On this island your friends and your enemies
quickly end up the same . . .
~ 1985 ~
When fifteen-year-old Catherine sees her best friend slip
from a wild cliff path, she vows never to say a word. But
Catherine was the last person to see her alive.
~ 1940 ~
Charlie also has a secret. When German soldiers land on
Guernsey, he carries out an act of rebellion with consequences
that will reach far into the future — and into C Catherine’ s own life.
The Book of Lies is a powerful novel about friendship, love and betrayal. It weaves together two distant lives, and proves that no truth is as simple as it seems.