Verity

How it reads

Verity is thriller (psychological thriller, specifically), and its dominant mood is tense. The suspense is the kind you feel in your shoulders. It moves fast: plot-driven and hard to put down, the kind of book that carries you along even when you're tired.

It's set in several locations, in the present day, told in the first person by several narrators. Its central concerns are secrets, identity and redemption. In weight it's light and escapist — easy to fall into.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending is left open, for you to argue about. At 324 pages it's an ordinary novel's length. It's a mega-bestseller — the book everyone seems to have read.