Count My Lies: A GMA Book Club Pick!

By Sophie Stava

Book Overview

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

SOON TO BE A HULU TELEVISION SERIES STARRING LINDSAY LOHAN AND SHAILENE WOODLEY

"The very definition of a page-turner This smart, original, twisty story had me gripped from the first to the last page." --Liane Moriarty, New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies

A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave.

Sloane Caraway is a liar.

Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.

So, when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can't help herself--she tells the girl's (very attractive) dad she's a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl's foot.

With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart--the perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.

But maybe Sloane isn't the only one lying, and all that's picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.

The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins an "utterly gripping and unputdownable" (Amy Tintera, New York Times bestselling author) thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.

Careful what you lie for.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668079348
• ISBN13: 9781668079348
• Release Date: March 2025
• Publisher: Gallery/Scout Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Nicely twisty!

This was a fun twisty thriller! Sloane may be an excellent liar, building intricate towers to be the interesting one, not an outcast. I could understand why she did that with the childhood she had, moving around all the time, always being the new girl. Unfortunately she is not the only one in this book, which leads to secrets uncovered, lies galore, and plans to bring the downfall of someone. Who will betray whom, who will win and who will pay the cost of all those lies and plans? This book did a very good job of building up the suspense, unraveling bit at a time through the viewpoints of Sloane, Violet, and Jay to a very satisfactory and fun ending! Yes, it did remind me of a few other thrillers which followed a similar pattern but I think it was well done and enjoyed it a lot! It definitely was a fast read and flowed well. For a debut novel it was good and nicely twisty with good shocks in each of the four parts and while I did guess a bit, it still had a fun twist I did not expect but thoroughly enjoyed. I would definitely recommend this book for a fun read full of lies but some good truths as well and justice served!

Couldn't put it down!

Want a novel that you can't figure out what's going to happen next? THIS IS IT ! I ordered and received this 322 page-turner on Tuesday of this week ..3 days later I'm sitting here trying to recap this story in my mind as I just finished reading this incredible read ! Highly recommended--- you won't figure it out till the very last page!