Who Is the Liar

An ingenious novel of suspense about sisterhood, innocence, murderous games, and how far well go to protect the ones we love. In a tight-knit town in the 1980s, a child-killer is on the loose. And Topazs parents are on edge. At ten years old, Topaz is so vulnerable. But she has nothing to worry about. Her eldest sister, Ruby, has made sure of that. Swearing Topaz to secrecy, Ruby reveals she has trapped the monster in their root cellar. Bound and bloodied in the cold space is kindly Brother Johnson from the church. Pleading with Topaz to cut him loose, he says her reckless sister is a liar. Brother Johnson is right about that: Ruby does lie. She also likes to scare people. Still, even Ruby wouldnt lie about this. Would she? The gameand the secretis in her hands. But Topaz just wants to do the right thing. Let Brother Johnson die in the cold space? Or try to set him freeand then see what happens next?