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The good liar : a novel

by Searle, Nicholas,

Format: Print Book 2016
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Summary

Now a major motion picture starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen.

"A superb thriller and a truly engrossing read."--Ruth Ware, New York Times bestselling author of In a Dark, Dark Wood and The Woman in Cabin 10

When Roy meets a wealthy widow online, he can hardly believe his luck. Just like Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley, Roy is a man who lives to deceive--and everything about Betty suggests she's an easy mark. He's confident that his scheme to swindle her will be a success. After all, he's done this before.

Sure enough, Betty soon lets Roy move into her beautiful home, seemingly blind to the web of lies he's woven around her. But who is Roy, really? Spanning almost a century, this stunning and suspenseful feat of storytelling interweaves the present with the past. As the clock turns back and the years fall away, long-hidden secrets are forced into the light. Some things can never be forgotten. Or forgiven.

Published Reviews
Booklist Review: "It's clear from the start that Roy Courtnay, an elderly scam artist with an ugly streak, is plotting to fleece his new girlfriend, Betty, for everything she has. But, as Searle reveals Courtnay's history, starting with his recent swindling of millions from business partners and reaching back to a devastating childhood betrayal, this apparently simple premise takes on an alluring complexity. Con games are the least of Roy's crimes, and each step backward through Roy's past reveals new casualties. Betty, despite being pegged as an easy mark, reveals that she's hiding her own reasons for inviting Roy into her life as she urges her grandson, Stephen, to rein in his open hostility toward Roy. The result is a gut-clenching cat-and-mouse game played out through Roy, Betty, and Stephen's tense interactions, with backstory provided gradually as Roy's past is unveiled a decade at a time and stretches from London to Berlin. This debut novel is a well-crafted, complex tale that will appeal to fans of psychological thrillers.--Tran, Christine Copyright 2016 Booklist"
From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Publisher's Weekly Review: "At the start of British author Searle's engrossing debut, octogenarian Roy Courtnay is looking forward to his lunch with Betty McLeish, a wealthy widow he's met online. The apprehensive Betty has her grandson, Stephen, drive her to the appointed restaurant in an unspecified locale she and Roy have agreed on, where he waits outside in the car, prepared to rescue her if need be. Roy and Betty hit it off, and he soon moves into her cottage in the English countryside, where he sets about to bilk her of her fortune. Stephen has his doubts about Roy. Betty lingers in the background, mild-mannered and shrouded in mystery, until she finally takes center stage and her intentions become clear. Equal parts crime novel and character study, the tale is itself an elegantly structured long con. The pace is almost maddeningly deliberate, with details about the characters and their schemes doled out like a controlled substance, but patient readers will be rewarded with devastating third-act twists and a satisfying denouement. Agent: Johnny Geller, Curtis Brown (U.K.). (Feb.) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved."
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Additional Information
Subjects Swindlers and swindling -- Fiction.
Romance fiction.
Publisher New York :Harper,2016
Edition First edition.
Language English
Description 334 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN 9780062407498
006240749X
9780062407504
0062407503
9780062407511
0062407511
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