Book of Lies

On the English Channel island of Guernsey a teenage girl's <em>Mean Girls</em>-like experience pushes her to murder her best friend in a scandal she will discover that mirrors her uncle's previously unknown story from the days of the island's Nazi occupation during WWII. Told through the voices of fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier and her long-dead Uncle Charlie--known to Cat only by the audio recordings he left behind--<em>The Book of Lies </em>lucidly illuminates the interior lives of a scorned modern girl with attitude and a defiant faded man. With echoes of Nicole Krauss's <em>The History of Love</em> and Jennifer McMahon's <em>Promise Not to Tell</em> Mary Horlock's stunning debut novel is an unforgettable exploration of aspiration anguish and rebellion.