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The Art of a Lie

Laura Shepherd-Robinson · Mystery & Thriller

37 Pulse Score

Based on recommendations from independent creators

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psychological thriller
🌶️🌶️Mild — romantic tension, kissing, nothing explicit

#294 All Time

About this book

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Astonishing. A rare and wonderful story' - Chris Whitaker, author of All the Colours of the Dark 'Fiendishly clever and completely gripping' - Jennie Godfrey, bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'Laura Shepherd-Robinson takes delight in pulling the rug out from under her readers' feet . . . in this cleverly structured and consistently enjoyable novel' - The Times London, 1749. Hannah Cole's world shatters with her husband's brutal murder. Her confectionery shop, the Punchbowl and Pineapple, teeters on the brink of ruin. Just as she uncovers a hidden fortune - money her husband secretly possessed - a new nightmare begins. Magistrate Henry Fielding, the renowned author, suspects illicit gains. To save her inheritance, her shop and her very reputation, Hannah must delve into her late husband's secret life. But, as she unearths a labyrinth of lies and deceit, she finds herself entangled in a battle of wits far more dangerous than she cou

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