title: The Good Liar: A Novel
author:  Nicholas Searle 
description: &#8220;A gut-clenching cat-and-mouse game&#8230;. This debut novel is a wellcrafted, complex tale that will appeal to fans of psychological thrillers.&#8221; (<em>Booklist</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;If you like Patricia Highsmith&#8217;s Mr. Ripley books&#8230;this is an excellent debut indeed.&#8221; (<em>BookPage.com</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;An incredibly dark, taut thriller&#8230;. Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John Le Carr&#233;.&#8221; (<em>Daily Express</em> (London))<br /><br />&#8220;Engrossing. . . . An elegantly structured long con. The pace is almost maddeningly deliberate, with details about the characters and their schemes doled out like a controlled substance, but patient readers will be rewarded with devastating third-act twists and a satisfying denouement.&#8221; (<em>Publishers Weekly</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;[A] fantastically assured debut&#8230;. <em> The Good Liar</em> makes you want to experience Nicholas Searle&#8217;s next trick.&#8221; (<em>The Guardian</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;I was engrossed&#8230;. As deceiver and deceived move towards each other with hypnotic predestination, the plot unfolds to a payoff as inevitable as it is shocking. A superb thriller and a truly engrossing read.&#8221; (Ruth Ware, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of <em>In a Dark, Dark Wood</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;<em>The Good Liar</em> is a taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr Ripley for our time.&#8221; (Jonathan Freedland, author of <em>The 3rd Woman</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;What a clever and menacing novel <em>The Good Liar</em> is. I was gripped and horrified in equal measure and the ending knocked me sideways! I can&#8217;t wait for everyone to read the book so I can talk about it.&#8221; (Nina Stibbe, author of <em>Love, Nina</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;As the tension mounts, the reader is kept guessing&#8230;.The final denouement is a real cracker&#8230; Added to the fiendishly clever plot, Searle&#8217;s writing is both drily amusing and elegantly crafted.&#8221; (<em>Daily Mail</em>)<br /><br />&#8220;One of 2016&#8217;s most intriguing debut novels.&#8221; (<em>The Independent</em> (London))
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  # The Last Good Liar
  
  
  ### A Fake-Relationship Romantic Comedy
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Sylvie Stewart
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Copyright
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  In accordance with the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, the scanning, uploading,
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  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are
  products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance
  to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  
  _The Last Good Liar_ Copyright © 2021 by Sylvie Stewart
  
  
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