Listen for the Lie

by: Amy Tintera

Goodreads description:

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.

Helen says: 🤓🤓 1/2

This book started out great…a somewhat unlikable and unreliable narrator with a fairly original storyline…I was sold…Then, it veered into a sex-crazed soap opera (complete with amnesia and partner swapping). The characters in this book were a little bit base/ low class. This had potential, but it completely went off course.

Holly says: 🤓🤓🤓 1/4

This is a fun read that you probably won’t be able to put down. It’s an unpredictable thriller with some humor, but it’s a little rough. The story moves between podcasts, characters, and time to tell a decent murder mystery. The characters are mainly annoying, but I think this would make a really good movie.

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