The Little Liar: From the Bestselling Author of The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Mitch Albom's novel follows eleven-year-old Nico Krispis, a boy who has never told a lie. When the Nazis invade his home in Salonika, Greece, a German officer discovers him and offers him a chance to save his family. Nico is asked to persuade fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading "north" for new jobs and safety. Unaware this is a deception, he reassures passengers daily at the station platform. When the final train is loaded, Nico sees his family being herded into a boxcar and realizes he has helped send them—and everyone he knows—to Auschwitz. After escaping, he never tells the truth again. The novel interweaves the stories of Nico, who seeks forgiveness; his older brother Sebastian, who vows revenge; Fannie, who must choose between them; and Udo Graf, the Nazi officer whose lies changed their lives. Through the war years, concentration camps, and the decades following, the narrative examines the consequences of each person's honesty and dishonesty, returning to where it all began in a final climax.