The truth and other lies

From the outside, Henry Hayden has a perfect life: he's a famous novelist with more money than he can spend, a grand house, a smart, loyal wife. But Henry has a dark side. If only the readers and critics who worship his every word knew that his success depends on a carefully maintained lie. One that he will stop at nothing to protect. Then in thrall to paranoia and self-interest, Henry makes a fatal error that swiftly causes the whole dream to unravel, as lie is heaped upon lie, menace upon menace. And it turns out that those around him have their secrets to ...