The Telling of Lies explained

The Telling of Lies
Author:Timothy Findley
Country:Canada
Language:English
Publisher:Viking Press
Release Date:1986
Isbn:0140241159
Preceded By:Not Wanted on the Voyage
Followed By:Stones

The Telling of Lies is a 1986 novel by Timothy Findley.[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]

Notes and References

  1. "Summers of sand and Shonagon lend color to Findley's Lies". The Globe and Mail, November 15, 1986.
  2. "The refined art of a story-teller". The Globe and Mail, October 25, 1986.
  3. "U.S. crime writers honor Findley". The Globe and Mail, May 18, 1989.

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