Audiobook10 hours
This Story Is a Lie
Written by Tom Pollock
Narrated by Tim Gerard Reynolds
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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About this audiobook
A YA thriller described as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time meets John le Carre, about a teen math prodigy with an extreme anxiety disorder who finds himself caught in a web of lies and conspiracies after an assassination attempt on his mother. Seventeen-year-old Peter Blankman is a math genius. He also suffers from devastating panic attacks. Pete gets through each day with the help of his mother-a famous scientist-and his beloved twin sister, Bel. But when his mom is nearly assassinated in front of his eyes and Bel disappears, Pete finds himself on the run. Dragged into a world where state and family secrets intertwine, Pete must use his extraordinary analytical skills to find his missing sister and track down the people who attacked his mother. But his greatest battle will be with the enemy he's fought his entire life: the constant terror that threatens to overwhelm him. Weaving back and forth between Pete's past and present, the novel is a testimony from a protagonist who is brilliant, broken and trying to be brave.
Author
Tom Pollock
Tom Pollock is a graduate of Edinburgh University and the Sussex University Creative Writing Programme, and a member of the London-based writers' group The T-Party. He has lived everywhere from Scotland to Sumatra, but the peculiar magic of London has always drawn him back.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Peter and Bel are twins, yet as different as can be. Peter, a math genius, suffers from panic attacks, and Bel, his protector, is bold. When his neurobiologist mother is attacked at an awards dinner, Peter finds out about her secret life as part of a spy agency and realizes that he and his sister are more than what he thought, and that they are in danger themselves. Unfortunately, Peter is not a reliable narrator and must overcome his own nature and illusions to survive.