The Lies You Tell

by Ruth Mancini

  But this is my story. These are my truths. This is what happened. Of that, I am certain.

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  Huge thanks to Christine Lawson at Oxford Editing Services Freelance Press for copy editing and commenting on numerous drafts of this novel. My thanks go also to Oxford Literary Consultancy for their extensive editorial and marketing advice. I’d particularly like to thank my book manager, Sárka-Jonae Miller, and proofreader, Jennifer Gracen (she of the laser eyes. She even picked up on the incorrect spelling of Jimi Hendrix’s name!).

  My heartfelt thanks go to my lovely friends Catherine Scammell, Tracey Wood and Angela Ridley and also to Lesley Scammell, Clare McDonnell, and everyone else who read and commented on earlier drafts of The Lies You Tell. Many thanks also to fellow author Catherine Amey for her editorial and marketing advice and to Clare Mac for the insight into radio journalism. A special thank you to Estelle Jobson for her funny story about the talking stars...

  I remain indebted to Jaimie Cahlil (my “Uncle Silbert”) for his love, support, and words of wisdom, and to my dear friend Lucy Bagourd for her wonderful descriptions of Eaubonne.

  Finally, thanks to my husband, Mark, for contributing the odd word or phrase here and there, and for making me laugh, most days.

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  RUTH MANCINI is a criminal defence lawyer, author and freelance writer. She lives in Oxfordshire with her husband and two children.

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  First published as Swimming Upstream in 2013 by Booktrope Editions.

  This edition first published in the United Kingdom in 2018 by Head of Zeus Ltd

  Copyright © Ruth Mancini, 2013

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  This is a work of fiction. All characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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  ISBN (E) 9781788544795

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