The Liar’s Child

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In this intense and intimate family portrait that moves at a thriller’s pace, a troubled woman faces a gripping moral dilemma after rescuing two abandoned children from a hurricane.

On the outskirts of North Carolina’s Outer Banks sits the Paradise, an apartment complex where renters never stay long enough to call the place “home”—and neighbors are seldom neighborly. It’s ideal for Sara Lennox, who moved there to escape a complicated past—and even her name—and rebuild a new life for herself under the radar. But Sara cannot help but notice the family next door, especially twelve-year-old Cassie and five-year-old Boon. She hears rumors and whispers of a recent tragedy slowly tearing them apart…

Praise

“Buckley has crafted a complex and compelling story. The nuances and dynamics at play in The Liar’s Child will take the most jaded reader on a heartfelt and emotional journey.”
—Associated Press

“Surprising and rewarding . . . Ms. Buckley does what only the best suspense writers can do: She makes you care about what happens to her characters, provoking your emotions as well as your curiosity.”
—The Wall Street Journal

“…a wonderfully complex and multilayered drama complete with the suspense that keeps pages turning.”
—Booklist

“Buckley has a rare gift for character. In The Liar’s Child, she digs deep into the hearts of the troubled, flawed, and all-too-human souls who populate this beautifully written and utterly involving novel. I didn’t so much open this book as fall inside this compelling story.”
—Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Under My Skin

“Buckley is a sly writer. Just when you think you have things figured out, she flips the story on its head. Deft plotting and psychologically fleshed out characters make The Liar’s Child a ripping good read.”
—Diane Chamberlain, New York Times bestselling author of The Dream Daughter

“…an emotionally complex, beautifully written tale that will keep you up long past your bedtime.”
—Joshilyn Jackson, author of The Almost Sisters

“Told in Buckley’s trademark evocative prose, The Liar’s Child spotlights her singular gift: the ability to tug on the threads of her characters’ lives and make everything unravel, and then expertly stitch their lives back together again.”
—Karen Dionne, author of the international bestseller The Marsh King’s Daughter

“I adored this beautifully written book.”
—Elizabeth J. Church, author of All the Beautiful Girls

“You should read The Liar’s Child because it’s a lovely and evocative story…. But be careful: This is a writer who knows how to break your heart.”
—Carolyn Parkhurst, New York Times bestselling author of The Dogs of Babel

“Buckley’s provocative novel may be set against an exciting outer storm, but it’s the complex inner storms of her nuanced characters that had me gripping the pages.”
—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of Is This Tomorrow

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