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Lying Game Books in Order

Browse The Lying Game novels by Sara Shepard in order, with brief spoiler free summaries, series background, and tips on reading Emma and Sutton's twisty twin mystery from the start.

Last updated: December 24, 2025

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8 books

True Lies

by Sara Shepard

2013

In this prequel novella, Sutton Mercer reels after her secret boyfriend Thayer disappears, rebounds with handsome Garrett and battles her sister Laurel for control of the Lying Game, turning a summer of pranks into something far more personal.

Seven Minutes in Heaven

by Sara Shepard

2013

In the final Lying Game novel, Sutton’s body is discovered and Emma becomes the prime suspect in her twin’s murder, forcing her to unmask the real killer before the police, or the person who ended Sutton’s life, silence her for good.

Cross My Heart, Hope to Die

by Sara Shepard

2013

Emma has grown frighteningly good at living Sutton Mercer’s life, but when their birth mother Becky suddenly reappears in Tucson, buried lies surface and Emma must pick apart her family’s past before the killer uses Becky to expose her.

Two Truths and a Lie

by Sara Shepard

2012

Emma is sure Thayer Vega holds the key to Sutton’s death, but as she digs into her twin’s forbidden relationship with him, she risks exposing her own identity and provoking a dangerous new move from the person watching them both.

The First Lie

by Sara Shepard

2012

This digital prequel shows how Sutton’s supposed prank on her best friend’s brother Thayer turns into a secret romance, marking the first real lie that sets the deadly Lying Game in motion.

Hide and Seek

by Sara Shepard

2012

New clues in Sutton’s murder send Emma beyond Tucson and deeper into the Mercer family’s secrets, where every ally looks suspect and the Lying Game’s elaborate pranks start to blur with the killer’s own twisted sense of fun.

Never Have I Ever

by Sara Shepard

2011

Still pretending to be Sutton, Emma juggles school, friends and cruel Lying Game traditions while fresh clues drag her into desert parties, family scandals and close calls with a killer who always seems one step ahead.

The Lying Game

by Sara Shepard

2010

Foster kid Emma Paxton discovers an identical twin she never knew, Sutton Mercer, only to arrive in Arizona and find Sutton missing and a stranger demanding she take her place while she hunts for her sister’s killer.

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