Let Me Lie: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

Clare Mackintosh is a very clever suspense writer. Her books are filled with twists and turns until the very last page, sometimes the very last sentence. This one wasn’t quite as good as I Let You Go and I See You. It was a bit on the slow side to start, but once things started falling into place it quickly became a page turner. Told from multiple voices made it much more interesting and helped the story to flow well. A solid suspense that proves Mackintosh knows just how to captivate her audience.

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Clare Mackintosh knows how to write a mystery that is riveting from page one to the very last sentence. A couple, Tom and Caroline Johnson commit suicide and leave their adult daughter behind to pick up the pieces. In the aftermath, she falls in love with her therapist and they have a baby. Through out all of this she misses her parents immensely wanting them to be there for the whole thing.

This is the most exciting book from beginning to end that I have read in awhile. I kept trying to guess the ending without success. I suspected every one of a particular crime except the guilty party.
My best advice is to carve out an hour or two when you get to page 400 so as to be able to read the last 100 or so pages uninterrupted as your heart will race with anticipation as the momentum picks up with unexpected twists & turns. Great read!!!

Another fantastic book by Clare Mackintosh! The story was filled with twists and turns as Anna looks into what really happened to her parents. The characters were interesting and well developed. Every time I thought I had figured out what happened to Caroline and Tom, another twist came along and smacked me upside the head.

Thanks to Penguin’s First to Read Program for a copy of this book.

Another enjoyable read from Clare Mackintosh. Loved the detective Murray Mackenzie and found him really interesting, hoping we will see him again in the future. I didn't warm to the other characters so much but the plot was compelling and I enjoyed the book. I didn't love it as much as I did 'I See You' but it is undoubtedly well written and the author clearly knows how to keep us guessing!

Although I own all three of Clare Mackintosh’s books, I decided to read Let Me Lie, her latest, first. The book grabbed me immediately and when I thought I knew where it was going, she threw a twist in. I was a bit bored with the Murray and Sarah side story, but I really enjoyed the book.

Another stunning journey from author, Clare Macintosh as she leads her characters through a maze of twists and turns. Couldn't put it down and read it the entire day. (The luxury of being retired.) Her three books should be made into movies or TV series. Love them all.

Extraordinary, yet plausible. New Mom, Anna receives an anonymous note on the anniversary of her mother’s suicide. “Suicide? Think again”. Her world begins to spiral. Several twists and turns kept me on my toes. An inventive read.

This book was highly recommended and rated but it just wasn't for me. I couldn't care about the main character and the ghost POV made no sense. The whole story came across as flat and did not engage me.

Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh is a standalone thriller, which the author has become known for after her successful debut with I Let You Go.

Let Me Lie revolves around Anna Johnson, who lives with her partner, Mark and their baby, Ella. Anna is still grieving over the death by suicide of her mother, which was a year ago. Her father also killed himself around 7 months prior to her mother’s death. Anna just can’t get past the fact that both of her parents died the same way. On the day of the anniversary of her mother’s death, she receives an anonymous note questioning that their deaths were suicide, which convinces Anna that both of them were murdered.

She goes to the police with the note, and a retired cop, who works at the police desk takes the note and says he will look into it. Besides Anna, we also get the Pov of the cop, Murray, who upon researching the case, begins to believe she is right, that her parents were murdered. Murray was a good cop, and we also get to see him with his wife, who fights off mental illness. On her good days, she helps discuss the case with him, and this was a nice element to the story and investigation.

As Anna is determined to find the truth, she will receive a shock that will change the game. To say too much more would be spoilers, and throughout the book, there are so many twists and surprises that will further change everything. There are a number of other characters who are part of Anna’s life; Mark, her partner, who wants to marry her; Laura, who is a friend to the family; Billy, her uncle from her father’s side. Who can Anna trust?

What follows is an exciting and intense story that bordered a bit on the wild side with all those twists and turns. Anna, the main character all the way through, was in the middle of every revelation, that by the end, her own life was very much in danger. At the same time, the story took a bit of an unrealistic feel, though it was very much a thriller.

Let Me Lie was a dark thriller, lots of excitement, action and game changers that made you constantly guess wrong, especially since for the most part, the other characters could not really be trusted. If you love psychological thrillers, you can never go wrong reading Clare Mackintosh

Anna Johnson's parents both committed suicide seven months apart by jumping off a cliff into the sea. She is troubled as to why they would have killed themselves but seems to be the only one with doubts about it. Her partner Mark having never met them, is concerned for her and has difficulty taking her beliefs seriously. A year to the day following her mother's death, she receives a card suggesting there was more to it than suicide. This further convinces her that her parents were murdered. With the help of Murray Mackenzie, a retired detective who now works the front desk at the local police station, Anna is determined to discover what really happened to her parents.

This is one of those novels that you really need to know as little as possible about before reading. The gripping story is told through multiple viewpoints, however whose perspective it is, is intentionally not always clear. Although there is little action, the book is essentially a character-driven one, including solid background development for the main protagonists. With surprising revelations and twists, Let Me Lie does not disappoint and is perfect for fans of psychological suspense and domestic dramas.

In seven months, Anna lost both her parents. First her father and then her mother jumped from the same cliff and a year later, Anna is still grieving, despite having her newborn daughter to keep her busy. On the first anniversary of her mother's death, Anna receives a card that questions her parents' suicides. Asking for the help of a retired detective, Anna digs into her parents' past but there is someone who doesn't want her to find out the truth and that person seems to be ready to do anything to stop her.

I love Clare Mackintosh's novels and this is another success story. In this novel, she explores complicated family relationships, dark secrets and the lies we tell to protect them. The truth unravels slowly, one little piece at the time, and there are shocking surprises throughout the whole novel. It's a gripping and suspenseful read that will keep you on the edge of your seat from the first to the last page.

This book was slow moving for almost the first half of the book. I am glad I stuck with it because the second half picked up with lots of twists and turns. Let me Lie is a Mystery/Suspense novel about a girl named Anna. Anna's parents died and she questions their deaths. Anna isn't sure if her parents were murdered or if they committed suicide. Suspense, deceit and lies, oh my.

Anna’s parents both committed suicide two years earlier. As the anniversaries of the deaths approach, Anna is missing them even more than usual now that she has a baby. When she receives a note that suggests her parents deaths may not have been suicides, she starts to question the past and the investigation into her parent’s deaths.

This book uses multiple points of view – Anna, Murray, and an unnamed narrator. Anna is a woman in her twenties. She has lost both of her parents to suicide, and has trouble reconciling their deaths with the parents she remembers. Murray is the detective who worked the cases of her parents deaths. The unnamed narrator is a little different, and one that adds a lot to the story.

This book starts as a slow burning suspense, but has an exciting, twisty ending. The alternating chapters work for this book. Each narrator has something different to offer to the story, but it takes all viewpoints to pull the story together. Topics covered in this book include relationships, motherhood, and domestic abuse.

A twisty psychological thriller. Clever, dramatic, and suspenseful. Good for fans of domestic thrillers.