E. Lockhart Genuine Fraud

A compulsively readable thriller told in reverse - a mind-bending vision of female friendship and betrayal from the author of the global phenomenon We Were Liars . In development as an original streaming series starring and executive produced by The Summer I Turned Pretty' s Rain Spencer! 'A brilliant, twisty thriller - I loved it!' Karen M. McManus, #1 New York Times bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying 'Nail-bitingly tense, this exploration of identity, entitlement and feminism is a perfect psychological thriller and surely, soon, a movie' Daily Mail 'You will devour it.' Gayle Forman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of If I Stay 'A punchy thriller... a sophisticated, emotionally literate howdunit in The Talented Mr Ripley mould' The Observer Have you ever wanted to be someone else? Imogen lives at the Playa Grande Resort in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. She spends her days working out in the hotel gym and telling other guests how she was forced out of Stanford. But Imogen isn't really Imogen. She's Jule. And she's on the run from something. Or someone. Which means . . . where is the real Imogen and what happened to her? Rewind: Jule and Imogen are the closest of friends. Obsessed with each other, even. Imogen is an orphan, an heiress; she and Jule spend a summer together in a house on Martha's Vineyard, sharing secrets they'd never reveal to another soul. But that was months ago. Where is Immie now? And why is Jule using her name? From the author of the unforgettable bestseller We Were Liars comes a suspenseful new psychological thriller - the story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves? You be the judge.