Genuine Fraud

by E. Lockhart

"A brilliant, twisty thriller--I loved it!" —KAREN M. MCMANUS, bestselling author of One of Us is Lying

From the author of We Were Liars, which John Green called "utterly unforgettable," comes a mind-bending, New York Times bestselling thriller told in reverse.

"Compulsively readable." —Entertainment Weekly

"An addictive and shocking feminist thriller." —Lena Dunham

Imogen lives at the Playa Grande Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She spends her days working out in the hotel gym and telling other guests how she was forced out of Stanford.

But Imogen isn't really Imogen. She's Jule. And she's on the run from something. Or someone. Which means . . . where is the real Imogen?

Rewind: Jule and Imogen are the closest of friends. Obsessed with each other, even. Imogen is an orphan, an heiress; she and Jule spend a summer together in a house on Martha's Vineyard, sharing secrets they'd never reveal to another soul.

But that was months ago. Where is Immie now? And why is Jule using her name?
 
"You will devour it." —Gayle Forman, bestselling author of If I Stay

“Fans of E. Lockhart’s We Were Liars will love this . . . and definitely won’t see the ending coming.”  —HelloGiggles Online
 
“Tangled secrets, diabolical lies and, ultimately, a mind-blowing outcome are crafted with the plotted precision we expect (and love!) from E. Lockhart.” —Justine Magazine
 
“Moves at a breakneck speed.” —Marie Claire
 
“As with E. Lockhart's previous novel, the best-selling "We Were Liars," [readers] will likely finish the last page and flip right back to the beginning to search for clues they missed.” —Chicago Tribune

Don't miss, Family of Liars, the eagerly anticipated prequel to the New York Times Bestselling phenomenon, We Were Liars. Available in May 2022!

• ISBN10: 0385744781
• ISBN13: 9780385744782
• Publish Date: 7 May 2019 (first published 5 September 2017)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Ember
• Format: Paperback (US Trade)
• Pages: 288
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780385744782

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

That was a wild ride. Every time I thought I had the story straight, it changed. I always appreciate the way Lockhart knocks me off balance, and well, she put me so far off balance with this one, I fell down.

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[alisoninbookland]

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The style was...interesting? Going backward in time is an fun twist. Not maybe the greatest choice for an audiobook though.

Also, how the heck is this YA? The characters aren't teens.

[anne]

More 3 1/2 violent, thought provoking, unliveable characters

[shannonmiz]

You can find the full review and all the fancy and/or randomness that accompanies it at It Starts at Midnight

True story, I wasn't a huge fan of We Were Liars, so maybe this author and I are simply not meant to be? A lot of the time, I was kind of like "what am I actually reading?" I didn't really like the characters (though I also didn't know that I was meant to) and since things were told in reverse, I felt like there wasn't a ton of point as the story went along. But I think this is probably a case of being me, and not the book, so if it sounds interesting, hope you have better luck!