[PDF] The First Lie eBook

Author : Diane Chamberlain
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 50,39 MB
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1466839406

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An e-original short story that sets the stage for bestselling author Diane Chamberlain's novel Necessary Lies (September 2013). The First Lie gives readers an early glimpse into the life of thirteen-year-old Ivy Hart. It's 1958 in rural North Carolina, where Ivy lives with her grandmother and sister on a tobacco farm. As tenant farmers, Ivy and her family don't have much freedom, though she and her best friend, Henry, often sneak away in search of adventure...and their truest selves. But life on the farm takes a turn when Ivy's teenage sister gives birth—all the while maintaining her silence about the baby's father. Soon Ivy finds herself navigating the space between adolescence and adulthood as she tries to unravel a dark web of family secrets and make sense of her ever-evolving life in the segregated South. Advance praise for Diane Chamberlain's Necessary Lies: "It will steal your heart."—Katrina Kittle, author of The Blessings of the Animals "An emotional powerhouse." —Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of Beach House Memories "Enthralling...[it] transfixed me from the very first pages, and its vivid and sympathetic characters haunted me long after the last."—Christina Schwarz, New York Times bestselling author of Drowning Ruth

Author : Hank Phillippi Ryan
Publisher : Forge Books
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 40,25 MB
Release : 2020-08-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250258790

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USA TODAY BESTSELLER! Bestselling and award-winning author and investigative reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan delivers another twisty, thrilling, cat and mouse novel of suspense that will have you guessing, and second-guessing, and then gasping with surprise. We all have our reasons for being who we are—but what if being someone else could get you what you want? After a devastating betrayal, a young woman sets off on an obsessive path to justice, no matter what dark family secrets are revealed. What she doesn’t know is that she isn’t the only one plotting her revenge. An affluent daughter of privilege. A glamorous manipulative wannabe. A determined reporter, in too deep. A grieving widow who must choose her new reality. Who will be the first to lie? And when the stakes are life and death, do a few lies really matter? At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : A. J. Park
Publisher : Hachette UK
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 34,20 MB
Release : 2019-06-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1409187446

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The most gripping psychological thriller you'll read this year - perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Mark Edwards, Claire McGowan, TM Logan and KL Slater... 'This is a real page turner. I finished it in one go!' MARTINA COLE 'A.J. Park is a master of suspense who knows how to keep readers hovering tensely over the edges of their seats' SOPHIE HANNAH ***** THEY HID THE BODY. THEY KEPT THE SECRET. BUT WHAT WAS THE FIRST LIE? When Paul Reeve comes home to find his wife in the bathroom, bloodied and shaking, his survival instinct kicks in. Alice never meant to kill the intruder. She was at home, alone, and terrified. She doesn't deserve to be blamed for it. Covering up the murder is their only option. But the crime eats away at the couple and soon they can't trust anyone - even one another... ***** Praise for THE FIRST LIE: 'A great thriller that will keep you turning the pages well into the night' LUCA VESTE 'Twisty, layered and compelling. A genuine page-turner' MW CRAVEN 'Tightly plotted, well-drawn characters and an edge of your seat page-turner' CATHY KELLY 'Splendidly twisty, it keeps its secrets until the final pages' DAILY MAIL

Author : John J. Mearsheimer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 35,50 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0199975450

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Presents an analysis of the lying behavior of political leaders, discussing the reasons why it occurs, the different types of lies, and the costs and benefits to the public and other countries that result from it, with examples from the recent past.

Author : Catherine J. Ross
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 16,70 MB
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0812253256

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Do the nation's highest officers, including the President, have a right to lie protected by the First Amendment? If not, what can be done to protect the nation under this threat? This book explores the various options.

Author : Marina Mander
Publisher : Canongate Books
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 17,54 MB
Release : 2014-02-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 085786551X

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'They always tell you that you shouldn't tell lies, but without lies I'd already be in an orphanage. This, in any case, is my first true lie' Luca and his mum are like two peas in a pod in their special, fragile world. Then, one winter morning his mother doesn't wake up. Luca suddenly finds himself alone for the first time. Terrified of what telling the truth might bring, he decides to keep the biggest secret of his life. Luca goes along to school every day, pretending everything is as it always has been. But he returns home every night to a cold, dark house. So he begins to build a protective bubble with the memories of his mother, the words and stories he so loves - and his cat Blue - against the truth on the other side of the bedroom door.

Author : Alice Feeney
Publisher : Flatiron Books
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 35,34 MB
Release : 2018-03-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250144833

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My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me: 1. I’m in a coma. 2. My husband doesn’t love me anymore. 3. Sometimes I lie. Amber wakes up in a hospital. She can’t move. She can’t speak. She can’t open her eyes. She can hear everyone around her, but they have no idea. Amber doesn’t remember what happened, but she has a suspicion her husband had something to do with it. Alternating between her paralyzed present, the week before her accident, and a series of childhood diaries from twenty years ago, this brilliant psychological thriller asks: Is something really a lie if you believe it's the truth?

Author : Philippe Besson
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 19,90 MB
Release : 2019-04-30
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1501197878

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The award-winning, bestselling French novel by Philippe Besson—“the French Brokeback Mountain” (Elle)—about an affair between two teenage boys in 1984 France, translated with subtle beauty and haunting lyricism by the iconic and internationally acclaimed actress/writer Molly Ringwald. We drive at high speed along back roads, through woods, vineyards, and oat fields. The bike smells like gasoline and makes a lot of noise, and sometimes I’m frightened when the wheels slip on the gravel on the dirt road, but the only thing that matters is that I’m holding on to him, that I’m holding on to him outside. Just outside a hotel in Bordeaux, Philippe chances upon a young man who bears a striking resemblance to his first love. What follows is a look back at the relationship he’s never forgotten, a hidden affair with a gorgeous boy named Thomas during their last year of high school. Without ever acknowledging they know each other in the halls, they steal time to meet in secret, carrying on a passionate, world-altering affair. Dazzlingly rendered in English by Ringwald in her first-ever translation, Besson’s powerfully moving coming-of-age story captures the eroticism and tenderness of first love—and the heartbreaking passage of time.

Author : Julie Mayhew
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2017-11-14
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 0763694010

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In a gripping novel set in present-day England under a Nazi regime, a sheltered teen questions what it means to be “good” — and how far she’s willing to go to break the rules. Nazi England, 2014. Jessika Keller is a good girl — a champion ice skater, model student of the Bund Deutscher Mädel, and dutiful daughter of the Greater German Reich. Her best friend, Clementine, is not so submissive. Passionately different, Clem is outspoken, dangerous, and radical. And the regime has noticed. Jess cannot keep both her perfect life and her dearest friend, her first love. But which can she live without? Haunting, intricate, and unforgettable, The Big Lie unflinchingly interrogates perceptions of revolution, feminism, sexuality, and protest. Back matter includes historical notes from the author discussing her reasons for writing an “alt-history” story and the power of speculative fiction.

Author : Lisa Scottoline
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 25,42 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1250099560

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Chris Brennan is applying for a job as a high school government teacher, ready to step in as an assistant baseball coach, and his references are impeccable -- but everything about him is a lie. Widow Susan Sematov is proud of her son Raz, a high school pitcher being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college. Heather Larkin is a struggling single mother who lives for her son Jordan's baseball games. Mindy Kostis fills her days with social events and too many gin and tonics, unaware her husband and her son, Evan, are hiding secrets that might destroy all of them.