The Lying Game: The gripping psychological thriller where truth and lies collide from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10

Name: The Lying Game: The gripping psychological thriller where truth and lies collide from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Woman in Cabin 10
Rating: 4.111111164093018 (27 reviews)

Ruth Ware

Jun 2017 · Random House

27 reviews

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IT ISN'T A GAME WHEN SOMEBODY DIES

The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you.

Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast their shadow over her.

Isa and her three best friends used to play the Lying Game, competing to convince people of outrageous stories. Now, after seventeen years of hiding the truth, something terrible has been found on the beach, and the friends' darkest secret is about to come to light...

‘I could not put this book down’ Reese Witherspoon

‘Surprising twists’ Daily Mail

IT ISN'T A GAME WHEN SOMEBODY DIES The text message arrives in the small hours of the morning: I need you. Isa drops everything, takes her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten. She spent the most significant days of her life at boarding school on the marshes there, days which still cast the...

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27 reviews

Game Play

March 1, 2018

I enjoyed the book, its not really a thriller, it isn't an edge of your seat, heart pounding read but still a good book

2 people found this review helpful

Amanda Ludlow

July 3, 2025

took me a while to get into it but enjoyed it

haritha neeli

July 10, 2017

It is a interesting book

3 people found this review helpful

About the author

Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Lying Game were smash hits, and she has appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times. The film rights to all three books have been optioned and she is published in more than 40 languages. Ruth lives near Brighton with her family.

Visit www.ruthware.com to find out more.

Ruth Ware is an international number one bestseller. Her thrillers In a Dark, Dark Wood, The Woman in Cabin 10 and The Lying Game were smash hits, and she has appeared on bestseller lists around the world, including the Sunday Times and New York Times. The film rights to all three books have been...

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