Sophie Stava

The author nails it from the first sentence … With its punchy, chatty writing style nothing will stop this from becoming a runaway bestseller.

This compelling, tautly plotted book will appeal not only to lovers of Gone Girl–style tales of suspense but anyone with a taste for smart, well-crafted fiction. A page-turning thrill-ride of a story from a debut novelist

[A] gripping debut thriller . . . The author has taken on quite a challenge here, and she pulls it off spectacularly.

This twisty debut novel about a young woman named Sloane, a habitual liar who finds work as a nanny for a 'perfect' New York couple, has garnered comparisons to Gone Girl.

Stava's suspenseful debut strikes all the enticing notes of a captivating psychological drama . . . Count My Lies features a finely crafted, engaging plot laden with thrilling detours, idyllic settings and deeply flawed yet attractive personalities for whom telling the truth is strictly optional.

Devilishly plotted . . . Stava keeps the pages turning. This is good fun.

Debut novel of the month … Well observed. Brilliant.

Sloane Caraway is a liar. 
 
They are harmless lies, she tells herself, to make her own life a bit more interesting. 
 
So when she sees a child in tears in a playground one afternoon, she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee sting from his daughter’s foot. 
 
With this lie and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for Jay and Violet Lockhart who have everything: a beautiful brownstone house, a daughter in private nursery school, and long summers on an idyllic island just off the coast of New York. 
 
Sloane wants to be just like them. She wants their life and she’s prepared to lie about almost 
everything to get it. 
 
But Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and soon she begins to realise that all that’s picture-perfect about her employers hides a much more dangerous truth . . . 
_________ 
 
‘This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page. I just had to keep reading!’ Liane Moriarty 
 
‘From the first page until the final twist, Count My Lies is utterly gripping and unputdownable' Amy Tintera 
 
‘Readers will find themselves racing through the final, jaw-dropping pages, desperate to gather every last clue of this astonishing web of lies’ Katy Hays 
 
‘Get ready for a rollercoaster of twists’ Liv Constantine 
 
 
'Sharp, engaging, and unputdownable. Sophie Stava masterfully weaves suspense, deception, and heart into a brilliant, twisty thriller that keeps you guessing until the very last page. I devoured this in one day!' Trisha Sahklecha

Sophie Stava

Praise for Count My Lies

The author nails it from the first sentence … With its punchy, chatty writing style nothing will stop this from becoming a runaway bestseller.

This compelling, tautly plotted book will appeal not only to lovers of Gone Girl–style tales of suspense but anyone with a taste for smart, well-crafted fiction. A page-turning thrill-ride of a story from a d ...

[A] gripping debut thriller . . . The author has taken on quite a challenge here, and she pulls it off spectacularly.

The author nails it from the first sentence … With its punchy, chatty writing style nothing will stop this from becoming a runaway bestseller.

This compelling, tautly plotted book will appeal not only to lovers of Gone Girl–style tales of suspense but anyone with a taste for smart, well-crafted fiction. A page-turning thrill-ride of a story from a d ...

[A] gripping debut thriller . . . The author has taken on quite a challenge here, and she pulls it off spectacularly.

The author nails it from the first sentence … With its punchy, chatty writing style nothing will stop this from becoming a runaway bestseller.

This compelling, tautly plotted book will appeal not only to lovers of Gone Girl–style tales of suspense but anyone with a taste for smart, well-crafted fiction. A page-turning thrill-ride of a story from a d ...

[A] gripping debut thriller . . . The author has taken on quite a challenge here, and she pulls it off spectacularly.

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