Last Time I Lied

The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Final Girls - perfect for fans of A. J. Finn's The Woman in the Window

Breathtaking - brightly written, scalpel-sharp, and altogether inspired. This swift, red-blooded thriller set my pulse thrumming.

A. J. Finn, Sunday Times bestseller of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

A haunted summer camp. A lake darker than midnight. This chilling tale will keep you awake long after you've turned the last page

Liv Constantine, bestselling author of THE LAST MRS PARISH

An edge-of-your-seat thriller full of twists and intrigue, THE LAST TIME I LIED had me riveted from the first page to the stunning conclusion. A fantastic read - eerie, sharp, and all-around captivating

Megan Miranda, bestselling author of THE PERFECT STRANGER

If you like unreliable narrators and being scared witless, then this is the book for you

A deliciously unnerving and unpredictable novel

A fast-paced atmospheric thriller with well-drawn characters and unexpected twists with a fabulous ending

Riley Sager is the pseudonym of a former journalist, editor and graphic designer who previously published mysteries under his real name. 
 
Now a full-time author, Riley's first thriller, Final Girls, was a national and international bestseller that has been sold in 25 languages. A film version is being developed by Universal Pictures and Anonymous Content. 
 
A native of Pennsylvania, he now lives in Princeton, New Jersey.

Have you ever played two truths and a lie? 
 
It was Emma's first summer away from home. She made friends. She played games. And she learned how to lie. 
 
Then three of her new friends went into the woods and never returned. . . 
 
Now, years later, Emma has been asked to go back to the newly re-opened Camp Nightingale. She thinks she’s laying old ghosts to rest but really she’s returning to the scene of a crime. 
 
The gripping new thriller from the bestselling author of Finale Girls - perfect for fans of A. J. Finn's The Woman in the Widow 
 
*Don't miss Riley Sager's new thriller, LOCK EVERY DOOR. Available to pre-order* 
 
Because Emma’s innocence might be the biggest lie of all. . .

Three Girls. Three Tragedies. One Unthinkable Secret

Final Girls

An addictive psychological thriller full of twists to keep you awake at night, perfect for fans of In a Dark Dark Wood and The Girl Before

Praise for FINAL GIRLS by Riley Sager - the twisty psychological thriller - for fans of Caz Frear, JP Delaney and Ruth Ware: 
 
The first great thriller of 2017 is almost here: FINAL GIRLS, by Riley Sager. If you liked GONE GIRL, you’ll like this

A tense thriller you won’t want to put down until you find out what's really going on

When you stop breathing for the first couple of pages of a book, you know you’re in for a treat ... Gripping, fast-paced and full of twists - the perfect holiday read.

The must-be-a-movie thriller ... one for slasher-fic fans

The FINAL GIRLS need you. You must sit down with this book, you must read. You must start flipping pages, faster, faster, faster. The FINAL GIRLS are tough, everything survivors should be. But the new threat is clever, ominous, even closer than you suspect. You are about to gasp. You might drop the book. You may have to look over your shoulder. But you must keep reading. This is the best book of 2017, the FINAL GIRLS need you.

New York Times and international bestselling thriller writer

An intriguing original idea. We’ve all shuddered at bloodbath stories – but how does the survivor cope? It made me think outside the psychological box. Fresh voice, great characterisation and unexpected surprises. This stayed in my mind because it was different

the Sunday Times bestselling author of My Husband's Wife

A great thriller that gave me goosebumps and kept me reading into the night. There were so many unexpected revelations that I had no idea where it was going. A must read

bestselling author of The Teacher and The Secret

Phenomenally drawn characters and an intriguing premise make this one of my favorite books I've read this year. An outstanding debut

Sunday Times bestselling author of Baby Doll

Stephen King dubbed this page-turner about three women with a seriously grim bond the “first great thriller of 2017.” So yeah, it’s good

Original, fast-paced, and terrifying. FINAL GIRLS takes an unflinching look at the price to be paid for surviving. You will not be able to put this book down!

Captivating and compelling, with a refreshingly brilliant premise, Riley Sager is one to watch

The tale builds to a fantastic conclusion that will have readers thinking of Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl and Paula Hawkins’s The Girl on the Train . . . This brilliant horror/psychological thriller will fly off the shelves

You know the cold dread that washes over you while you’re watching a slasher flick? That’s how you’ll feel reading this blood-spattered mystery

inventive, well-crafted ... A fresh voice in psychological suspense

FINAL GIRLS is a compulsive read, with characters who are at once unreliable and sympathetic. Just when you think you’ve figured out the plot, the story pivots in a startling new direction. … A taut and original mystery that will keep you up late trying to figure out a final twist that you won’t see coming

bestselling author of THE EDGE OF NORMAL and WHAT DOESN’T KILL HER

Part psychological thriller, part homage to slasher flicks and film noir, FINAL GIRLS has a little bit of everything: a suspicious death, a damaged heroine, an unwelcome guest who trades in secrets, and not a single character you can trust. Plenty of nail-biting fun!

Smart and provocative, with plenty of twists and turns, FINAL GIRLS will have the reader racing breathlessly toward its shocking conclusion

award-winning author of THE GUILTY ONE and THE MISSING PLACE

There are uncommon books and films that crack the ‘safe place,’ that have us forgetting it’s only a story. Nobody knows exactly how this is done, but when it’s done, we know it. Final Girls is operating on that plane; you will check your own arm for a wound a character suffers, you will look across the room when a character hears someone coming, and you will wonder if you yourself have the mettle to endure being a Final Girl.

Sager cleverly plays on horror movie themes from Scream to Single White Female, creating an homage without camp. Despite comparisons to Gone Girl, this debut’s strong character development and themes of rebirth and redemption align more closely with Flynn’s Dark Places

TO SURVIVE A KILLER, YOU NEED A KILLER'S INSTINCT 
 
An unbelievably gripping psychological thriller to keep you awake at night full of twists you'll NEVER see coming. Perfect for fans of C.L. Taylor's The Fear and Karin Slaughter's The Good Daughter 
 
'If you liked GONE GIRL, you'll like this' Stephen King 
 
Three girls. Three tragedies. One unthinkable secret. 
 
The media calls them the Final Girls – Quincy, Sam, Lisa – the infamous group that no one wants to be part of. The sole survivors of three separate killing sprees, they are linked by their shared trauma. 
 
But when Lisa dies in mysterious circumstances and Sam shows up unannounced on her doorstep, Quincy must admit that she doesn’t really know anything about the other Final Girls. Can she trust them? Or can there only ever be one? 
 
All Quincy knows is one thing: she is next. 
 
An addictive thriller to keep you turning the pages late at night. Fans of In a Dark Dark Wood by Ruth Ware, The Girl Before by JP Delaney and Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear will love Final Girls. 
 
**Riley Sager's new pulse-pounding thriller, Last Time I Lied, is now available to pre-order** 
 
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Why readers are loving thrilling psychological suspense novel FINAL GIRLS 
 
'I was drawn into this intense story from the very first page until the tremendously gripping end - unputdownable and addictive' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 
 
'This is an atmospheric thriller I couldn't stop reading. A brilliant and gripping read' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars 
 
'I devoured this one in two sittings. Could not put it down and the author dropped in some fantastic twists I never saw coming' Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars

Riley Sager

Move over Rosemary's Baby, urban paranoia has a deliciously Gothic new address.

The Bartholomew is an apartment building of terrifying secrets. You’ll find startling twists and alarming surprises down every dark hallway. It’s too late to lock the doors–the horror is already inside. My favorite thriller of the year!

Sager fans and new readers alike will enjoy this heart-pounding thriller that cleverly weaves economic anxiety with something a whole lot darker. Jules must face the demons in the woodwork and in the world around her if she is to have any hope of a future. Because, ultimately, locking every door won’t keep the terror away if the terror is locked in there with you.

The author, writing under a pen name, relates ominous events and spooky developments with skill, adding an element of social commentary and a surprise twist ending—elevating this exercise in terror above the ordinary shocker.”

All those sunny summer afternoons could use a little darkness. For a poolside thriller, check out Riley Sager’s Lock Every Door.

Sager’s third reinterpretation of iconic horror themes (following The Last Time I Lied, 2018) is an utterly riveting thriller that melds Rosemary’s Baby with Sager’s masterful storytelling.

Ready for another Riley Sager thriller? The Final Girls author’s latest, Lock Every Door, is a twisted, heart-pounding ride.

Riley Sager takes readers on a roller coaster ride where you will have just enough time to catch your breath before the next big twist hits you…This novel continues Sager’s streak of providing a fresh and original voice to the world of psychological thrillers.

They’ve offered you a luxury apartment, rent free. THE CATCH: you may not live long enough to enjoy it… 
 
No visitors. No nights spent away from the apartment. No disturbing the other residents. 
These are the only rules for Jules Larson's new job as apartment sitter for an elusive resident of the Bartholomew, one of Manhattan's most high-profile private buildings and home to the rich and famous. 
 
Recently heartbroken and practically homeless, Jules readily accepts the terms, ready to leave her past life behind. 
 
Out of place among the extremely wealthy, Jules finds herself pulled toward other apartment sitter Ingrid. But Ingrid confides that the Bartholomew is not what it seems and the dark history hidden beneath its gleaming facade is starting to frighten her. Jules brushes it off as a harmless ghost story - but the next day, her new friend has vanished. 
And then Jules discovers that Ingrid is not the first temporary resident to go missing… 
 
Welcome to the Bartholomew…You may never leave. 
 
From the New York Times bestselling author of FINAL GIRLS and LAST TIME I LIED: 'the author delivers the kind of unpredictable conclusion that all thriller readers crave - utterly shocking yet craftily foreshadowed...' New York Times Book Review

Riley Sager

Praise for Lock Every Door

Deliciously frightening

Move over Rosemary's Baby, urban paranoia has a deliciously Gothic new address.

The Bartholomew is an apartment building of terrifying secrets. You’ll find startling twists and alarming surprises down every dark hallway. It’s too late to lock the doors–the horror is already inside. My favorite ...

Deliciously frightening

Move over Rosemary's Baby, urban paranoia has a deliciously Gothic new address.

The Bartholomew is an apartment building of terrifying secrets. You’ll find startling twists and alarming surprises down every dark hallway. It’s too late to lock the doors–the horror is already inside. My favorite ...

Deliciously frightening

Move over Rosemary's Baby, urban paranoia has a deliciously Gothic new address.

The Bartholomew is an apartment building of terrifying secrets. You’ll find startling twists and alarming surprises down every dark hallway. It’s too late to lock the doors–the horror is already inside. My favorite ...

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