With over 20 novels to her name, most of them New York Times and USA Today bestsellers, J.T. Ellison is a writer’s writer, and each of her releases is a punch-packed surprise from cover to cover. Her previous three bestsellers, Good Girls Lie (2019), Tear Me Apart (2018), and Lie To Me (2017), have proven through sales, reviews, and fan reactions alike that when it comes to crafting twisty domestic suspense, she’s certainly got the stuff.
It seems like so long ago when we were able to head over to a favorite bookstore, hear the bell ding as we open the door to a world of possibilities, and stalk the aisles in search of a new title. Luckily, thanks to mail delivery, curb-side pickups, and e-books, having safe and convenient access to books hasn’t skipped a beat. Now, perhaps more than ever, the joy and comfort of nesting at home with a good book and diving into just about any world we want to feels as invigorating as a speed boat ride through the bluest waters of our collective imagination.
Open up an Ellison novel, and you’re no longer in your reading chair, or curled up on the couch—you’re transported to different cities and far-away countries to piece together the clues of a massive case, before shutting the book and putting the mystery to rest. Ah, the wonderment of books.
In its review of Ellison’s breakout novel, the Washington Independent Review Of Books called Lie to Me a “psychological thriller that will have [readers] on the edge of [their] seats till the very last page.” Reviewer Nike Campbell-Fatoki goes on to say, “Author J.T. Ellison has written a realistic tale of family issues and teenage rebellion. She takes us into the lives of authors, their challenges — from harsh critics and social-media backlash to the daily struggles of writing — and how they balance everything while staying true to their craft. She humanizes them, and readers can empathize.”
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In 2018, following the release of Tear Me Apart, Publishers Weekly said Ellison was “at the top of her game” in a review highlighting that “the intense plot, enhanced by flashbacks that gradually reveal the truth of Mindy’s birth, builds to a stunning conclusion.” And the praise doesn’t stop there. When Good Girls Lie came out in 2019, the press was similarly floored. C. C. Harrison, a reviewer for the New York Journal of Books, said, “J. T. Ellison skillfully unwinds a complex tale of lies, deception, and murder spiced up with backstory and well-fleshed out characters. Good Girls Lie is an engrossingly sinister tale that grabs you from the very first page.”
Seems to be a pattern here, doesn’t it? It's not hard to piece together the clues: J.T. Ellison is a bright star on the rise within the suspense genre.
Lie to Me
Domestic noir at its best. Readers will devour this stunning page-turner about the disintegration of a marriage as grief, jealousy, betrayal and murder destroy the facade of the perfect literary couple. New York Times bestselling author J.T. Ellison takes her exceptional writing to a new level with this breakout suspense novel.
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Tear Me Apart
The follow-up to her critically acclaimed Lie to Me, J.T. Ellison’s Tear Me Apart is the powerful story of a mother willing to do anything to protect her daughter, even as their carefully constructed world unravels around them.
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Good Girls Lie
J.T. Ellison’s pulse-pounding psychological thriller examines the tenuous bonds of friendship, the power of lies and the desperate lengths people will go to in order to protect their secrets.
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On March 9, 2021, Ellison returns with what will most assuredly be another hugely successful title, Her Dark Lies. This one tells the story of Claire Hunter, an up-and-coming artist who’s engaged to Jack Compton, the seemingly perfect son of a tremendously wealthy family. The wedding is set to take place on Isle Isola, off the beautiful Italian coast.
It should be a joyous time, but something’s wrong. A skeleton washes up on the island, Claire’s wedding dress gets mysteriously ruined, and she’s increasingly plagued by ominous text messages. As the happiest day of her life unravels into a living hell, her would-be husband seems to be at the center of the deadly storm closing in on her new life before it’s even begun.
“While writing Her Dark Lies, I envisioned Isola in the abyss between the Scylla and Charybdis, the monsters of lore who guard the small channel of sea historically located off the southern coast of Italy,” says Ellison. “Like Odysseus, this story threads that small needle between sucking whirlpool and razor-teeth, pulling you in many directions, all dangerous.”
As we inch closer to a year since the pandemic started, J.T. Ellison has given us something to look forward to, and a new story in which we can escape. We can’t wait to dive in.
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Available March 9, 2021
Her Dark Lies
Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison’s breathtaking new novel invites you to a wedding none will forget—and some won’t survive.
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