Such Charming Liars

By: Karen M. McManus

Narrated by: Skyler Gallun, Victoria Villarreal

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When mother-daughter grifters set out on their final job, the heist turns deadly—and dangerously personal—in this twisty thriller from the #1 bestselling author of One of Us Is Lying!

For all of Kat’s life, it’s just been her and her mother, Jamie—except for the forty-eight hours when Jamie was married and Kat had a stepbrother, Liam. That all ended in an epic divorce, and Kat and Liam haven’t spoken since.

Now Jamie is a jewel thief trying to go straight, but she has one last job—at billionaire Ross Sutherland’s birthday party. And Kat has figured out a way to tag along. What Kat doesn’t know, though, is that there are two surprise guests at the dazzling Sutherland compound that weekend. The last two people she wants to run into. Liam and his father—a serial scammer who has his sights set on Ross Sutherland’s youngest daughter.

Kat and Liam are on a collision course to disaster, and when a Sutherland dies, they realize they might actually be in the killer’s crosshairs themselves. Somehow Kat and Liam are the new targets, and they can’t trust anyone—except each other.

Or can they? Because if there’s one thing both Kat and Liam know, it’s how to lie. They learned from the best.

Critic reviews

★ "McManus's plot goes into overdrive with ingenious and unexpected twists and turns, including a particularly satisfying double twist at the end....McManus fans will devour this, and she will certainly earn some new fans as well." —Booklist, starred review

★ "This novel’s twists take readers on a wild ride until the very last page....This might be McManus’s best yet." —School Library Journal, starred review

"The narrative slips into high gear, executing hairpin twists and exploding bombshells that catapult the tale to an electrifying close." —Publishers Weekly

"An unputdownable, deliciously twisty mystery." —Kirkus Reviews

Karen always keeps me entertained!

Another great story. Even though I was a little iffy on Jaimie being asleep for so much of it I get why it needed to happen. Great voice acting as well (although cats voice actor wasn’t great at doing Augustus voice) I hope I don’t have to wait too long for another McManus book

Pitch perfect

4.5 STARS

Karen McManus is a young adult thriller powerhouse. I don’t think she’s ever written a book I didn’t like.

In SUCH CHARMING LIARS, Kat’s mother, Jamie is a con artist. She wants out the life and agrees to do one last job. Unbeknownst to her, Kat tags along to the job, working a birthday celebration in order to replace an expensive necklace with a forgery. At the compound where the party is to be held, the pair run into Luke, the man Jamie was married to for 48 hours in Vegas and his son Liam. Kat and Liam remember a six hour odyssey in Vegas where the then four and five year olds were lost in town. It turns out Luke is also a grifter with Liam attempting to thwart his every attempt.

At first I thought, Liam and Kat would get together, because this is YA, but McManus threw me a curve ball making Liam gay. I like reading opposite sex friendships that don’t turn into romance (this isn’t a spoiler).

I truly despised Jamie. Being a once-abused woman doesn’t justify how horribly she raised Kat. One example is upon encountering Luke, Kat tells him off. While I realize teenagers aren’t always polite, I’ve never met a teenager whose parent would condone telling off an adult, even if he was an asshole. For Kat to believe this was okay, Jamie had to have no standards for behavior. Other than this pet peeve, I loved how McManus developed the characters with unique personalities and attributes.

SUCH CHARMING LIARS will definitely be a reread for me.

Another awesome book

I enjoyed this new book! Great story line with a lot of strong characters. A must read.

Different but AWESOME!!

I was a little apprehensive at first since this plot deviates from what McManus usually puts out (new setting and new dynamics). I’m a big fan so I decided to listen anyways and boy am i glad I did! The character relationships were so well written and I could see the world in my mind really well. It was so refreshing to have a main character who wasn’t focused on boy problems in this genre of media. I liked how the love interest was just a subplot and not the most important thing in the main characters’ relationships! Another great hit from Karen M McManus!!!!!!!

I loved the instant connection between Liam and Kat.

I loved how this book had me smiling and laughing at some parts but it also had a deeper level to it, it also made me so happy to see the way Kats character came into light as the story goes on and how you learn why she is the way she is. I loved this book with all my heart and I recommend for anyone who is looking for a book that you can read very quickly. I rate this book 5 stars ⭐️ I also love Karen M McManus series of one of us is lying and I am slowly but surely working my way through all of her books!