{"product_id":"andrea-gillies-the-white-lie-9781780720395","title":"The White Lie","description":"On a hot summer's afternoon, Ursula Salter runs, sobbing, from the loch on her parents' Highland estate, and bursts into the drawing room with devastating news: \"Michael! I've killed him. I've killed him.\" But has she? No body can be found, and the only other witness to the event, the estate handyman Alan, might have an agenda of his own. Ursula is 29 but still in many ways a child, and has trouble separating facts from fiction - were she and her 19-year-old nephew Michael really lovers as she claims? What secret did she tell him, in the boat, before he disappeared? For the Salters, the contradictions in Ursula's strange, shocking testimony allow them to construct a version of events that will protect her from suspicion and themselves from the truth. The official story - the one put about in the village - is that Michael has run away. And this is the accepted line until, thirteen years later, a birthday party is interrupted by a chilling revelation. Finally, the tight web of deception begins to unravel... The White Lie is a tense, beautifully crafted novel about the poisonous ripple effect of unaddressed guilt.","brand":"Short Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Used - very good","offer_id":53573612142934,"sku":"9781780720395-V","price":1.73,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9781780720395_1.jpg?v=1778421586","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/andrea-gillies-the-white-lie-9781780720395","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}