Nicholas
Searle

Nicholas Searle grew up in Cornwall and studied languages at the universities of Bath and Göttingen. After teaching for four years he moved to London to join the Civil Service. He had a hugely enjoyable twenty-three years in a variety of public service jobs before going to work for the New Zealand government in Wellington. In 2011 he returned to the UK, left the Civil Service and began writing in earnest. He and his wife now live in Yorkshire.

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The Good Liar is a taut, compulsive thriller with a dark, intriguing heart. A Mr. Ripley for our time.

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Start the new term at Curtis Brown Creative
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Curtis Brown Creative launches new Edit & Pitch your novel course
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CBC's Write to the End of Your Novel course enrolment closes 22nd May
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Nicholas Searle's The Good Liar shortlisted for CWA Dagger
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 [. . .] A gut-clenching cat-and-mouse game . . .  This debut novel is a well-crafted, complex tale that will appeal to fans of psychological thrillers.

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