Great Book!! Anna has just lived through a couple of really hard years. Both her parents have committed suicide within a year of each other, but was it really suicide? Or is there something more going on? This book is filled with twists and turns.

Another tantalizing read from Clare Mackintosh. On the anniversary of her mother's death, our protagonist receives a card that threatens everything she holds as truth. I could not put this thriller down. Let Me Lie spins a tale of love, money, and how far people will go to taste the sweet reality of freedom.

Big disappoint for me, especially after my first experience with this author-[book:I Let You Go|23125266]- was an easy 5 stars.

I found the protagonist annoying, the plot unrealistic, and the pace so slow I found myself skimming through chapters trying to find the high points. Even the ending couldn't save this one for me.

Others had responded more positively than I, so don let this review scare you off. I still have faith that my next venture with this author will have me singing her praises again.

ARC provided by NetGalley

When I read Clare Mackintosh's I Let You Go I was blown away by the middle of the book. Before I got there I found the story excruciatingly dull, but after the true intention of the book was revealed I was hooked, and read far into the night. So when I got an unexpected digital ARC of her new book Let Me Lie from the publisher I thought I would give it a go. . .

. . . but it was as mind-numbingly boring as the beginning of I Let You Go. Nonetheless, I read on, forcing myself to read a chapter at a time, assuming that Mackintosh had perfected the trick of putting your mind to sleep so that she could pack a wallop you weren't expecting. At some point I thought to myself, "I think this is going down a certain track that makes no sense and stretches even the imagination of a long-time fiction reader. Surely I'm mistaken."

I was not mistaken.

Meaning the story is extremely far fetched. According to the author's note it was based on a true story, but when I googled said true story, I found that the family dynamics portrayed there were very different from the one Mackintosh wrote, meaning the true story made sense in a sick sort of way, but the fictional story fell on its face with the ludicrousness of it all. I still can't comprehend how stupid it was.

Clare Mackintosh may just be a one-hit wonder for me. Nonetheless, I am still thinking about this book, trying to make it match together in my head, so I guess it has that going for it.

This is my first book by this author. I like books with twists and turns, but the red herrings in this book were too obvious. I like the writing style, but I still am distracted by the fact that even good writers and their editors do not understand pronoun agreement. It was misused throughout the book. Maybe I misread, because by the end of the book I was skimming through, but some things did not make sense. How did the police so quickly know to dig up septic tank? Anna noted the kind of car following them, Did she not know who did and did not own that make of car? The ending completely ruined the story. The author was trying to be way too clever!!

Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh tells the story of Anna Johnson whose parents have both supposedly committed suicide. Anna now has a baby and she has been trying to get her life back together. Her partner, Mark, is very supportive as well as her Uncle Billy and a family friend, Laura. The story opens close to the year anniversary of her mother’s death when Anna receives an anonymous card indicating that her mother did not commit suicide.

Anna is uncomfortable enough about receiving the card that she goes to the police and enlists the help of retired police detective, Murray. More terrorizing events unfold causing Anna to ask further questions about her parents’ deaths. She becomes more suspicious and more fearful with each passing day as Murray carries on his investigation. The answers they find might have been better left in the past.

Interspersed through the book is the story of Murray and his wife, Sarah who suffers from depression. It is a welcome and well placed interlude from Anna’s story. And as a side story it sheds more light onto mental illness and suicides.

The plot is full of twist and turns taking the reader on a ride throughout the entire book. Mackintosh is successful as she leads the reader astray until the final plot reveal. However, one note I would make is I feel the statements made by the “dead” narrator in the first part of the book are a little bit confusing. The story is loaded with suspense and secrets. The main characters are well developed. And the themes of suicide and mental illness are well handled.

I would recommend this book as a psychological thriller with a fairly well-developed plot. But I still believe her first book I Let You Go is her best.

This review is written after reading the ARC courtesy of the publisher and NetGalley.

You can't help but continually guess and second guess (and third guess) when reading a Clare Mackintosh novel. I have learned now, that I will never have it figured out, and just to sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride. while different in feeling from her earlier books, this one was just as unguessable, and just as enjoyable.

Fabulous book. Thoroughly loved. Highly recommend!

n some books, the reader has to make certain assumptions for the ultimate thriller experience. Mackintosh expertly leads the reader to these assumptions in her story of a young woman and the suicide of her parents. What if you couldn't believe that your parents committed suicide? Who would listen? Mental illness and domestic violence are two serious issues addressed with an unnamed narrator. There are plenty of twists and turns right up to the very last sentence.

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Anna is a young mother who has lived through the suicide of both her parents. Until one day when she begins to wonder if it was really suicide after all. This is a mysterious book with many twist and turns. We have POV changes that move the story forward and as it progresses it is even harder to put the book down. A bit of a glum ending disappoints, but overall perhaps the author's best book so far.

3.5 stars.

A year after her mother and father have both committed suicide, first her father, then her mother, both jumping off the same spot into high tide, Anne is still reeling over how much she misses them and how her life has changed. On the anniversary of her mother's death, she receives an anonymous note making her think perhaps her parents were murdered, and then mysterious warnings that maybe she herself is in danger. She solicits help from the local police, a retiree taking special interest in her case.

If ever a book was built on lies, and there are so many such books these days, this one has lies from beginning to end. So many lies... and twists! I do love twists. Some I saw coming, others not at all. Some were a bit out of left field. And the rotating points of view make the suspense build to the point where it took everything I had to refrain from reading ahead. Overall it's a read you can immerse yourself in and forget your own troubles for a bit. Believe me, Anne's are worse than yours.

My thanks to NetGalley and the publisher Sphere for an advanced copy.

Mackintosh makes the reader think they've got the story puzzled out, and throws in a twist! This book is a great thriller and will appeal to those who like to be surprised.

Many twists and turns to this intriguing story of love, lives, and loss. A great read.

Twisty and misleading, just as good thrillers are supposed to be. I did not see the end coming! This author sure has a gift for pace, hiding clues and big surprises. Whole paragraphs can be read a certain way, and then mean something entirely different in retrospect. Keep them coming!

Firstly, I'm going to apologize for how vague this review is going to be. This is for two reasons. 1) I don't want to give too much of the plot away, and 2) The very last line threw me for a complete loop and I need someone to talk me through it.

I've mentioned many times that while I love psychological thrillers with a passion, I am HORRIBLE at guessing twists. I am so easily impressed by mysteries and thrillers because I am consistently shocked. This book was no exception. I changed my mind about where the plot was going way too many times over the few days it took me to read LET ME LIE.

The 411: Anna Johnson is still reeling from the deaths of her parents the previous year, both from apparent suicide, months apart. She is now a mother herself, having gotten pregnant by the shrink hired to help her through this troubled time. Oops. Then on the one year anniversary of her mother's suicide, she received a card in the mail that simply says, "Suicide? Think again."

...and that's all you're gonna get, sorry.

So, clearly, Anna starts digging into the circumstances around both of her parents' deaths and finds some stuff. You think the story is going in one direction and then swerves and then swerves again. And then you think's it's done and it swerves again.

While I did enjoy both of Mackintosh's previous books, I LET YOU GO and I SEE YOU, I always felt kind of let down by the ending. I was completely invested and into the whole story until the reveal and they both fell flat for me. That was not the case with this book. I was constantly on edge, I actually got the shivers during part of it.

But, I will be honest here...I'm not completely positive that I understood the ending. I sat and stared at the last sentence for at least five minutes because I was trying to piece together what the hell actually happened. The way that I took it, I was pleased with the ending. However, if it's a completely different ending than the one I'm picturing, my thoughts might possibly change.

Basically this is a plea to anyone who reads this book to please contact me because I NEED TO TALK THIS OUT.

MY RATING:  ✰✰✰✰
RECOMMENDED FOR: lovers of mystery/thrillers and unreliable narrators
MAY I ALSO SUGGEST: the works of Karin Slaughter and Ruth Ware

Thank you Berkley Publishing Group for my galley. LET ME LIE is available March 13.

Multiple voices try to lead you through the multiple (multiple) lies as this story of a young mother's grief and deep suspicion comes to life.

Both parents committing suicide at the same exact spot seven months apart seemed a bit strange. Anna extremely missed both her parents but didn't know how much until a horrible reminder arrived in the mail.

This horrible reminder had Anna rethinking the possibility that her parents really didn't commit suicide but had been murdered. She never thought her parents would kill themselves and leave her without them.

Anna asked for the case to be reopened, and a retired policeman, Murray, was taking on the job.

No one knew Anna had asked for this case to be re-opened, but it sure seemed as if they did. Strange things started happening that even her husband dismissed. Was she in danger too?

Meanwhile we have another voice being heard in the book. The voice is the voice of Anna's mother watching Anna and being elated that she has a grandchild and also not very happy that Anna was digging into papers that might put Anna in danger depending upon what she would find.

Anna’s mother does some odd things like going into the house when it is empty and looking for things and specifically a key. What could the key be, why is it important to her, and how is she in the house if she is dead?

After this, the intrigue began...secrets were being revealed, impossible things happening, ghosts, seeing things that couldn't be there, feeling her mother’s presence, and the reader wondering what Anna’s mother was looking for and what she was trying to protect Anna from or protect herself from.

LET ME LIE has GREAT twists and is another Clare Mackintosh book you won't want to miss. You won't see it coming and ask yourself how you missed it.

The tension at the end makes this one her best yet. 5/5

This book was given to me free of charge by the publisher and NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Clare Mackintosh has done it again! You will devour Let Me Lie in the same feverish way you (hopefully have already!) devoured I Let You Go. While her debut novel continues to outshine the others, this story of suspense, heartbreak, love and the forever bonds of family will keep you reading late into the night.
Many thanks to NetGalley for the preview.

Anna has lost her father to suicide and then just a few weeks later she loses her mother to suicide in the exact same way. Heartbroken, she has sought a counseling and is trying to sort out her life without her parents and not understanding why either of them would have committed suicide. What follows is a suspenseful story which causes Anna to question whether her parents' deaths were suicide or murders. There are several twists and turns. Some I figured out. One I totally missed. Great book!!!

Ok, I need a minute to let my pulse and heart rate calm down. First book of 2018 down and I absolutely loved it!! I became a huge fan of Clare’s a couple of years ago with her gut punch twist right in the middle of I Let You Go, and she does it again and again with Let Me Lie. (I have not read I See You But will be doing so shortly...). Some may argue that there were too many twists and lies to decipher in here, but I disagree, I loved them all, it kept me guessing, and I did not figure this one out, which I loved.

We start with Anna Johnson, who is grieving her parents’ suicides, which happened a year apart, and identical in manner. On the anniversary of her mother’s death, she receives a note that questions whether she committed suicide, and it all begins from there. The other beautiful narrative is the story of Murray and his wife Sarah. Murray is a “retired” detective that helps Anna look into the note. Sarah suffers from Multiple Personality Disorder and has been in and out of hospitals most of their married life, but on her good days, she loves to be a sounding board for Murray and his cases. Their dynamic is just lovely, and Clare did a great job of accurately portraying their struggles.

Yes the plot is twisty, yes there are lies upon lies, but they weren’t unreasonable, and guys..... y’all just WAIT for that last line of the book. I literally gasped. You think you are done and can rest, and then Clare gets you all worked up again and then she ends the book. It was worth every minute,

Thank you to NetGalley for an electronic ARC of this book. Scheduled for a release date of March 8, 2018.