This Is Why We Lied (The Will Trent Series Book 12)

WE ARE ALL GUILTY HERE is the new addictive Karin Slaughter thriller for 2025, available now!


One toxic family. Eight suspicious guests. Everyone is guilty. But who is a killer?



Welcome to the McAlpine Lodge: a secluded mountain getaway, it’s the height of escapist luxury living.


Except that everyone here is lying. Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves.


Then one night, Mercy McAlpine – until now the good daughter – threatens to expose everybody's secrets. Just hours later, Mercy is dead.


In an area this remote, it’s easy to get away with murder. But Will Trent and Sara Linton – investigator and medical examiner for the GBI – are here on their honeymoon.



And now, with the killer poised to strike again, the holiday of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock…



The incredible new thriller – an instant Sunday Times bestseller!
‘Everything a thriller should be: dark, multilayered, suspenseful’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘Kept me guessing to the end’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘So twisted my head was spinning’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘One of those books you really don't want to put down!’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘The final reveal delivers an absolute jaw drop moment that punched me straight in the chest’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘Definitely keeps you on your toes’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘Jaw dropping thriller you don't want to end’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


‘The plot twisted & turned and reached a very unexpected conclusion’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐


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This is Why We Lied was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 17/6/24