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The Liars

By: Petronella McGovern
Narrated by: Casey Withoos
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A wife burning with resentment. A husband hiding the past. Their teenage daughter crusading for the truth. What if your search for the truth puts your family at risk?

The close-knit community of Kinton Bay is shocked when fifteen-year-old Siena Britton makes a grisly discovery in the national park. She believes it's a skull from the town's violent colonial past and posts a video which hits the news headlines.

Her parents, Meri and Rollo, aren't so sure. In 1998, their classmate went missing after a party in the Killing Cave. They're horrified to discover the destructive teenage parties are still happening, and Siena was there last weekend.

While Meri is trying to keep her daughter out of trouble, she doesn't realize her son, Taj, has his own problems. And none of them foresees the danger that Siena's actions will create for the whole family.

As more secrets are exposed, the police investigate whether multiple murders have been committed. If so, by whom? And is the killer still living in Kinton Bay?

The Liars is a heart-stopping cocktail of family secrets, sinister unsolved killings and a community at war with itself.

From the bestselling author of Six Minutes and The Good Teacher comes a compelling family drama of marital secrets and family tensions set within an investigation of sinister unsolved killings.

©2022 Petronella McGovern (P)2022 W F Howes

Critic Reviews

"One of my favourite Australian writers! Petronella McGovern consistently delivers smart, twisty page-turners guaranteed to keep her readers coming back for more!" (Liane Moriarty)

"Compelling, contemporary crime fiction at its best. McGovern fully captures the soul of an Australian small town overdue a reckoning." (RWR McDonald, author of the bestselling Nancy Business)

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She’s done it again!

Petronella McGovern never fails to deliver! Another brilliant read. One of my favourite authors. When will they start turning them in to movies?

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Ok

It was ok, but I didn’t love it as much as her previous two books.

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Absolutely loved this book

I originally bought a paper book, but I was too impatient to read the whole book until I found out who the killer was, so I looked at the end before finishing it. But I liked the book and story so I got it again on Audible and I really enjoyed listening to how the story developed with all the details. The book is very much educational about life in small country towns in Australia, and it teaches the history of the country as well. The story is very engaging too and the performance is great! The only thing I am not quite sure about realistically of the person whose name we are guessing until the very end.

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Juvenile, simplistic rubbish.

Juvenile simplistic rubbish. Should be classified as kiddy lit only I don’t think I’d want my kids subjected to the woke social engineering component.

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