Such charming liars

M., McManus, Karen

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When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final heist, the job gets dangerously personal – and deadly. For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie – except for forty-eight hours twelve years ago when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in a swift divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job – at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s 80th birthday party. Kat has figured out a way to tag along to the dazzling Sutherland compound, but neither she nor her mother know about the other surprise guests that weekend: Liam and his father, a serial scammer who has his own sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter. Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves.

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Publish Date: 01/08/2024

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‘The queen of mystery is back with another chilling standalone’ – Cosmopolitan

‘An exciting single-sitting thrillerish treat’ – Guardian on One of Us Is Lying

‘I could not put this book down’ – The Sun on One of Us Is Lying

‘Easily the YA thriller of the year’ – Entertainment Weekly on One of Us Is Lying

‘Utterly irresistible’ – Heat on One of Us Is Lying

The brand-new mystery thriller from the author of the One of Us Is Lying series, Karen M. McManus.
For all of Kat’s life, it’s been her and her mother, Jamie – except for 12 years ago, when Jamie was married for two days and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. But all that ended in a swift divorce.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job, at a billionaire’s 80th birthday party. Neither Kat nor her mother know about two surprise guests: Liam and his father, a serial scammer with his own sights set on Ross Sutherland’s family.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when someone dies, the two teens realize they might be in the killer’s crosshairs. They can’t trust anyone except each other. Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both of them know, it’s how to lie…

Karen M. McManus, Sunday Times Bestseller, August 2023

Additional information

Weight 509 g
Dimensions 222 × 143 × 35 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Hardback

Pages

400

Language

English

Edition

Hardback original

Dewey

813.6 (edition:23)

Readership

Children – juvenile / Code: J