The Book Of Lies

New from Walker/Canongate: an uncompromising debut about the trials of growing up and the dark histories we all harbor.

Guernsey, 1985. When fifteen-year-old Catherine sees her best friend fall from a wild cliff path, she vows never to tell. But Catherine was the last person to see her alive. 1940. Charlie is also holding back a secret from the adults on the island. As German soldiers arrive on Guernsey, he carries out an act of rebellion with consequences that will reach far into the future - and into Catherine's own life. The Book of Lies is a powerful novel about friendship and betrayal. Weaving together two lives across the decades, it proves that no truth is as simple as it seems.

Product Overview
ISBN 9781406342789
Categories Fiction, Teenage / Young Adult
Author(s) Mary Horlock
Publisher Walker Books
Weight 0.3 kg