Mary Horlock
On the English Channel island of Guernsey, a teenage girlâ€™s ,Mean Girls,-like experience pushes her to murder her best friend in a scandal, she will discover, that mirrors her uncleâ€™s previously unknown story from the days of the islandâ€™s Nazi occupation during WWII. ToldÂ  throughÂ  the voices of fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier and her long-dead Uncle Charlieâ€”known to Cat only by the audio recordings he left behindâ€”,The Book of Lies ,lucidly illuminates the interior lives of a scorned modern girl with attitude and a defiant, faded man. With echoes ofÂ  NicoleÂ  Kraussâ€™s ,The History of Love, and Jennifer McMahonâ€™s ,Promise Not to Tell,, Mary Horlockâ€™s stunning debut novel is an unforgettable exploration of aspiration, anguish, andÂ  rebellion.
Historical,Historical Fiction,Fiction,Mystery,Young Adult,War,World War II,Young Adult,Coming Of Age,Historical,Mystery,Crime,War,Drama
The Book of Lies