Listen For The Lie Published by Celadon Books on March 2024
Genres: Adult Fiction, Mystery
Pages: 423
Format: Audiobook
Source: Publisher
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What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.
What a ride!
I enjoyed this immensely. This amazing thriller includes a murder podcast (check!), amnesia (check!), sheep in wolf clothing (check!) and a small town brimming with secrets, history and grudges.
I loved everything about this book. It kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire commute. I couldn’t wait to get back in the car to continue, and that is saying something considering I live in Los Angeles. Tintera has done a magnificent job at keeping the reader guessing. The side characters were flawed and ugly and entertaining. Lucy’s mom – what a piece of work. Lucy’s grandmother – I want to have a drink with her! Ben – Hi, Ben. (Call me!) The plot was a slow burn, which I loved. Lucy now vs. Lucy then. Returning to a hometown that hates her. All of the past secrets and rumors swirling around her. And her own memory, totally unreliable. This is more than an amnesia book. It’s more than a murder podcast. Combining all of the wonderfully twisted characters and backstories together, it’s ultimately the story of a woman’s struggle to seek justice and rise above the small minded society she grew up in and then was banished from.
And who doesn’t love a murder podcast? Tintera does a perfect job weaving in the small podcast episodes through the book, giving the reader background stories and tension while furthering the overall plot. I love that I didn’t know what happened until I got to the end.
The audiobook readers were stars. Each performer added so much tension and emotion to every scene. I was fully immersed in the world, rooting for Lucy’s memory and the truth about what happened.
This is Tintera’s first adult book and I cannot wait till the next one. What an adult debut! BRAVO!
Kimberly majored in Songwriting and currently works full time in the music industry. When she's not listening to music, knitting or writing, you can find her outside reading her favorite genres: Young Adult, Adult Fiction, Mystery, and Romance.
