When a woman conceals her sister's death to claim their joint inheritance, her deception exposes a web of dangerous secrets and asks the question, how far would you go to get what’s yours.

The Better Liar is the debut novel by Tanen Jones and tells the story of sisters, Leslie and Robin, who have not seen each other in over 10 years. After their father passes away, Leslie tracks Robin down outside of Las Vegas, but when she arrives at her apartment she finds her dead of an overdose. Leslie needs Robin to be able to claim her half of the $100,000 inheritance her father left both of them. When Leslie meets Mary in Las Vegas, she realizes that Mary looks like her sister and comes up with a plan to get her inheritance. Mary will impersonate Robin for a week in exchange for Robin’s half of the money. Back at Leslie’s house in New Mexico, Mary starts to realize that Leslie is hiding something, and Leslie thinks that Mary has secrets of her own.

This book had me hooked from the beginning. The author was able to pull me in from the onset and kept me enthralled the entire time with all of the twists and turns. I knew this was a psychological thriller, but there was way more to it. The book focuses on family dynamics, the relationship between sisters, and even postpartum depression. None of the characters were perfect. They all had major flaws, but that’s what made the story more realistic. I will say that I was able to figure out one of the big twists, but the twists kept coming throughout the book so it didn’t ruin it for me. The ending did leave me wanting a bit more, but this is still a great read. I hope that Tanen Jones will be writing more books in this genre.

Thank you NetGalley and Ballantine Books for an advanced readers copy in exchange for my honest review.