Unreliable Narrator

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"Unreliable Narrator is a towering achievement—confronting, deeply compelling and beautifully written, with a simmering message of both rage and hope . Araminta Hall has a rare gift and this novel is, truly, standout." —Rosie Walsh, bestselling author of The Love of My Life

"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

“A young woman reclaims her right to tell her own story after a summer ends in trauma . . . While Hall’s commentary on the power and agency of voice and story, and how it’s historically wielded by privileged males, is more than subtext . . . Hope and Nat are an appealing pair of misfits, and it’s hard not to cheer them on as they work to dismantle at least this one small piece of the patriarchy. Hall holds out a shimmering, romantic image of the dissolute British upper-class artist—and then slices it to shreds.” —Kirkus (starred review)

"[A] twisting and devastating psychological thriller filled with tension and characters on the razor's edge of calamity . . . With her [novel] Imperfect Women now a streaming show with an all-star cast, Hall's new steamy summer thriller will be high on book-club TBRs." —Booklist (starred review)

“The twist seems to be spelled out right there in the title but there’s bound to be more in the latest from the devious writer of One of the Good Guys. There are echoes of The Great Gatsby in the premise, with Hope as Hall’s Nick Carraway, an outside who falls under the spell of wealthy, amoral socialites.” —Minnesota Star Tribune

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

"Araminta Hall shines in this wily thriller about the fraught relationship between a popular author and his assistant . . . Hall's striking prose (upon reading Rosie's book, Hope, 'like a cannibal, began to feed on her own words') and memorable characters enhance a sophisticated plot that never goes quite where readers expect. This is a rewarding page-turner." —Publishers Weekly

"Araminta Hall’s Unreliable Narrator offers a thought-provoking psychological drama about authorship, ownership, and identity . . . A story that is both unsettling and deeply reflective.” — Out South Florida

"[An] intruiging literary thriller . . . Araminta Hall adroitly combines the clever 'meta' elements of her novel with the righteous feminist anger about misogyny, manipulation, and storytellers whose versions are mistakenly believed." —The Sunday Times

“Absolutely compulsive! Araminta Hall is a master of psychological suspense in this propulsive thriller that combines the glitz and glamour of The Great Gatsby with the twists and turns of Alfred Hitchock.” —Lisa Gardner, author of Still See You Everywhere

"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

"Clever, sharp, and simmers with a perfectly contained rage." —Sarah Vaughan, author of Anatomy of a Scandal

"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

"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

“Evocative and menacing, Unreliable Narrator moves in a direction you won’t expect towards a gripping, really satisfying conclusion.” —Harriet Tyce, author of Blood Orange

"I have long admired Araminta Hall’s exquisite, razor sharp writing and this is no exception. In Unreliable Narrator, she fillets every tiny bone of nuance, takes a fresh look at power dynamics and asks how much we can trust what we are told—even by our own memories." —Holly Seddon, author of 59 Minutes