Listen for the Lie: The Richard & Judy Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling crime thriller
Lucy Chase has a problem. She can't remember the night her best friend was killed, and virtually everyone around her has drawn their own conclusions about why. It's been five years, and she's done a reasonable job of moving on, until a nosy (if rather attractive) true-crime podcaster turns up and invites her to revisit the one evening she'd give anything to forget. What follows is the kind of story that makes you laugh out loud on one page and genuinely unsettles you on the next. Amy Tintera walks a surprisingly fine line between dark comedy and genuine menace, and she walks it well. The central question, whether Lucy is a grieving survivor or something far more troubling, pulls you forward at pace. Short, punchy chapters help, but it's the voice that really does the work here. Lucy is sharp, funny, and deeply unreliable in the best possible way. Endorsed by names including Stephen King and Liane Moriarty, and a Richard and Judy Book Club pick to boot, this one arrived with considerable fanfare. Happily, it earns most of it. Readers who enjoy their crime fiction with a generous streak of wit, think Bella Mackie or Lisa Jewell, will find a lot to enjoy. It's not a reinvention of the genre, but it's a very confident, very readable entry into it. Highly recommended for anyone who likes their mysteries with a dark comic edge.
- Author: Amy Tintera
- Publisher: Penguin
- Genre: Literary Fiction
- ISBN: 978-1804993781
- Pages: 432 pages