The Bed Trick: Sex and Deception on Trial by Izabella Scott has an overall rating of Positive based on 5 book reviews.
Publisher
FSG Originals
Date
September 1, 2026
An account of a court case in which a woman accused her best friend of impersonating a man during sex, and won—a study of desire, performance, truth, and the stories we tell about ourselves in public, online, in love, and in law.
A brilliant analysis of the trial of Gayle Newland and the literary and social antecedents of ‘sex by deception’
A new book about an infamous trial asks how the stories we tell can define our relationships.
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The Maltese Version by Katy Simpson Smith has an overall rating of Rave based on 5 book reviews.
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