Seven Ways to Tell a Lie
2025
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About the book:
German title: Seven Ways to Tell a Lie
Author: Colin Hadler
English title: Seven Ways to Tell a Lie
Thriller / 14+
368 pages
Publication date: February 2025
ISBN 978-3-522-50845-2
In the idyllic small town of Wane, a shocking video unsettles the high school: a school bus plunges into a ravine, screams of panic, a fireball. Jonah recognizes himself and his former best friends in the video – even though this accident never happened. But this is just the beginning: a series of further videos reveals the darkest secrets of the former clique, created with deepfake technology. The strange thing is that the secrets are real. Jonah realizes that it all relates to the disappearance of his girlfriend Enya a year ago. With each video, Jonah gets closer to the truth, but one thing becomes increasingly clear: they are all supposed to get back on the bus. A race against time begins to solve the mystery of Enya's disappearance.
- Hot topic: deepfake videos
- SPIEGEL YA Bestseller List #10
- Popular tropes: cold case and missing person
About the author:
Colin Hadler was born in Graz in 2001. His reading cabarets combine his love of theater with his love of books. His thrillers, including SPIEGEL bestsellers, have been nominated for the several awards. And if he hasn't died, he lives in Vienna.
Awards/Nominations:
- SPIEGEL YA Bestseller List #10
- Translation rights sold to Czech Republic
- 18.000 copies sold in Germany
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