Overview
Can you destroy your best friend's life in time to save your own? An unputdownable, twisty thriller unlike anything else you've read. Welcome to The Shame Game. Are you ready to play? I know what you did. What you've kept hidden all these years. Now I'm going to make it public. Unless you do exactly what I say. There's only one way to keep your secret hidden- you need to ruin your best friend's life. Take it apart, piece by piece, until they have nothing left. Betray their trust. Put them to shame. Let the game begin...
Full Product Details
Author: L. D. Smithson
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Imprint: Penguin (Transworld)
Dimensions:
Width: 12.80cm
, Height: 2.80cm
, Length: 19.60cm
Weight: 0.307kg
ISBN: 9781804991695
ISBN 10: 1804991694
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 20 November 2025
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
Praise for L.D. Smithson * : * What fun! * Guardian * Wow! What a page-turner…The nicest people turning on each other when the going gets tough. * Emma Curtis * Immediately immersive, and scary as can be. * Lee Child * Stylish, glamorous and clever. * Andrea Mara * A gut-wrenching read. * Woman’s Own * A definite page-turner. The pace never slackens. * Faith Martin * The pace is relentless, meaning there’s plenty to keep you entertained throughout. * Belfast Telegraph * Smart, suspenseful and seriously tense, The Escape Room is the very definition of a page turner. * CULTUREFLY *
Praise for The Shame Game * : * The countdown ramps up the tension, while LD Smithson challenges readers to think about far they would go to save their reputations and careers. * Sunday Times * LD Smithson relentlessly turns the screws on her characters. It was excruciating to watch them squirm but I could not stop turning the pages. * Emma Curtis, author of The Babysitter * Totally original… a riveting story with a bunch of flawed and fascinating characters. Their lives are turned upside down and the shocks keep coming right up to an explosive ending. Highly recommended. * Alex Pine, author of The Christmas Killer * A wickedly tense and twisty thriller that peels back the layers of friendship, shame, and long-buried secrets. If you loved First Lie Wins, prepare to be equally obsessed—this one will have you turning pages well into the night! * Wendy Walker, author of The Room Next Door * Praise for L.D. Smithson * : * What fun! * Guardian * Immediately immersive, and scary as can be. * Lee Child * Stylish, glamorous and clever. * Andrea Mara * A gut-wrenching read. * Woman’s Own *
Praise for The Shame Game * : * LD Smithson relentlessly turns the screws on her characters. It was excruciating to watch them squirm but I could not stop turning the pages. * Emma Curtis * Praise for L.D. Smithson * : * What fun! * Guardian * Wow! What a page-turner…The nicest people turning on each other when the going gets tough. * Emma Curtis * Immediately immersive, and scary as can be. * Lee Child * Stylish, glamorous and clever. * Andrea Mara * A gut-wrenching read. * Woman’s Own * A definite page-turner. The pace never slackens. * Faith Martin * The pace is relentless, meaning there’s plenty to keep you entertained throughout. * Belfast Telegraph *
Author Information
L. D. Smithson was born in Staffordshire and now lives in Ilkley with her husband and their three children. She is an occupational psychologist and a crime writer.
