Meg Williams is back. So is Melody Wilde and Maggie Littleton; all the same name for one elusive, female con artist. She takes down men who deserve to lose everything. Kat was collateral damage along the way and she’s ready to take Meg down.

I actually enjoyed this more than the Last Flight which I wasn’t expecting! This book was the ultimate cat and mouse chase with the two characters but trying to get one step ahead of each other. It ended exactly as I thought, and hoped, it would end. There weren’t many surprises in the story, but that’s okay.. it was still entertaining as hell!

“I’m struck with the irony of two women, each of them trying to spin a web of lies and manipulation around the other, never knowing whose strings are wrapped around whom.”

The Lies I Tell comes out 6/21.

This book was great! I really enjoyed this authors other book [book:The Last Flight|52652923] and jumped eagerly into this one. So happy to discover I loved it just as much (maybe more?) than the first book I'd read from her.

There is something so intriguing about two main characters living divergent lives (in a way) and Kat and Meg are those characters. I loved how everything resolved in the end as well, which helps, but I felt like the journey was suspenseful in a different way than I'd expected. Not really due to danger, exactly, but to a sense of foreboding. Will she get away with it? Do I want her to? What will happen next? That type of thing.

I loved the female con-man ('er woman?) aspect of it as well and loved seeing Kat triumph in her own struggles.

I'd definitely recommend this to those willing to take a less suspenseful and more anticipatory ride through this book. It's well written with fleshed characters you really care about!

My rating: 4.6*

! There is some adult language in this one.

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Thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for this gifted advanced copy. All opinions are my own.

The Lies I Tell was on my most anticipated books of 2022 lists and wow, just wow, it did not disappoint. It is a psychological thriller about a con artist who is really the righter of wrongs and the journalist who is trying to get her story. This book is twisted, suspenseful and just so perfectly executed. It is fast paced with such complex characters with so many layers that are slowly peeled away making them more and more relatable. And as an added bonus, they were all over my part of Los Angeles which was so fun to read. Pub day is June 21!! This will be the book of the summer.

Loved this cat and mouse game between Meg- a total con artist- and the writer who's trying to expose her, Kat. A fast read that was totally "unputdownable". Highly recommend.

Do you need an unputdownable book to pull you out of your reading slump?
Read this book.

5 stars

I was 100% invested in this story from page one. I read 35% in one sitting.

Meg is just like the Tinder Swindler, but with a very good cause.

She is tired of powerful corrupt men taking advantage of innocent people. She hunts them down, researches every little thing about them, and smoothly makes her way into their lives.

“The lies I tell serve a purpose, tipping karma in the right direction. Returning power to those who have lost it.”

This time, Meg’s in the most important mission of her life. To avenge her mother by taking justice against the man who took everything from them years ago.

This book is AMAZING. It’s stunningly written and I was cheering for Meg the whole time. I love her!!!

Wow! Just when I thought The Last Flight was my favorite Julie Clark writes this one!
The character development of Meg Williams the con artist and Kat Roberts the journalist blew my mind. I could tell from the first two pages of the book this was going to be a wild ride and it didn’t disappoint!
I found myself sucked into the story of Meg and Kat the con artist then the journalist planning to expose Meg but having to become friends in the process. It made the book very intense.
In the meantime Kat is dealing with problems of her own with her fiancé Scott at home.
I highly recommend this book, especially if you were a fan of her latest!

Thank you Netgalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for this ARC. All opinions are my own.

This one kept me on the edge of my seat the WHOLE book. I have a group of patrons who love this type of title and can't wait to introduce it to them!

Name of Book: The Lies I Tell
Author: Julie Clark
Publisher: Sourcebook Landmark
Genre: Mystery Thriller
Pub Date: July 21, 2022
My Rating: 3.4 Stars!

Hmm is revenge sweet?
Journalist Kat Roberts believes Meg Williams ruined her life and she is going to get revenge!

Meg Williams, or Maggie Littleton, or is it Melody White are the same person ~ one con artist who going to make men pay for their wrongdoings.
Story is told from the POV of both Kat and Meg and as we learn more about them we start to wonder who the real con artist is.

I am totally in the minority in loving this. I belong to seven FB Book Groups and there have been so many amazing comments on this ~ I was super excited about reading it.
I still have Julie Clark’s “The Last Flight” on my list of wanting to read. So I liked that there was a blurb at the end of this about that novel.

I loved the Conversation with the Author as well as ‘About the Author’!

I did like the Epilogue and the statement … The difference between justice and revenge comes down to who’s telling the story”
Hmm perhaps the same is true …
”The difference between an amazing story and a so-so story is who is reading the story”
.... Just as some art you like and others you don’t however it doesn't mean the art you don't like isn't good art. Aren’t we lucky to have so many options?

I will read another story by author, Julie Clark.

Want to thank NetGalley and Sourcebook Landmark for this eGalley. This file has been made available to me before publication in an early form for an honest professional review.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for July 21, 2022

I enjoyed this one! It was refreshing to see more from the con artist story outside of the lies and deceit and more so about the people and circumstances that led them to where they are.

Julie Clark also does a great job of crafting an unreliable and unlikable narrator who you still kind of like and root for. That’s hard to do!

There were some moments in the middle that the plot slowed for me, but overall this is a fantastic follow up to The Last Flight that I think many readers will enjoy!

Another winner from Julie Clark! I was thoroughly engaged in the story, and was impressed by the intricately woven details. I eagerly await Ms. Clark’s next book. Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

“Two women working together are a force to be reckoned with.”

Meg Williams is back, and Kat is ready to get her revenge. Meg has gone by many different names over the last few years, changing her identity with each con she pulls. Now she is back where she grew up and has chosen her real name, while planning her biggest con yet. Meanwhile, Kat is working to get close so she can expose Meg for who she really is.

Ok first of all, I started this book at 8pm figuring I would get through about half before heading to bed. NOPE. Finished the entire thing in one night. Secondly, badass females that take back their power from the men that abuse theirs? Hell yes, you know I am in! I absolutely loved following along while Kat tried to figure out what Meg’s endgame was, and trying to decipher why she chose the victims of her cons. This is one In recommend just diving into it. You will not be able to put it down! I promise!

Con artist Meg Williams and journalist Kat Roberts are each driven by a need to right the wrongs of the past. Personal agendas set them on a collision course that neither of them could have imagined, and when the women develop a working relationship of sorts, the stakes couldn't be higher. Will they be able to settle the score against those who have harmed them.? And will their individual quests for justice be worth the personal costs?

Julie Clark delivers another five-star twisty page-turner with characters who have been dealt bad hands by life, but whose wits and resourcefulness help them survive and thrive. Clark's fast-paced, well-plotted stories and plucky characters demonstrate her writing talent for thrillers that do not disappoint.

Meg Williams is a con artist who erases herself to be anything you need her to be and she always is helping a fellow woman while fleecing her target of everything she can get. Kat Roberts has been waiting 10 years to find Meg Williams again since she blames her for ruining her life and derailing her career as a journalist when she was investigating what was her first con which ended up exposing a School principal who preyed on his female students. As she insinuates herself with Meg and becomes her assistant through this latest con she ends up feeling sympathy for Meg and understanding why she is doing what she does. I really liked this book and loved the dynamic between the Meg and Kat and how it changes as she figures out the motive behind the cons that Meg perpetuates. The ending was great and I loved how everything panned out with the con and Meg.

Thanks to Sourcebooks Landmark and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book in e-book form. All opinions in this review are my own.

I read Julie Clark’s book, The Last Flight, last year and it was a 5-star read for me. The Lies I Tell is another hit! Thank you Julie Clark for another great story that centers around 2 main female characters.

Meg - the con-artist who goes by many different names, lives in different cities, develops different schemes that target men. But why?

Kat - the reporter/journalist who wants to expose Meg, write an article or possibly a book about Meg’s deception, lies and manipulation over the years. But why?

The 2 woman end up “befriending” each other. Is Meg exposed for who she really is? Do the lies catch up to her? Does Kat get her “story” after all?

Read and enjoy! Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark, NetGalley and Julie Clark for an advanced copy of The Lies I Tell in exchange for an honest review. I truly enjoyed this book! Publication date is 6.21.22 #theliesitell #NetGalley

What a wonderful read! The characters were strong and I loved their stories. Julie Clark has done it again. Thank you NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read this early.
I recommend this book.

Whoo hoo! Julie Clark does it again. It’s super smart literary suspense with a con woman with a purpose. I loved the set up the con woman and the journalist. And throughout the entire store you’re not sure who was conning who. The structure is super unique but I never felt confused once I got a hold of who the characters were and what it was all leaning toward. I have no complaints about this novel it’s got short chapters a cut me entertained and I read it over the course of an airplane ride!

This is the first book I have read by Julie Clark, and I am hooked on this author now! Loved the strong female characters and the cat and mouse dynamic. Con artist stories/shows are hot right now, and this one is a winner!

Who is Meg Williams? She is a con artist who tricks a high school principal, Cory Dempsey, into buying her a car and steals his money. She is in Reading, PA and is golfing with Phillip Montgomery who is about to divorce Renata Davies. Meg asks him to sell his $250,000 home to her for $20,000. Ten years later she is posing as a real estate agent and living with Scott Griffin. Kat Roberts is a journalist and is wondering what Meg is up to. She signs up to become a buyer and Scott warns her not to become friendly with Meg. The book is well plotted and the ending is satisfying. If you like books about con artists, then you will enjoy this book. I would like to thank NetGalley and Sourcebooks Landmark for a copy for an honest review.

This was so, so deliciously good! What a page-turner! Julie Clark has created an amazing psychological thriller with twist upon twist, and layer upon layer of suspense. This was psychologically brilliant in the way that these characters were created and manipulated. Readers are led to believe one thing at the beginning and something else completely over and over until the exciting end. Fans of Liv Constantine and Wendy Walker will devour this.

The Lies I tell is a cross between an unreliable narrator and a con artist with a conscience. See what happens when an unreliable narrator is not just unreliable but is straight out lying. She can become who you most want her to be and always finds a way to accomplish her goals.....but she often justifies her actions by righting wrongs and helping out those who the system doesn't favor. Or to put it another way "The difference between justice and revenge comes down to who's telling the story"

Sit back and enjoy the lies ;)