The Liar's Chair cover art

The Liar's Chair

 Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

The Liar's Chair

By: Rebecca Whitney
Narrated by: Emma Fielding
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £10.99

Buy Now for £10.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

The Liar's Chair is Rebecca Whitney's stunning psychological thriller debut set in Brighton.

Rachel Teller and her husband, David, appear happy, prosperous and fulfilled. The big house, the successful business... They have everything. However, control, not love, fuels their relationship, and David has no idea his wife indulges in drunken indiscretions.

When Rachel kills a man in a hit-and-run, the meticulously maintained veneer over their life begins to crack. Destroying all evidence of the accident, David insists they continue as normal. Rachel, though, is racked with guilt, and as her behaviour becomes increasingly self-destructive, she not only inflames David's darker side but also uncovers her own long-suppressed memories of shame.

Can Rachel confront her past and atone for her terrible crime? Not if her husband has anything to do with it....

A startling, dark and audacious novel set in and around the Brighton streets, The Liar's Chair will keep listeners on the edges of their seats until the final second has ticked away. A stunning psychological portrait of a woman in a toxic marriage, Rebecca Whitney's debut will show that sometimes the darkest shadow holds the truth you have been hiding from.

©2015 Rebecca Whitney (P)2015 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Marriage Fiction Crime

Listeners also enjoyed...

 The Truth About These Strange Times cover art
Escape and Evasion cover art
A Is for Angelica cover art
Cal cover art
Jellyfish cover art
The Date cover art
Jessica's Promise cover art
Alice and the Fly cover art
The Gift cover art
All stars
Most relevant  

What did you like most about The Liar's Chair?

the story kept me interested throughout the narrator was fabulous

What did you like best about this story?

fast paced and very descriptive writing

What does Emma Fielding bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

you forget you are being read a story you are so wrapped in her tone, her expressiveness

loved this

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The nicest character in the story is a drug dealer. The story was relatively engaging and I did finish it. But if someone had finished off the "heroine" I wouldn't have been sorry to see her go.

Unpleasant characters without exception

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book was a really slow start but worth persevering with. Good narration. The character Rachel seemed a really awful person but has the story unfolded you realised why and started to feel for her. Ultimately I really enjoyed this audio book

Slow start but worth persevering

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Would you ever listen to anything by Rebecca Whitney again?

Not really

Which character – as performed by Emma Fielding – was your favourite?

Nice voice to listen too but character was limited

If this book were a film would you go see it?

no it would be really dull

Any additional comments?

main character very self indulgent

Dragged in the middle

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book really had me gripped throughout. It is beautifully written. I would highly recommend it.

An excellent book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Where does The Liar's Chair rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Probably at the top, because it is beautifully crafted. A lot of suspense novels just tell a story, and the style and use of language is rather forgotten. This book is just so well written it was a delight. It flows, there's good use of appropriate metaphor, pacing and weight throughout the gripping plot. Quite a masterpiece. And I have to say that the reader was perfect.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Liar's Chair?

To say would be giving away the plot!

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

I shall not say, or spoil it for listeners!

Any additional comments?

Just loved it. More please.

Brilliant suspense; credible characters

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I found myself "having" to read it rather than my usual "must" read it.
LOVED the narration but just wasn't edge of your seat enough for me. No moments of "no!". Limped along. Would describe as a drama story.

Enjoyable but not gripping

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Any additional comments?

Wow! How did this woman get herself in such a situation? Often I felt that she should have "looked before she leapt" but the character was drawn to be a confused, needy person. The narrator was perfect. The tension was huge on a couple of occasions. I can thoroughly recommend this and look forward to the next book by Rebecca Whitney.

Better than Girl on a Train!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
The story builds and builds to keep you interested from beginning to end! Not sure I liked any of the characters though

A dark fascinating read

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Fantastic narration. I really looked forward to this but disappointing and bored towards the end.

Excellent descriptions but disjointed and disappointing narrative.

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews