A âbrisk, crafty, and fascinating psychological thrillerâ (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, this darkly suspenseful novel follows a compulsive liar whose carefully constructed life begins to unravel when her closest friend disappears.
Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many that the truth is like a hazy nightmare she canât quite recall. About to graduate from college and with her trust fund almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from schools all over the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed to controlling the people in his life. But, in Lana, he may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers?
When Lanaâs closest friend, Beck, mysteriously disappears, she resumes her lying waysâto friends, to the police, to herself. After all, she will do anything to hide the truth about her whereabouts the night Beck disappeared but it might not be enough to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else knows about Lanaâs lies. And heâs dying to tell.
A gripping psychological suspense written with no-holds-barred raw power, In the Blood is âan absolute corker of a thriller that cements Lisa Ungerâs status as one of the brightest stars in the gameâ (Dennis Lehane, #1 New York Times bestselling author).
A âbrisk, crafty, and fascinating psychological thrillerâ (The Washington Post) from New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger, this darkly suspenseful novel follows a compulsive liar whose carefully constructed life begins to unravel when her closest friend disappears.
Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many that the truth is like a hazy nightmare she canât quite recall. About to graduate from college and with her trust fund almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from schools all over the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed to controlling the people in his life. But, in Lana, he may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers?
When Lanaâs closest friend, Beck, mysteriously disappears, she resumes her lying waysâto friends, to the police, to herself. After all, she will do anything to hide the truth about her whereabouts the night Beck disappeared but it might not be enough to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else knows about Lanaâs lies. And heâs dying to tell.
A gripping psychological suspense written with no-holds-barred raw power, In the Blood is âan absolute corker of a thriller that cements Lisa Ungerâs status as one of the brightest stars in the gameâ (Dennis Lehane, #1 New York Times bestselling author).