An oral overdose isn’t quick, so Ambrose eventually realized he had been poisoned. He acted out and killed Ambrose by putting a lethal dose of heroin in a wine bottle for Ambrose to consume. Luc had a challenging childhood and experienced a lot of abuse, so he panicked and was terrified of being sent away from the only safe place he ever knew. Kate and her step-brother Luc were in love, and when Ambrose found out, he decided they needed to be separated, and decided to send Luc away. Isa, Fatima, and Thea are all led to believe that Ambrose committed suicide because the school had found out about his drawings of them – some of which were of the girls naked.Īs the novel progresses, the truth is revealed. She convinced her friends to help her bury his body and that she would wait a few weeks to notify the police at which point she’ll be 16 and allowed to stay in her home alone.

Kate texted her three friends for help, and since she was under 16, she didn’t want to go to the police because she would be put into foster care. We’re led to believe that Ambrose committed suicide by overdosing on heroin (he was a recovered addict) and Kate found him. But their little game had consequences, and the girls were all expelled in their final year of school under mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of the school’s eccentric art teacher, Ambrose (who also happens to be Kate’s father). Bail on the lie when it becomes clear it is about to be found out. The myriad and complicated rules of the game are strict: no lying to each other-ever. Each different in their own way, the four became inseparable and were notorious for playing the Lying Game, telling lies at every turn to both fellow boarders and faculty, with varying states of serious and flippant nature that were disturbing enough to ensure that everyone steered clear of them. The four girls were best friends at Salten, a second-rate boarding school set near the cliffs of the English Channel. The next morning, three women in and around London-Fatima, Thea, and Isabel-receive the text they had always hoped would NEVER come, from the fourth in their formerly inseparable clique, Kate, that says only, “I need you.” Before she can stop him, the dog charges into the water to retrieve what first appears to be a wayward stick, but to her horror, turns out to be something much more sinister… On a cool June morning, a woman is walking her dog in the idyllic coastal village of Salten along a tidal estuary known as the Reach.

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