{"product_id":"tell-them-you-lied-isbn-9781368102469","title":"Tell Them You Lied","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo New York artists’ tumultuous friendship gets turned on its head when one of them goes missing and the other may be to blame. A riveting debut novel for readers of \u003ci\u003eBunny, Luckiest Girl Alive\u003c\/i\u003e, and “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I hope I never have a friendship like this, but Laura Leffler makes it gripping to read about.” —Lisa Jewell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Taut, dark, and beautifully written.” —Andrea Bartz\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnna had never met anyone like Willow. Entering art school with lofty ideas about Art and her role in it, Anna was wholly unprepared for someone as mysterious, moody—and \u003ci\u003ecool\u003c\/i\u003e—as Willow. Here was Anna’s muse and collaborator all in one, ready to bring her in on Art’s great secrets.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, five years later, Anna is weary. Where art school was boundless creativity and collaboration, the New York art scene is all about survival. Worse: Willow’s true nature as a muse only to herself has become nakedly apparent, as has her cruelty.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo the mugging Anna has staged for Willow this morning? It’s \u003ci\u003esupposed\u003c\/i\u003e to send Willow running back to her true friend. The knife is \u003ci\u003esupposed\u003c\/i\u003e to be a mirror in which this ‘artist’ can finally see the monster she’s become. It’s \u003ci\u003esupposed \u003c\/i\u003eto give Anna her power back.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut this morning isn’t just any Tuesday. It’s September 11, 2001. And as the city reels from the seismic events of that day, Willow never returns home. Anna keeps quiet about the prank and her growing panic that she’s to blame for Willow’s disappearance. But as the hours and days tick by, Anna begins to question whether she’s the mastermind she thought she was, or the pawn.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlternating between the friends' art school tenure and their lives in 2001 New York, \u003ci\u003eTell Them You Lied\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how difficult the search for answers is when you'd rather have anything but the truth.\u003ci\u003e“\u003ci\u003eTell Them You Lied\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ewill keep you guessing until the end. I hope I never have a friendship like this, but Laura Leffler makes it gripping to read about.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eLisa Jewell,\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNone of This Is True\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A compulsive debut about a lusty college friendship between artists, poisoned by envy, lies, ambition and obsession. Perfectly moody and sophisticated, this is the kind of delicious, elevated psychological suspense you’ll sink right into.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eAshley Audrain, New York Times bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Push\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Taut, dark, and beautifully written… This twisted tale of ambition, envy, and toxic friendship had me turning pages late into the night.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eAndrea Bartz, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe Were Never Here\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“[A] crackling tale of suspense about the personal and professional rivalries that make us and break us… the perfect mix of Stephanie Danler and Megan Miranda.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—\u003c\/i\u003eKaty Hays, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Cloisters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Deliciously toxic. Hooked my attention with vicious claws and did not let go until the very last page!” \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Jesse Q. Sutanto,\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eVera Wong’s Unsolicited Advice for Murderers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Taut and electric, \u003ci\u003eTell Them You Lied\u003c\/i\u003e is a deftly-paced, searing condemnation of art’s—and society’s—careless consumption of women.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Parini Shroff, bestselling author\u003ci\u003e of \u003ci\u003eThe Bandit Queens\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Leffler will keep you on your toes and turning pages—a can’t-miss thriller that will reel you in immediately.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Alex Segura, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eSecret Identity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eEnemy of My Enemy: A Daredevil Marvel Crime Novel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"This tense, intense look at two women whose art school funhouse mirror relationship begins to unravel against the backdrop of 9\/11 will leave you reeling for days.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Erika T. Wurth, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhite Horse\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Room 904\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eTell Them You Lied\u003c\/i\u003e is a toxic love letter to art and artist, rethinking centuries of women claimed as muses, used as objects until they're hollow, and then shamelessly tossed aside.\"\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Amanda Pellegrino, author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Social Climber\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Sharp, surprising, and completely addictive!”\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e—Jennifer Close, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hopefuls\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/i\u003eJust as Megan Abbott peeled back the curtain on the secret worlds of ballet in\u003ci\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Turnout\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand cheerleading in \u003ci\u003eDare Me, \u003c\/i\u003eLeffler reveals the dark side of art in \u003ci\u003eTell Them You Lied\u003c\/i\u003e.” —Sara DiVello, author of \u003ci\u003eBroadway Butterfly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Every twisted twist of Leffler's exceptional psychological thriller is utterly compelling.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kyra Davis Lurie, bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e The Great Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Laura Leffler explores the dark side of ambition and envy and their powerful hold on an ever-fraught friendship, all while moving us through a plot that twists and turns as artfully as a painting.”\u003cbr\u003e—Nguyễn Phan Quế Ma, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Mountains Sing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\"Laura Leffler's \u003ci\u003eTell Them You Lied \u003c\/i\u003eis a magnificent dual timeline suspense about toxic friendship at a cutthroat art college juxtaposed against the traumatic days following 9\/11… an astonishing masterstroke.\" \u003cbr\u003e—Samantha M. Bailey, USA Today bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHello, Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I turned the final page of this novel feeling as if I’d slashed open the underbelly of the art world... Beware, fans of Megan Abbott and Gillian Flynn—Laura Leffler has one hell of a tale in store for you!”\u003cbr\u003e—Alka Joshi, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Henna Artist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Leffler\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer and veteran of the New York City art world. 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