The Telling of Lies
 First edition | |
| Author | Timothy Findley |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Viking Press |
Publication date | 1986 |
| ISBN | 0140241159 |
| Preceded by | Not Wanted on the Voyage |
| Followed by | Stones |
The Telling of Lies is a novel by Timothy Findley, published in 1986.[1] A murder mystery, the novel centres on Vanessa Van Horne, a landscape architect who witnesses the apparent murder of pharmaceutical mogul Calder Maddox at the seaside Aurora Sands Hotel in Maine.[2]
Following the book's paperback publication in the United States in 1988, the novel won the Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original in 1989.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Summers of sand and Shonagon lend color to Findley's Lies". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 1986.
- ^ "The refined art of a story-teller". The Globe and Mail, October 25, 1986.
- ^ "U.S. crime writers honor Findley". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 1989.
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