Our Lying Kin

Zara and Lilly return, but the bond between them has some fractures. The long isolation of the pandemic has made Zara more rigid than she used to be, while Lilly, as usual, has taken up risky schemes that skirt the law. Even so, they are sisters, and that still counts for a great deal.

When Zara travels to New York to support Lilly as she testifies against Walter Rosen, a thief and killer, a phone call upends their picture of the past. A woman says she knew their father far better than they did, and that she is connected to them too. The sisters bring their sharp detective instincts to a tangle of family mysteries. Their search becomes urgent when Rosen, who nearly killed Lilly during their last encounter, escapes from custody.

As they test whether the newcomer is genuine or a fabrication, Zara and Lilly must also protect the people they love from a Nazi bent on revenge. The novel paints vivid, scene-like portraits of a family's hidden history and mixes humor, sibling rivalry, and affection with an account of the pandemic's damage and the strength of family ties.