The Good Liar
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Now a Major Film Starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen
A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELEN MIRREN AND IAN MCKELLEN
This is a life told back to front.
This is a man who has lied all his life.
Roy is a conman living in a leafy English suburb, about to pull off the final coup of his career. He is going to meet and woo a beautiful woman and slip away with her life savings.
But who is the man behind the con and what has he had to do to survive this life of lies?
And why is this beautiful woman so willing to be his next victim?
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'You will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off' Stylist
'An assured thriller in the footsteps of le Carré, Highsmith and Rendell' Guardian
'A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch' Financial Times
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Imprint: Penguin
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Published: 31/12/2015
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ISBN: 9780241973288
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Length: 368 Pages
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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An assured thriller debut in the footsteps of le Carré, Highsmith and Rendell...The Good Liar makes you want to experience Nicholas Searle's next trick
Guardian
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This is set to be one of the books of the year that will get everyone talking....If you go in with absolutely no preconceptions, you will have your socks knocked, nay, blown off
Stylist
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A part-thriller, part-human condition novel that packs a tremendous punch
Financial Times
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The Good Liar is a taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr Ripley for our time
Jonathan Freedland
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All the ingredients are in this book...You're in safe hands with Searle's elegant writing
The Times
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An incredibly dark, taut thriller...it deserves to be a bestseller. Think of Ruth Rendell morphing into John le Carré
Daily Express
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Searle shows a gift for complex plotting. The Good Liar is packed with secrets and surprises, bluffs and double-bluffs
Daily Telegraph
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A perfectly entertaining way to spend a few hours
Sunday Times
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A confident debut...an easy page-turner
Grazia
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A cracking read
Graham Norton, BBC Radio 2
