At their second rate boarding school in a small English seaside town Kate, Isa, Thea and Fatima were as thick as thieves. These days they rarely get together, although they often think of each other and the brief time they spent together at school before a tragedy and a mysterious scandal sent them off on different paths.
Almost twenty years later the discovery of a body on the beach leads Kate to send the others a simple text: 'I need you'. Dropping everything, they rush to Kate, now a penniless artist still living in the remote mill house that was her childhood home, and the truth of what really happened at the end of their schooldays together is finally revealed.
I loved Ruth Ware's two previous books so much, my only reservation being that they were similar in many ways and I hoped that the author wasn't going to slip into the ease of writing formulated mysteries. The Lying Game has broken the mould and is quite different to her other two books.
Deeper and more complex it is less of a straight forward tense and gripping thriller as it explores not only the mystery at it's heart but also the nature of truth and female relationships.
The Lying Game is a well written story with relatable characters and an isolated setting that adds atmosphere and a sense of unease but this story didn't fill me with the same sense of anticipation and dread as the author's other works did. While there are plenty of cliffhangers throughout this book they didn't quite work for me as they didn't seem foreboding enough and I found the story a little slow going at times.
Overall I did enjoy The Lying Game but not quite as much as I did the author's previous books...
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