First Lie Wins

"I am clearly into twisty mysteries that don’t really tell me where they’re going. This one is all about running cons. The main character is a con artist, who is in small-time cons. She gets involved with a group that runs much bigger, longer-term cons, and ultimately gets involved with a man through one of these cons. You really must pay attention. Is she going to be in trouble with the main person who is running this con group? That’s a big issue. I love strategy and strategy games. This one was completely for me because I was constantly thinking, ‘Who’s playing who?’ Yes, Saskia Maarleveld, who is fantastic. She gets to play these dark characters who are trying to one up each other. She plays the role of the main character, but also the role of the main character who is playing someone else in a con. So, there are a lot of layers to this. She was just great."