The Lying Game
On a cool June morning, a woman is walking her dog in the idyllic coastal village of Salten, along a tidal estuary known as the Reach. Before she can stop him, the dog charges into the water to retrieve what first appears to be a wayward stick, but to her horror, turns out to be something much more sinister…
The next morning, three women in and around London—Fatima, Thea, and Isa—receive the text they had always hoped would never come, from the fourth in their formerly inseparable clique, Kate, that says only, “I need you.”
The four girls were best friends at Salten, a second-rate boarding school set near the cliffs of the English Channel. Each different in their own way, the four became inseparable and were notorious for playing the Lying Game, telling lies at every turn to both fellow boarders and faculty. But their little game had consequences, and as the four converge in present-day Salten, they realize their shared past was not as safely buried as they had once hoped…
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Ruth Ware
Ruth Ware didn’t set out to become one of today’s most recognizable voices in psychological thrillers, but her path—twisting, quiet, and layered with secrets—reads a lot like the stories she writes. Raised in the English countryside, Ware grew up with a deep love for storytelling and the eerie atmosphere of old houses, shadowy woods, and whispered family legends. That sense of place and unease would later become the signature mood of her novels.
Before she became a household name for suspense readers, she worked in publishing and as a waitress, absorbing the textures of everyday life—how people speak when they’re nervous, what they hide in plain sight. Her breakout moment came with In a Dark, Dark Wood, a taut debut about a hen weekend gone horribly wrong. From there, she kept digging into the subtle horrors that unfold between friends, behind closed doors, or in places meant to feel safe—luxury cruises, cozy mountain getaways, sleek tech offices.
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