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On the English Channel island of Guernsey, a teenage girl�s Mean Girls-like experience pushes her to murder her best friend in a scandal, she will discover, that mirrors her uncle�s previously unknown story from the days of the island�s Nazi occupation during WWII. Told through the voices of fifteen-year-old Cat Rozier and her long-dead Uncle Charlie�known to Cat only by the audio recordings he left behind�The Book of Lies lucidly illuminates the interior lives of a scorned modern girl with attitude and a defiant, faded man. With echoes of Nicole Krauss�s The History of Love and Jennifer McMahon�s Promise Not to Tell, Mary Horlock�s stunning debut novel is an unforgettable exploration of aspiration, anguish, and rebellion.