It All Started With A Lie by Denise Brown

Release date: February 29th 2024
Young Adult Fiction
Paperback ISBN: 978-1913835323
£8.99
 
Shortlisted for the Spark! Book Awards 2025
Shortlisted for the Best YA Crime Novel from CrimeFest2025 
 
'Dark, twisty and incredibly gripping'
Ravena Guron, author of This Book Kills 
 
ABOUT: When Pearl discovers a newspaper clipping showing a picture of her dad holding the baby he found abandoned outside a hospital, it sets off a chain of events of betrayal, obsession, murder. And it all started with a lie. Perfect for fans of Cynthia Murphy and Holly Jackson. 
 
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Denise Brown is a writer, housekeeper, and single parent of five children. Denise was shortlisted for the Spark! Book Awards 2025, shortlisted for the Best YA Crime Novel from CrimeFest2025 and longlisted for The Diverse Book Awards 2022. She's the author of YA books It All Started With A Lie, We Know What You Did and No One Keeps A Secret. In 2019 she was longlisted for the Bath Novel Award. Born in East London, Denise has now settled in Scotland where she feels certain she must have lived in a previous life. She loves dogs and snow globes and has a teensy obsession with Jack Skellington.
 
For more on Denise 
Twitter and Instagram: @DeniseBrownUK