Little Liar

Julia Gray

Shortlisted for CrimeFest Best Crime Novel for Young Adults 2019.

Nora has lied about many things. But has she told her most dangerous lie of all?

There’s a new art assistant at Nora’s school, and he’s crossed a line. Nora decides to teach him a lesson he won’t forget.
But not everything goes quite to plan, and Nora needs an escape. She befriends the rich and talented Bel, who longs for a part in a remake of a famous film. Bel is unpredictable, jealous and crazy, but she opens up a new world for Nora, and that makes her irresistible.
As events start to spin wildly out of control, Nora must decide where her loyalties lie – and what deceits she can get away with.

Reviews

"Gray has a sure-footed understanding of the adolescent mind (so much so that I often winced in pleasurable recognition) and creates a gripping, smoothly executed psychodrama... I genuinely could not stop reading this: a treat for teens and above."
Philip Womack - Literary Review

"Julia Gray’s impressive, Patricia Highsmith inspired Little Liar... puts readers into the hands of the ultimate unreliable narrator for a story that never lets you stay too long on stable ground - it’s nail-biting stuff."
Waterstones Children's Summer Reading Round-Up

"This gripping psychological thriller, crackling with the intensities of female friendship, confirms [Julia Gray] as a highly original new talent in YA fiction"
Fiona Noble - The Bookseller

"Julia Gray’s second novel is a superb psychological thriller with a distinctive voice, a clever blend of contemporary realism and classic noir."
Claire Hennessy - Inis Reading Guide

"Julia Gray has created an immensely powerful psychological thriller which challenges our whole understanding of behaviour and warns against passing judgement"
Carousel

"Intelligent, gripping, highly original."
Andrea Reece - Lovereading

"Intense, psychological, gripping; The Talented Mr Ripley for YA"
Anna McKerrow

"Smart, gripping and sharply-observed YA, with a pitch-perfect narrative voice."
Katherine Woodfine

"Another wildly inventive, thrillingly unreliable narrator from the immeasurably talented Julia Gray. Full of twists and turns this story leaves you wondering who is telling the tallest story. A great novel about truth and lies and what we need to believe to stay alive."
Julia Bell

"...a gripping, memorable page turner that I am glad to have read."
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