Friends and Liars, Kit Frick
Friends and Liars, Kit Frick
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Friends and Liars

Author: Kit Frick

Narrator: Ali Andre Ali, LaRaisha Dionne, Daniel Henning, Allyson Ryan, Jade Wheeler

Unabridged: 9 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/02/2025


Synopsis

From “edge-of-your-seat suspense” (Booklist) author Kit Frick comes an insidious thriller about four estranged friends trapped in a powerful family’s deadly games at a luxe estate in the Italian countryside.

It’s been five years since heiress Clare Monroe tragically died on New Year’s Eve at her family’s opulent Italian palazzo. Since that time, her college friends have harbored a dark secret—their lies and betrayals led to Clare’s untimely death.

What happened that fateful night was a horrible accident, but Luca, Harper, Sirina, and David are guilty, nonetheless. And their desperate decision to conceal the truth destroyed their once-close bond.

Now, the estranged friends are each the recipient of an invitation from the Monroes to return to the lakeside palazzo for a long-overdue memorial for Clare. Accepting the Monroes’ invitation means playing with fire, but they can hardly refuse.

Luca, Harper, Sirina, and David have barely settled into their idyllic accommodations on Lake Como before someone at the memorial party begins targeting them. Haunted by little “gifts” left in their rooms, taunting notes, and the unshakable sense of being watched, it soon becomes clear that someone on the guest list knows the whole truth about the night Clare died—and the secrets her friends have been keeping. Nothing is as it seems at the palazzo on the lake, and under their tormentor’s vengeful gaze, their secrets—and their lives—are in danger.

About Kit Frick

Kit Frick is a MacDowell Fellow and an International Thriller Writers Award finalist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She studied creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA from Syracuse University. She is the author of the adult suspense novels The Split and Friends and Liars, the young adult thrillers Before We Were Sorry (originally published as See All the Stars), All Eyes on UsI Killed Zoe SpanosVery Bad People, and The Reunion, and the poetry collection A Small Rising Up in the Lungs. Her books have been optioned for film and television and translated into nine languages. Kit loves a good mystery but has only ever killed her characters. Honest. Visit Kit online at KitFrick.com and on Instagram @KitFrick.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sarah on December 02, 2025

After the untimely death of Clare Monroe five years ago, her four friends, Luca, Harper, Sirina, and David, try to move on from that fateful night. But each of them is harboring each other’s secrets that might’ve been the cause of their friend’s death. So, when an invitation is sent to the four frie......more

Goodreads review by Linzie (suspenseisthrillingme) on December 12, 2025

Oh baby! With oodles of juicy drama, dark secrets, and well-hidden lies, Friends and Liars delivered an intoxicating tale where nothing was what it seemed and everything was suspicious. And I’m not just talking about the storyline. You see, from the morally gray characters to the dysfunctional famil......more

Goodreads review by Heathers_readss on June 13, 2025

Pros - Fast paced Set in the beautifully visual Italy (lake Como) Multiple POV dual timeline Mysterious death of the extreme wealthy Synopsis has the potential to be great Cons - The twists were a little too obvious The characters weren’t very well fleshed out, unlikeable in a way that makes the story......more

Goodreads review by Kimberly R on August 29, 2025

Four friends reunite for a memorial ceremony for their friend Clare who tragically died around five years ago. All four friends have dark secrets and begin receiving notes. Someone knows their secrets and is taunting them. The characters were pretty much unlikable but the plot was good and had some g......more

Goodreads review by Carla on June 24, 2025

I received this book in a Goodreads Giveaway, for my honest review. This plot was different than any other I've encountered before. The book is very well written. However, the first half of the book moves very slowly. It is necessary though to lay the background for the exciting part of the book so......more


Quotes

"An outstanding full cast narrates this thriller about secrets, lingering guilt, and terrible friends. Five years after the death of the obscenely wealthy Claire Monroe, each of her friends is called back to the estate on Lake Como where she died. Expecting a memorial, the friends soon discover that crimes they thought were long forgotten haunt the estate as much as the memory of Claire. Each narrator delivers a segment of the story from the perspective of one of Claire’s friends or her diary, and shocking secrets come to light. As the ensemble of narrators crafts their characters, listeners will enjoy all the twists and turns of this thriller."