“In his gripping debut Jim Thomson explores what happens when two characters, who bring out the worst in each other, fall in love. I loved reading about the extremes that Matt and Lucy are prepared to go to and I loved how hard Thomson makes it to take sides. Lies You Wanted to Hear is a morally complex and thoroughly grown-up novel.”
--Margot Livesey, New York Times bestselling author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy

Lucy’s two young children have been gone for nine years now, an unbearable burden that haunts her even more because of her role in what happened. You can hardly see a glimpse of that carefree girl Lucy was before she married Matt. She was a magnet for men who were bad for her—men like Griffin. With shattering, unthinkable turns that will wrench every mother’s heart, this suspenseful story probes the issue of how well you know the person you married. How much can you trust them with your heart—and with your future?