The Woman Who Lied: From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Couple at No 9

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The gripping new novel from the author of the Sunday Times number 1 bestseller The Girls Who Disappeared Emilia Ward is just an ordinary mum living happily in suburban London with her husband and two children. She's also a bestselling crime author. But when Emilia starts her tenth novel, life takes a disturbing turn- an incident straight out of one of her novels occurs in real life. Just a coincidence, she thinks. Until it happens again. Then someone she knows dies in the same way as a victim in the book she's currently writing . . . Who is doing this How do they know what she is writing And what if Emilia and her family are next

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Claire Douglas's best yet. I loved the literary setting, the simmering tension and the book-within-a-book. It's gripping, atmospheric, and so original -- GILLIAN MCALLISTER
An intriguing, twisty mystery combined with first-rate suspense - hard to put down -- SHARI LAPENA
Thrilling, twisty and impossible to put down, The Woman Who Lied is Claire Douglas at her very best -- TIM WEAVER
A whirlwind of a thriller with twists that made me gasp -- C L TAYLOR
THE WOMAN WHO LIED is a gripping read, so cleverly plotted and brimming with tension. The book-within-a-book intrigued me and works beautifully to ratchet up the tension and deepen the mystery. I loved it -- GILLY MACMILLAN
Absolutely loved it...Ingenious and compelling with so many twists -- MARK EDWARDS
This novel is an absolute dream for crime fiction fans. So many ingenious twists, so many gasp moments, so many page-turning scenes that are impossible to stop thinking about. I absolutely loved it. -- B P WALTER
A tightly plotted, dazzling thriller, filled with Claire Douglas's trademark suspense. This is an up-all-night read - sure to be another blockbuster! -- LUCY CLARKE
PRAISE FOR CLAIRE DOUGLAS * -- *
I loved this twisty novel -- RICHARD OSMAN
Claire crafts a gripping mystery that not only kept me glued to the page but gave me goosebumps! Clever and terrifically compelling -- SARAH PEARSE
Douglas is the queen of the unexpected twist, and this is her best wrongfooting yet -- GILLIAN MCALLISTER
Moody, menacing and gothic...a chillingly atmospheric thriller -- JP DELANEY
An unputdownable thriller. Spine-tingling mystery . . . I could not put this down! -- GRAZIA BOOK CLUB
A cleverly plotted dark and twisty thriller which will keep you guessing until the end -- ALICE FEENEY
A fabulously eerie, spine-tingling treat. Douglas is a master storyteller and I felt in the safest of hands. This haunting thriller is the perfect immersive read. I loved it! -- JANICE HALLETT
Spine chilling * THE SUNDAY TIMES *

Author Bio

Claire Douglas has worked as a journalist for fifteen years, writing features for women's magazines and national newspapers, but she's dreamed of being a novelist since the age of seven. She finally got her wish after winning the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award, with her first novel, The Sisters, which was followed by Local Girl Missing, Last Seen Alive, Do Not Disturb, Then She Vanishes and Just Like the Other Girls and the Kindle number 1 bestseller The Couple at No 9. Her latest novel. The Girls Who Disappeared, was a Sunday Times number one bestseller and she has sold over 1 million copies of her books.
She lives in Bath with her husband and two children.