The Telling of Lies

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]

The Telling of Lies
First edition
AuthorTimothy Findley
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
PublisherViking Press
Publication date
1986
ISBN0140241159
Preceded byNot Wanted on the Voyage 
Followed byStones 

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

  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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