A quiet, pretty girl, she would be your average 17 year old, if it weren’t for her overprotec- tive mother, Shaylene, who hardly lets her out of the house. Because she’s not even permitted to go to school for fear of what might happen to her out in the big wide world, Shelby’s existence is an isolated and unexciting one. That is until she’s knocked down by a car...

Shelby’s life is thrown into chaos by a simple broken leg, she suddenly finds herself whisked away by her mother and dragged into the night on a mysterious and peculiar road trip. Stranger than her mother’s odd behaviour, a coyote appears to Shelby in her dreams and tells her that she will be given two lies and then the truth, and her life as she has known it begins to rapidly unravel and come apart at the seams. With every mile comes a stranger uncertainty, and Shelby starts to doubt not only her mother, but also her- self. Is there any element of her life that is truly trustworthy?

Nick Lake, author of There Will Be Lies is known for superb and masterful storytelling laced with the most cunning of trickery – this book does not disappoint. Nick Lake’s previous novel, In Darkness,won the prestigious Printz Award and was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.

There Will Be Lies is a gripping read.

Intrigued? Well, I will tell you now, you should be. This is a twisting, wrenching thriller full of endless surprises that will send readers into a state of complete shock. A tale of love, fear, and survival – be prepared for a heart in the mouth reading experience full of twists and turns, where dishonesty is the least of your problems. What is to be done when not even your heroine is completely reli- able? A compelling read for all fans of the thriller genre, it will leave you on the edge of your seat.

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