In the realm of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, The Book of Lies is a poignant and darkly funny novel about the dark and difficult truths hidden within a family and on an island shadowed by war.

When you live on an island as small as Guernsey, it's hard to imagine that secrets can stay secret. But they can and they do. Fifteen-year-old Catherine Rozier wants people to know what happened the night her friend Nicolette disappeared on the cliffs. But the story she starts telling isn't hers alone. There are other people on the island who have got away with murder. Her uncle Charlie, for one. Narrated by both Catherine and Charlie, The Book of Lies moves between the 1980s and the wartime Occupation, introducing us to two original and compelling voices, and an unforgettable story.

'An unforgettable and brilliant debut.' Hanif Kureishi