Unreliable Narrator - by Araminta Hall (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

It's his story. But it's her life.

When twenty-three-year-old Hope Jenkins arrives at the isolated, otherworldly Shadowlands estate, she's certain her life is finally about to begin. Armed with nothing but her ambition and a job assisting the up-and-coming literary star Ambrose "Rosie" Glencourt, Hope stumbles into a world of wild parties, decadent secrets, and deadly charm.

At Shadowlands, art and danger blur into one. Rosie and his enigmatic wife, Delia, preside over a circle of glittering guests with morals as questionable as their wealth. Hope is transfixed--by their beauty, their brilliance, and by Tom, the elusive young man who resides on the sprawling property and has captured Hope's heart for the very first time. Hope quickly realizes she's willing to do anything to secure her place among them--even if it ends in fatal disaster.

Ten years later, Hope lives in self-imposed exile. She has no family, no friends, and no future . . .until she opens Rosie's runaway bestseller and discovers it's an almost exact retelling of her story: the work, the sex, and the gunshot that ended it all. It is everything Hope swore to keep hidden, dragged out onto center stage. But this time, Hope isn't going to stay quiet.

Riveting, compulsively readable, and surprisingly tender, Unreliable Narrator by Araminta Hall explores revenge, obsession, and the dangerous stories we tell to survive.

Review Quotes

"Araminta Hall needs to be your next obsession. She is an utter genius, especially when it comes to writing about toxic relationships. Unreliable Narrator is clever, beautifully written and next-level creepy. I loved it to death." --Lisa Jewell, bestselling author of Don't Let Him In

"What are our deepest fears? That the people we love are not who they claim to be, that we are not who we believe we are. This is the stuff of Unreliable Narrator--chilling, gripping suspense that dances on the edge of madness." --Chris Pavone, author of The Doorman

"Araminta Hall never takes her foot off the pedal--even when you never knew there was a pedal. It's a masterful, unnerving, thrilling book--don't expect to be the same at the end as you were when you began." --Catriona Ward, author of Looking Glass Sound

"Araminta Hall's books always promise to be thrilling escapes with the most satisfying and unexpected twists, and Unreliable Narrator proves to be no different." --Elisabeth Moss

"A dark, immersive, feminist thriller. Araminta Hall writes so powerfully about monstrous men, and the privilege that allows them to exist . . . Clever, sharp, and simmers with a perfectly contained rage." --Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal

"One of those books that will stay with me long after I've finished turning the pages." --Nikki Smith, author of They Had It Coming

"I lost myself completely in this dark, twisting dream of a book. Brilliantly written, it is immersive and gripping until the last line. I just loved it." --Eve Chase, author of The Secret Thread

About the Author

Araminta Hall is the author of four novels, including Imperfect Women and Our Kind of Cruelty. She has an MA in creative writing and authorship from the University of Sussex and teaches creative writing in Brighton, where she lives with her husband and three children.