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The Last Truths We Told

'Seriously good' Sarah Vaughan
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They predicted Ivo would become a tycoon. They predicted Ayda would go on to become a hotshot lawyer. They didn’t predict that Lily would be dead. Twenty years ago, nine university friends made a series of predictions about what would happen to each of them after... Read More
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It's not the lies that kill you. It's the truth.

It's not the lies that kill you. It's the truth.

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They predicted Ivo would become a tycoon.

They predicted Ayda would go on to become a hotshot lawyer.

They didn’t predict that Lily would be dead.

Twenty years ago, nine university friends made a series of predictions about what would happen to each of them after college. Now they’ve all gathered together for the weekend. Not for a reunion, but for a reveal.

Some of them have gone on to staggering success, others to more mundane lives. And one of them is missing.

Before her death, Lily seemed agitated. Even scared. In the weeks before her death, she called Maggie, wanting to talk but then refusing to say what was frightening her. Now Maggie is beginning to realise that not everyone at the house this weekend is who they appeared to be.

And those who are lying are prepared to do anything to stop the truth coming out.

An unputdownable page-turner about old friends and new betrayals from an award-winning thriller writer at the very top of her game, this is unmissable reading group suspense fiction.

The Last Truths We Told by Holly Watt will keep you on the edge of your seat as secrets unravel and the true nature of friendship is tested.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781526661487

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 July 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Raven Books

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 42.0mm

Width: 136.0mm

Height: 206.0mm

Weight: 299g

Pages: 368

About the Author

Holly Watt is an award-winning investigative journalist who worked at the Sunday Times, the Daily Telegraph and the Guardian before moving to Devon with her family to write fiction.

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