Today my guest reviewer, Claire Knight, is sharing her thoughts on Meg Carter’s The Lies We Tell. This book is said to be aimed at fans of I Let You Go, The Girl With No Past and Behind Closed Doors, and has been described as an explosive and completely gripping psychological thriller in which present and past intertwine to devastating effect! Let’s see what Claire thinks!
Synopisis:
The last time Katy saw Jude was on a school trip, when Jude was attacked by a stranger and Katy ran away. Twenty years later, Jude is back, and her reappearance coincides with a series of unsettling incidents: a stranger appears in the downstairs flat; Katy’s house is vandalised; her mother is mugged and her home ransacked.
And Jude seems to know an uncomfortable amount about Katy’s current life…
Forced to revisit the same rocky waters of friendship and power they inhabited when they were fifteen, Jude and Katy realise that when it comes to memory, truth and family – nothing and no-one are what they seem.
Claire’s Rating: 3.5/5
Claire’s Review:
“The Lies We Tell are nothing compared to the lies we tell ourselves”
We all loose touch with friends particularly school friends who move away. Back in the late 80s when part of this tale is set, there was no Facebook, Twitter, mobile phones or even email available like there is today. No, it was all snail mail and landlines so it was much harder to stay in touch, more of an effort than today’s ease of sending a quick text or posting a message on Facebook. But in Kat’s case, Jude her best friend at school, her only friend vanished after one fateful day on the Surrey Hills. As to why, only reading The Lies We Tell will tell you the whole story.
This book wasn’t as dark and twisted as some of the psychological thrillers that I’ve read in past however it was packed with atmosphere and intrigue. What did happen up on the heath? Why did Jude vanish?
This is a well written debut from Meg Carter. My attention was grabbed, I wanted to know the whole truth and what caused the demise of these two girls’ friendship.
Many thanks to Canelo and Netgalley for my ecopy of The Lies We Tell.
A big thanks to my ‘lil star for her review today! If this books sounds like your kind of read, click the book below and grab a copy!
I really like the sound of this one even though it’s not as dark and twisted! Good to hear it’s an enjoyable psychological thriller.