The Lying Game

Pages: 307
Published: 2010
Language: English

What if your twin sister, whom you never knew, died and you had to pretend to be her to find out who killed her? That's the reality for Emma, who must step into her deceased twin's life, navigate her friendships, her boyfriend, and her family, all while being watched by the killer. From the author of Pretty Little Liars, this series starter explores the dangerous consequences of secrets and lies.

Prose complexity: 4/10

Tense Mysterious Dark

Secret Identity Betrayal Fish Out of Water

Mystery Thriller Young Adult

Sara Shepard

Sara Shepard (born April 8, 1977) is an American author best known for the young-adult mystery series Pretty Little Liars (2006–) and The Lying Game (2010–2013), both adapted for television by Freeform. She grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs of Pennsylvania — the setting that inspired Pretty Little Liars' fictional Rosewood — earned a B.S. from New York University and an MFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College, and worked as a ghostwriter for YA book packager Alloy Entertainment before pu...