The Lies We Told, Camilla Way
The Lies We Told, Camilla Way
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The Lies We Told

Author: Camilla Way

Narrator: Sally Scott, Patience Tomlinson

Unabridged: 11 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 10/09/2018

Synopsis

The highly acclaimed author of Watching Edie returns with a new novel of dark psychological suspense that explores how those closest to us have the most to hide...

A daughter
Beth has always known there was something strange about her daughter, Hannah. The lack of emotion, the disturbing behavior, the apparent delight in hurting others...Sometimes Beth is scared of her and what she could be capable of.

A son
Luke comes from the perfect family, with the perfect parents. But one day, he disappears without a trace, and his girlfriend, Clara, is desperate to discover what has happened to him.

A life built on lies
As Clara digs into the past, she realizes that no family is truly perfect, and uncovers a link between Luke's long-lost sister and a strange girl named Hannah. Now Luke's life is in danger because of the lies once told and the secrets once kept. Can Clara find him before it's too late?

About The Author

Camilla Way has been an editor and writer for magazines in the UK and is the author of Watching Edie.

Reviews

Goodreads review by BernLuvsBooks

🔪☠️ The Lies We Told is a suspenseful, secrets & lies filled thriller! 🤐 Going back and forth between the past and the present we see the unfolding of two POVs. You know the stories will collide at some point but there is so much redirection and guessing that takes place along the way. I was riveted......more

Goodreads review by Debra

4.5 stars Secrets and Lies.....Lies and Secrets..... The Lies we Told are told in two timelines. In the past time line, we are shown a Mother, Beth who slowly begins to pick up on the fact that her daughter, Hannah isn't quite like other children. As Beth struggles with Hannah and her increasing behav......more

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Praise for The Lies We Told

"The Lies We Told has the makings of your perfect weekend read. Think: an obsession, a dysfunctional family, and a disappearance, with an unreliable narrator to top it all off. Page, turned."—The Skimm

“[T]he construction and pacing are solid, staying just far enough ahead of the reader to be fun, and offering, in the last quarter, a buffet table of twists.”—New York Times Book Review

“[A] twisty psychological thriller….Think you have the plot figured out? Think again. There are no easy answers in Way's dark, compelling story. Grade: A”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer

“[A] tale of twisted narratives fueled by obsession...[a] tense psychological thriller.”—Washington Times
 
“Camilla Way, author of the 2016 thriller, Watching Edie, delves once again into the realm of the bad seed thriller with The Lies We Told. Way is a master of both the unreliable narrator and disturbing plots.”—Palm Beach Post
 
“This creepy stalker thriller about secrets coming home to roost from Way highlights a queasy theme for the baby boomer set: how little control parents have over their children….powerful.”—Publishers Weekly

"Tense, unsettling, and keeps you guessing till the very end. We Need to Talk About Kevin meets Other People's Children."—Cara Hunter, author of Close to Home

“Combining all the classic ingredients of a rip-roaring psych thriller--a creepy We Need to Talk about Kevin-esque child, an unexplained disappearance, a dysfunctional family--The Lies We Told adds pace and suspense in a way that’s refreshing for even the most jaded of readers….If you want to be kept awake at night then The Lies We Told is your insomnia buddy.”—Stylist
 
“Deftly plotted with lovely, satisfying twists.”—Emerald Street
 
“You’ll be kept guessing with this compelling plot.”—Prima
 
“A top class psychological thriller, smartly crafted and oozing tension.”—Sunday Mirror

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