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A GMA Book Club Pick!
by Sophie Stava
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 an "utterly gripping and unputdownable" (Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author) 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.
What are you reading this week? (6/19/025)
...ust finished the audiobook of My Friends, by Fredrick Backman, which was incredible! Reading The Unraveling of Julia by Lisa Scottoline. Listening to Count My Lies by Sophie Stava.
-jillg
"Stava's suspenseful debut captivates, revealing the unexpected twists and dangerous turns that emerge from the lies people tell themselves." —Library Journal (starred review)
"Stava's suspenseful debut strikes all the enticing notes of a captivating psychological drama ... Count My Lies features a finely crafted, engaging plot laden with thrilling detours, idyllic settings and deeply flawed yet attractive personalities for whom telling the truth is strictly optional." —Shelf Awareness
"[A] gripping debut thriller ... The author has taken on quite a challenge here, and she pulls it off spectacularly." —Booklist
"This twisty debut novel about a young woman named Sloane, a habitual liar who finds work as a nanny for a 'perfect' New York couple, has garnered comparisons to Gone Girl." —The Washington Post
"Devilishly plotted ... Stava keeps the pages turning. This is good fun." —Publishers Weekly
"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." —Kirkus Reviews
"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!" —Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies
"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!" —Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author of Listen for the Lie
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Sophie Stava received her BA in English literature from UC Santa Barbara. She currently resides in Southern California with her family.
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