“Where the Truth Lies is a beguiling suspense novel. It’s sexy and surprising, witty and intriguing. I was hooked from the very first page.”
—Candace Bushnell, author of Sex in the City
“A big, juicy book with pungent dialogue, vivid descriptions, [and] outsized characters... It’s no surprise that when Holmes wrote a mystery it would prove so entertaining.... Where the Truth Lies is a labor of love. Every scrap of lawyerese or Mafia-speak, every tidbit of Hollywood lore, every scene of mental or physical intoxication, every tightening of suspense is beautifully rendered, polished to a sheen. Holmes seduces us.”
—Los Angeles Times Book Review
“Holmes, who has won honors galore for his inventive storytelling on Broadway, [delivers] a giddy fun-house ride through bygone eras.”
—The New York Times Book Review
“Every debut should be so good; ‘tour de force’ is a disgracefully overused term, but it is not out of place here. [Holmes] captures the taste, tenor, and fashion of the 1970s.... The writing and characterization are witty and nimble.... Holmes catches the way people think and speak, and the way they sometimes don’t do the former before doing the latter.... Pulitzers, for no good reason, do not commonly go to mysteries... but to win his third Edgar—for first mystery novel—that would not be out of the question.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
“Just a flat-out pleasure to read.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
“Hugely entertaining... Witty, sexy, and suspenseful... A glittering ride.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Engrossing from start to finish.”
—Entertainment Weekly
“Giddily sordid, ridiculously pleasurable.”
—The Onion
“A funny, sexy, suspenseful romp through show biz in the ’70s... Holmes deftly re-creates the smoky, seductive mood of the disco decade. His breezy, witty prose perfectly captures an era when style meant more than substance, airlines served gourmet in-flight meals, and charity telethons were the only reality shows on TV.”
—Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Highly recommended... Notable for its wit, snappy dialog, and uncanny sense of Hollywood glitz, backstage politics, and dirty deeds... [A] can’t-miss novel.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
“Literate, witty, and atmospheric.”
—Booklist (starred review)
“Deliciously entertaining... Holmes sustains intrigue until the denouement.”
—New York Daily News
“Exceedingly clever... A slick, often sophisticated piece of popular fiction.”
—The Washington Post
“A delectable crime novel... Wonderfully witty... It’ll keep you tossing and turning pages all night long.”
—Newsweek
“A hilarious send-up of the entertainment industry.”
—USA Today
Description
Adapted into a major motion picture starring Colin Firth and Kevin Bacon!
From the New York Times bestselling author of Murder Your Employer comes Where the Truth Lies, a tour de force of sinister mystery, sly comedy, grand cuisine, and all-consuming desire—“a narcotically addictive thriller” (Esquire).
Kerry O’Connor, a vivacious, free-spirited young journalist known for her penetrating celebrity interviews is hell-bent on unearthing the long-buried secrets that irrevocably shaped the lives of the magnetic showbiz team of singer Vince Collins and comic Lanny Morris. Once inseparable (and seemingly insatiable), the two celebrities were driven apart by a young woman’s bizarre and unexplained death, in which either might have been complicit.
As the tart-tongued, eye-catching O’Connor ventures deeper into this unsolved mystery, she finds herself compromisingly coiled around both men, knowing more about them than they realize and less than she might like, but increasingly fearful that she now knows far too much.
Where the Truth Lies confirms Rupert Holmes’s status as one of the most ingenious writers of today, a Renaissance man who has succeeded in virtually every realm of the entertainment world: music, film, TV, Broadway, and fiction. As the Los Angeles Times observed, Holmes is “one of those gifted people who seem able to do anything they want with the English language.”
Reviews
Praise for Murder Your Employer
“Holmes is a gifted wordsmith whose latest is a top-notch read that both entertains and amuses.... Delightfully wicked... An amusing and cheeky tale with excellent pacing replete with droll observations.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
“If the illustrations of Edward Gorey came to life, they would be in the same neighborhood as this ‘Poison Ivy League’ college.... Although this beautifully designed DIY manual is full of twists, the emphasis is on comedy... but the extraordinary Holmes can pull the heartstrings too.... You will love this gigglesome guide to the graves of academe.”
—The Times (London)
“How has no one thought of this before? Murders set at an imaginary academy set up to train murderers... Holmes delights in wordplay that includes puns, literary terms, cultural references, and twists.... As Holmes takes hairpin turns from irony back to sincerity for his three McMasters pupils, his zany storytelling will delight fans of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett, all Sherlock Holmes stories, and even those who love tales of arcane and Gothic institutions.”
—Bethanne Patrick, NPR