About the Book: The Art of a Lie
The Art of a Lie is a beguiling cat-and-mouse thriller from the Sunday Times
bestselling author of The Square of Sevens, Laura Shepherd-Robinson. Thats the
trouble with stories, especially the ones you write for yourself. Sometimes you
think theyve ended, when theyve barely begun . . . London, 1749. Following the
murder of her husband in a violent street robbery, Hannah Cole is struggling to
keep her head above water. The Punchbowl and Pineapple, her confectionary shop
on Piccadilly, is barely turning a profit, and her suppliers are conspiring to
put her out of business. So when