GOOD GIRLS LIE Roundup
Every book, I like to do a wrap up/round up of where it’s been featured, the reviews, interviews, podcasts, all the cool things that happened for the book as it makes its way out into the world. GOOD GIRLS LIE was definitely out there in all sorts of places. If you featured the book and I missed it—please let me know!
RECOGNITION
Fresh Fiction January 2020 Fresh Pick
FEATURES
Book Riot: 50 Must-Read Crime Novels for Fall and Winter 2019
She Reads: The Most Anticipated Thrillers of Fall 2019
CrimeReads: 9 books you should read in December
PopSugar: 18 New, Must-Read Books Coming Out In December
Hypable: Winter 2019-2020 movie, TV, book release dates to add to your calendar
The Free-Lance Star: December Mysteries Roundup: Death stalks the Old Dominion
The Real Book Spy’s December 2019 Reading Guide
BookTrib: 6 December Thrillers That Will Give You the Chills
ELLE Canada December 2019 Editors’ Radar
“If the Succession prequel series of our dreams actually existed, we imagine it would find Shiv Roy at a private school similar to the one where J.T. Ellison’s latest novel, Good Girls Lie (out on December 30), is set. The twisty psychological thriller follows Ash, who quickly makes friends with the popular crowd at her elite new prep school. But when Ash falls out of favour and a student ends up dead, she becomes the clear suspect. Enter secrets, betrayal and general mistrust—all of our favourite things (to read about).”
Crime By the Book: CBTB’s Best Psychological Thrillers of 2019
Chatelaine: 9 New Thrillers For Chilling Fall Reading
BookRiot New Release Tuesday (video)
The Big Thrill: Up Close with J.T. Ellison
Betches: 20 Books To Read in 2020
The Kill Zone: When a Writing Break Turns Into a New Novel: J.T. Ellison
INTERVIEWS AND PODCASTS
🎤 Author Stories with Hank Gardner
Christina McDonald: J.T. Ellison
Chapter 16: The Best Literary Citizen
Lisa Unger: A Pen Pal Conversation About the Writing Life
Paul’s Fantasy Writings: Interview With An Author: J.T. Ellison
🎤 Overdrive’s The Professional Book Nerds: December’s Biggest Books
🎤 The Inside Flap Episode #56 — Author J.T. Ellison and More!
Biblio Happy Hour: Biblio News - Week of December 30, 2019
🎤 Game of Books Podcast S2E16 Good Girls Lie and Replica’s Just Right Cabernet Sauvignon
REVIEWS
Associated Press: Secrets prove deadly in J.T. Ellison’s latest thriller
BookTrib: Good Girls Lie, Cheat and Murder … Or Do They?
BookBub: This Thriller Is ‘Pretty Little Liars’ Meets ‘Gossip Girl’
Early PRAISE
“A high-tension thriller...Alternating points of view raise the suspense, blurring the lines between what’s true and false...Ellison keeps readers guessing throughout."
—★ Publishers Weekly, starred review
“If the Succession prequel series of our dreams actually existed, we imagine it would find Shiv Roy at a private school similar to the one where J.T. Ellison’s latest novel, Good Girls Lie, is set. The twisty psychological thriller follows Ash, who quickly makes friends with the popular crowd at her elite new prep school. But when Ash falls out of favour and a student ends up dead, she becomes the clear suspect. Enter secrets, betrayal and general mistrust—all of our favourite things (to read about).”
—ELLE Canada
“An intriguing plot, featuring a final twist, shows what can happen when hidden truths are revealed.”
—Booklist
“Good Girls Lie is an entertainingly twisted coming-of-age tale, pitting the desire for privacy against the corrosiveness of secrecy and taking an often harrowing look at how wealth and power can lull recipients into believing they’re untouchable.”
—BookPage
“Sinister and atmospheric, this page-turner elevates the thriller genre with descriptive writing and well-drawn characters. Ash arrives at the Goode School with secrets of her own. Following an honor code is difficult enough (no lies allowed), but throw in secret societies and overly privileged students, and the scene is set for murder. For readers who liked The Secret History and Watching You.”
—Douglas Beatty, Baltimore County Public Library, LibraryReads
“An exploration of deception and betrayal—and the caring-and-cruelty rollercoaster of adolescent friendships—“Good Girls Lie” represents a gripping read that simultaneously mesmerizes and disturbs.”
—The Free-Lance Star
“GOOD GIRLS LIE is a superb psychological thriller…a deliciously dark, wickedly plotted suspense story…with drama, secret societies, cliques, illicit affairs, manipulation, and, of course, murder, and it’s the sort of book you never want to end.”
—Crime By The Book
“A dark, moody, surprising, well-wrought psychological thriller that evokes the best of Agatha Christie and Patricia Highsmith, Good Girls Lie is a satisfying and engaging read that delves deeply into the psyches and carefully concealed secrets of the Goode School, its staff, and its students…Ellison continues to grow and excel as a writer, still delivering fresh and bold narratives even after many years in the game.”
—Mystery Scene Magazine
“J.T. Ellison’s new psychological thriller Good Girls Lie is a whopper of a dark tale, a nail-biter bound to keep you reading beyond the midnight hour…With her powerful character development skills, Ellison…delivers a complex, yet fast-paced, suspenseful story that is sure to evoke intense emotional reactions from readers.”
—BookTrib
“Every facet this author weaves will have you chilled to the bone. Out of all the books you choose to read, make sure this is the one you do not overlook.”
—Suspense Magazine