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None of This Is True

None of This Is True

A Novel
Contemporary LiteratureCrime
Pages
370
Published
2023
Language
English

Synopsis

None of This Is True (2023) is Lisa Jewell's slippery, unsettling psychological thriller about the danger of letting a stranger into your life.

On her forty-fifth birthday, popular podcast producer Alix Summer runs into another woman celebrating the same milestone at the same pub. Josie Fair is quiet, odd, and quietly insistent — a self-described "birthday twin" who soon suggests she'd make the perfect subject for Alix's next podcast, promising to document a year of reinventing her own drab life. Flattered and intrigued, Alix agrees. But as Josie edges deeper into Alix's home and family, her stories grow stranger and more sinister, and Alix realizes far too late that she has invited something predatory across her threshold.

Framed through podcast transcripts, a true-crime documentary, and shifting perspectives, the novel keeps the reader guessing about who is really telling the truth. A tense, twisty standalone that examines obsession, self-invention, and the stories we let others tell about us.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

TenseMysterious
Unreliable Narrator

Genres

Contemporary Literature Crime Mystery Suspense Psychological Thriller Thriller Domestic Thriller

About the author

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Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell (born 19 July 1968) is a British author of psychological thrillers and contemporary fiction. Born in the West End of London and raised in Totteridge, she worked in fashion, including at Thomas Pink, before completing a creative writing course. Her 1999 debut novel, Ralph's Party, became the UK's best-selling debut of the year. She has since published more than twenty novels, including Then She Was Gone, The Family Upstairs, Invisible Girl and None of This Is True, and is a number one...

Characters

Alix SummerProtagonist

A podcast producer who invites a strange new acquaintance too deeply into her life.

All characters in None of This Is True

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