The Friends Who Lied: a Gripping Psychological Thriller

They welcomed him in. They locked the door. Then they called the police.Lucas Thorne is a ghost. Once a high-flying trader, he is now destitute, sleeping in his car under a bridge. When Ethan and Harper Caldwell—his wealthy, charismatic friends from the past—find him, they insist on saving him. They move him into the guest cottage of their sprawling Connecticut estate.For the first time in months, Lucas is warm. He is fed. He feels safe.But there is no such thing as a free lunch.Slowly, the atmosphere shifts. His passport goes missing. The gate codes change. He is watched, isolated, and gaslit. Lucas senses that behind the Caldwells’ perfect smiles lies a rotting foundation of debt and deceit.He isn’t a guest. He is a pawn.When a violent storm hits and a man is murdered in the main house, all the evidence points to the “unstable friend” living in the garden. Lucas is arrested, his life effectively over.But the Caldwells made a fatal miscalculation. They assumed Lucas was broken. They didn’t realize that a man with nothing left to lose is the most dangerous adversary of all.From a jail cell, Lucas must use his sharpest weapon—his mind—to expose a conspiracy of greed and betrayal before he is silenced for good.Perfect for fans of high-stakes domestic suspense, The Friends Who Lied is a chilling exploration of toxic friendship, the cost of debt, and the terrifying realization that the people who save you might be the ones who destroy you.