In the Company of Liars: A Gripping Psychological Thriller Novel - Perfect for Mystery Lovers & Book Club Discussions
In the Company of Liars: A Gripping Psychological Thriller Novel - Perfect for Mystery Lovers & Book Club Discussions

In the Company of Liars: A Gripping Psychological Thriller Novel - Perfect for Mystery Lovers & Book Club Discussions

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From bestselling and award-winning author David EllisTold in chronological reverse, from its enigmatic end to its brilliant beginning, the novel is centered on a woman who is on trial for murder—Allison Pagone, a mother caught between competing forces, each represented by someone who may not care if the pressure kills her in the end. A prosecutor wants Allison convicted and put on death row. An FBI agent believes she can squeeze her into ratting on her family. A daughter and an ex-husband need to save their own skins. And circling them all: a group who would prefer to eliminate her quietly and anonymously, but who also are not what they seem.Our first picture of Allison is in the moments following her death. The story then moves backward in time like the cult film Memento: an hour earlier, then the day before, back and back to the beginning, until we can see what’s really happened—and, most shocking, what hasn’t. At every turn, Allison Pagone knows that what she sees may not be what’s real. The only sure thing is her place in a vortex of half-truths, threats, and suspicion. When her nightmare is over, will she awake in the company of friends—or in the company of liars?In the Company of Liars is a tantalizing tour de force—a “compelling new novel of intrigue, murder, and terrorism” (The Philadelphia Inquirer).

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Fourth David Ellis novel, the fourth I’ve read, and gratefully, one which broke with the mechanisms used in the 3 previous novels to create suspense and eventually resolve it namely:1. withholding critical information (from the persons who could resolve the dilemma)2. doing so to protect a loved one3. thus risking death (or a guilty verdict)4. unwinding the web of lies in a trivial-to-the-issues, single chapter scene.What changed in this novel? Well … 1-3 were operative in this novel though made less obnoxious by unfolding the chronology in reverse order. Yay.And better yet, the reveal was manifest over multiple settings, conversations, and chapters and it (the reveal) and associated plot respected the intelligence of characters as created. There are no dupes.I nearly put the book down 1/3 of the way through when it appeared Allison was Alex / Ronnie (see book 3) or John Soliday (see book 2) or Marty Kalish (see book 1) by another name. Happily, it turned out Allison was in-part-confederate in a larger scheme.
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