Vaughan Sarah

<b>ALL FAMILIES HAVE SECRETS. BUT IT'S THE LIES THAT CAN KILL.</b><br/><br/><b>The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of </b><i><b>Anatomy of a Scandal.</b></i><br/><br/>'A timely and compelling study of family guilt. Sarah Vaughan's finest novel yet' <b>MICK HERRON </b><br/><br/>'Vaughan's novels are not just screenplay drafts: her cool, careful prose is a pleasure to read' <b>TELEGRAPH</b><br/><br/>'Expertly plotted and crackling with tension, this is dysfunctional family psychodrama at its unputdownable best'<b> GUARDIAN </b><br/><br/>'This is talented Vaughan's sixth novel and cements her place as one of our finest thriller writers' <b>DAILY MAIL</b><br/><br/>'The gap between public image and private life is the theme of this clever novel...Intriguing' <b>THE TIMES</b><br/><br/>'Wholly absorbing and utterly addictive...One of my favourite books of the year' <b>ANDREA MARA </b><br/><br/>'From the author of international bestseller <i>Anatomy of a Scandal</i> comes a gripping read about a much-loved storyteller whose perfect life starts to unravel when family secrets finally come to life' <b>MY WEEKLY </b><br/><br/>'Packed with twists and oozing with menace, this sharp-edged tale is a taut triumph' <b>CRIME MONTHLY</b><br/><br/>'A flawlessly constructed thriller, perfectly paced and filled with smart reveals!' <b>LUCY CLARKE, </b><i>The Castaways</i><br/><br/>'A rich, intoxicating brew, I loved it' <b>LOUISE CANDLISH</b>, <i>Our House</i><br/><br/>'The ultimate literary thriller!' <b>VERONICA HENRY</b>, <i>The Beach Hut</i><br/><br/>'I was transported to the novel's Cornish clifftop setting and was totally drawn into the mystery and the dysfunctional Kingman family from the very first page' <b>JULIET STEVENSON</b><br/><br/><b>A lavish 70th birthday party. A body found on a storm-lashed beach. And a secret that someone is </b><i><b>dying</b></i><b> to tell... </b><br/><br/>Famed children's author Dame Eleanor Kingman has summoned her family and friends to her exquisite manor house on the cliffs. They're celebrating her birthday - and her latest number one bestseller in her series of books based on a mother fox and her cubs.<br/><br/>But the night before the party, Eleanor receives an email: an email that threatens to expose the lie she's kept up for over half a century.<br/><br/>Someone knows her secret. Is it her estranged literary agent? Is it her ex-husband, to whom she no longer speaks? Is it the nanny she fired all those years ago, who always did have a knack for storytelling? Or is it one of her three daughters, all of whom have a stake in the publishing empire she has built...<br/><br/>With a TV crew arriving to film a documentary of her life, Eleanor needs to find out who sent the email - and preserve her multimillion-pound career.<br/><br/><b>But when push comes to shove, and it's time to tell the truth - will anyone actually believe her?</b>

<b>Once upon a time there was a family. Everything else is a lie. The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of </b><i><b>Anatomy of a Scandal.</b></i><br/><br/>'Glorious Cornish clifftops, a glittering party and a swirling vortex of family secrets ... Sarah Vaughan lobs an explosive cocktail into Golden Age Crime to create something wholly new and deeply satisfying. I drank it up' <b>SARAH HILARY</b><i><b>, Sharp Glass</b></i><br/><br/>This is a compelling story, with deep roots, which asks us to think about the stories we tell not just publicly, but also privately, to make up a life. It manages that rare trick of being both addictive and thoughtful' <b>ARAMINTA HALL, </b><i><b>One of the Good Guys</b></i><br/><br/>Generations of children have grown up with Dame Eleanor Kingman's stories. Her status as the country's best-loved storyteller is unrivalled. But now it is under attack. Because while her fans regard her as a national treasure, someone seems to know the truth about who she really is...<br/><br/>Eleanor is turning seventy and marking the occasion with a beautiful party at her new clifftop Cornish home. A retrospective television show has been commissioned to commemorate her and the great and the good will be there to toast Eleanor's success. <br/><br/>But as her three daughters and her many friends gather, the stories Eleanor has been telling about her own life and family seem less and less convincing. Not every story has a happy ending: and every family has its secrets. As the threats against her escalate, will Eleanor be forced to tell the truth at last?

<b>Once upon a time there was a family. Everything else is a lie. The compelling new novel about power, money and lies from the author of </b><i><b>Anatomy of a Scandal.</b></i><br/><br/>'A flawlessly constructed thriller, perfectly paced and filled with smart reveals. This is a read-in-one-sitting delight of a novel!' <b>LUCY CLARKE, </b><i><b>The Surf House</b></i><br/><br/> 'Secrets, lies, subterfuge, scandal and sibling rivalry - the perfect recipe for a page-turner. I devoured it!' <b>VERONICA HENRY, </b><i><b>One Night at the Chateau</b></i><br/><br/>'A rich, intoxicating brew, I loved it' <b>LOUISE CANDLISH, </b><i><b>Our House</b></i><b> </b><br/><br/>'Glorious Cornish clifftops, a glittering party and a swirling vortex of family secrets ... Sarah Vaughan lobs an explosive cocktail into Golden Age Crime to create something wholly new and deeply satisfying. I drank it up' <b>SARAH HILARY</b><i><b>, Sharp Glass</b></i><br/><br/>'This is a compelling story, with deep roots, which asks us to think about the stories we tell not just publicly, but also privately, to make up a life. It manages that rare trick of being both addictive and thoughtful' <b>ARAMINTA HALL, </b><i><b>One of the Good Guys</b></i><br/><br/>Generations of children have grown up with Dame Eleanor Kingman's stories. Her status as the country's best-loved storyteller is unrivalled. But now it is under attack. Because while her fans regard her as a national treasure, someone seems to know the truth about who she really is...<br/><br/>Eleanor is turning seventy and marking the occasion with a beautiful party at her new clifftop Cornish home. A retrospective television show has been commissioned to commemorate her and the great and the good will be there to toast Eleanor's success. <br/><br/>But as her three daughters and her many friends gather, the stories Eleanor has been telling about her own life and family seem less and less convincing. Not every story has a happy ending: and every family has its secrets. As the threats against her escalate, will Eleanor be forced to tell the truth at last?

Superb' Shari Lapena Emma Webster is a respectable MP. Emma Webster is a devoted mother. Emma Webster is innocent of the murder of a tabloid journalist.<br/><br/>Emma Webster is a liar. #Reputation: The story you tell about yourself. And the lies others choose to believe...