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Biographical Note: "Clever, sharp, and simmers with a perfectly contained rage." --Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal "Riveting, compulsively readable and surprisingly tender, Unreliable Narrator by Araminta Hall explores revenge, obsession and the dangerous stories we tell to survive." --Book Reporter "Araminta Hall shines in this wily thriller about the fraught relationship between a popular author and his assistant . . . Hall's striking prose (upon reading Rosie's book, Hope, 'like a cannibal, began to feed on her own words') and memorable characters enhance a sophisticated plot that never goes quite where readers expect. This is a rewarding page-turner." --Publishers Weekly "Araminta Hall's Unreliable Narrator offers a thought-provoking psychological drama about authorship, ownership, and identity . . . A story that is both unsettling and deeply reflective." -- Out South Florida "[An] intruiging literary thriller . . . Araminta Hall adroitly combines the clever 'meta' elements of her novel with the righteous feminist anger about misogyny, manipulation, and storytellers whose versions are mistakenly believed." --The Sunday Times "What are our deepest fears? That the people we love are not who they claim to be, that we are not who we believe we are. This is the stuff of Unreliable Narrator--chilling, gripping suspense that dances on the edge of madness." --Chris Pavone, author of The Doorman "I lost myself completely in this dark, twisting dream of a book. Brilliantly written, it is immersive and gripping until the last line. I just loved it." --Eve Chase, author of The Secret Thread "Evocative and menacing, Unreliable Narrator moves in a direction you won't expect towards a gripping, really satisfying conclusion." --Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange "I have long admired Araminta Hall's exquisite, razor sharp writing and this is no exception. In Unreliable Narrator, she fillets every tiny bone of nuance, takes a fresh look at power dynamics and asks how much we can trust what we are told--even by our own memories." --Holly Seddon, author of 59 Minutes Publisher Marketing: "Unreliable Narrator is clever, beautifully written and next-level creepy. I loved it to death." --Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of Don't Let Him In A new twisted psychological thriller from the author of Imperfect Women--now a #1 hit Apple TV show! It's his story. But it's her life. When twenty-three-year-old Hope Jenkins arrives at the isolated, otherworldly Shadowlands estate, she's certain her life is finally about to begin. Hope is eager to spend her summer assisting the up-and-coming literary star Ambrose "Rosie" Glencourt, but at Shadowlands, art and danger blur into one. Rosie and his enigmatic wife, Delia, preside over a circle of glittering guests with morals as questionable as their wealth. Hope is transfixed--by their beauty, their brilliance, and by Tom, the elusive young man who resides on the sprawling property and has captured Hope's heart for the very first time. Hope quickly realizes she's willing to do anything to secure her place among them--even if it ends in fatal disaster. Ten years later, Hope lives in self-imposed exile. She has no family, no friends, and no future . . .until she opens Rosie's runaway bestseller and discovers it's an almost exact retelling of her story: the work, the sex, and the gunshot that ended it all. It is everything Hope swore to keep hidden, dragged out onto center stage. But this time, Hope isn't going to stay quiet. Riveting, compulsively readable, and surprisingly tender, Unreliable Narrator by Araminta Hall explores revenge, obsession, and the dangerous stories we tell to survive. Review Citations:
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Unreliable Narrator
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