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Count My Lies

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calendar iconMarch 4, 2025

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Description

“The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page.” —Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author

A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave.

Sloane Caraway is a liar.

Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.

So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can’t help herself—she tells the girl’s (very attractive) dad she’s a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl’s foot.

With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.

But maybe Sloane isn’t the only one lying, and all that’s picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.

The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.

Careful what you lie for.

Product Details

PublisherGallery/Scout Press
Publish DateMarch 04, 2025
Pages336
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781668079348
Dimensions228.6 X 152.4 X 30.5 mm | 480.8 g

About the Author

Sophie Stava received her BA in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. She currently resides in Southern California with her family.

Reviews

“This compelling, tautly plotted book will appeal not only to lovers of Gone Girl–style tales of suspense but anyone with a taste for smart, well-crafted fiction. A page-turning thrill-ride of a story from a debut novelist.”
"The author has taken on quite a challenge here, and she pulls it off spectacularly. You won't soon forget [Count My Lies]."
“The very definition of a page-turner! This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page. I just had to keep reading!”
“From the first page until the final twist, Count My Lies is utterly gripping and unputdownable. Sophie Stava’s fresh, distinct voice immediately grabs you and doesn’t let go. This book is so much fun that I didn’t want it to end!”
"Count My Lies is blisteringly fun and diabolically plotted. A novel that never tips its hand, readers will find themselves racing through the final, jaw-dropping pages, desperate to gather every last clue of this astonishing web of lies. Jump in, but be prepared: sharp turns ahead!"
"Get ready for a rollercoaster of twists!  Count My Lies grabbed me from the first page and didn’t let go until the gasp-worthy denouement. A stunning debut!"
"Utterly intriguing, the pages turned themselves. Count My Lies goes beyond the bad nanny trope and moves to much more interesting and sinister territory. Absorbing."

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