The Lying Game

The Lying Game
Sara Shepard

From the author of the New York Times bestselling PRETTY LITTLE LIARS comes a killer series, THE LYING GAME.Sutton Mercer had a life anyone would kill for – and someone did. But thanks to a view from the afterlife and Emma Paxton, her long-lost twin sister, Sutton has a chance to solve her own murder. Emma slips into Sutton’s old life to piece together her disappearance. But can Emma keep up the charade long enough to discover what really happened to Sutton…or will she become the next victim?Let the lying games begin.

THE

LYING

GAME

BY

SARA

SHEPARD

We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.

—KURT VONNEGUT

Contents

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PROLOGUE

Chapter 1 - THE DEAD RINGER

Chapter 2 - THAT’S RIGHT, BLAME THE FOSTER KID

Chapter 3 - YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE IF YOU READ IT ON FACEBOOK

Chapter 4 - REUNION INTERRUPTED

Chapter 5 - SHE IS ME

Chapter 6 - WHO CAN RESIST A BROODER?

Chapter 7 - THE BEDROOM EMMA NEVER HAD

Chapter 8 - COFFEE, MUFFINS, MISTAKEN IDENTITY . . .

Chapter 9 - IMITATION IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF FLATTERY

Chapter 10 - EVERY GUY LOVES A FELON

Chapter 11 - WATCH OUT FOR DEVIL CHILD!

Chapter 12 - EMMA’S FIRST FAMILY DINNER DYSFUNCTION

Chapter 13 - THE BODY ON THE GROUND

Chapter 14 - VINTAGE EMMA

Chapter 15 - THE SCENE OF THE CRIME

Chapter 16 - LAST BUS TO VEGAS

Chapter 17 - NEVER HAVE I EVER

Chapter 18 - WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?

Chapter 19 - LEAVING IS NOT AN OPTION

Chapter 20 - DEAR DIARY, TODAY I DIED

Chapter 21 - UNREQUITED SPYING

Chapter 22 - DIRTY SECRETS

Chapter 23 - SOMEONE WAS A VERY, VERY BAD GIRL . . .

Chapter 24 - DOESN’T EVERY GIRL THINK HER SISTER WANTS TO KILL HER?

Chapter 25 - A LATE ADDITION TO THE GUEST LIST

Chapter 26 - A FACE FROM THE PAST

Chapter 27 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NOW DIE

Chapter 28 - SEDUCTION AND MURDER ALWAYS GO HAND IN HAND

Chapter 29 - THE GREAT ESCAPE

Chapter 30 - SOMEONE KNOWS . . .

Chapter 31 - NOT FUNNY, BITCHES

Chapter 32 - THE BITTER TRUTH

Chapter 33 - LOOK OUT, SUTTON’S BACK

EPILOGUE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS