The Lying Game
The Lying GameRuth Ware
Characters in The Lying Game
6 characters, main characters first.Main characters
Isa Wilde
A lawyer and new mother in London who is pulled back to Salten by an old friend's summons.
Supporting characters
Kate (The Lying Game)
Isa's school friend, who still lives in the Tide Mill near the marsh and sends the text that reunites the group.
Thea (The Lying Game)
One of the four school friends, a career woman who was the driving force behind the lying game as a teenager.
Fatima (The Lying Game)
One of the four school friends, now a doctor and a practising Muslim, which surprises her old friends.
Ambrose (The Lying Game)
Kate's father and the art teacher at Salten school, whose death lies behind the girls' expulsion.
Luc (The Lying Game)
A French teenager escaping a troubled home who lives with Ambrose and Kate at the Tide Mill.