The Day The Lies Began (Unabridged)
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4.2 • 24 Ratings
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- $18.99
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
Big Little Lies meets The Party. Kylie Kaden is the freshest, new voice in domestic noir.
'It seemed simple at first – folding one lie over the next. She had become expert at feathering over the cracks to ensure her life appeared the same. But inside, it didn't feel fixed.'
It happened the day of the Moon Festival. It could have been left behind, they all could have moved on with their lives. But secrets have a habit of rising to the surface, especially in small towns.
Two couples, four ironclad friendships, the perfect coastal holiday town. With salt-stung houses perched like lifeguards overlooking the shore, Lago Point is the scene of postcards, not crime scenes. Wife and mother Abbi, town cop Blake, schoolteacher Hannah and local doctor Will are caught in their own tangled webs of deceit.
When the truth washes in to their beach side community, so do the judgements: victim, or vigilante, who will forgive, who will betray? Not all relationships survive. Nor do all residents.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
The third novel from Australian author Kylie Kaden, The Day The Lies Began is an absorbing, character-driven domestic thriller that explores how doubt and deceit can damage relationships and have devastating consequences. This gripping audiobook follows adult siblings Abbi and Blake and their close-knit community on a tense and turbulent journey after confronting secrets are exposed. Narrator Casey Withoos’ laid-back performance squares perfectly with the relaxed coastal setting and vividly brings Kaden’s Australian imagery and vernacular to life.
Customer Reviews
Lies and whatever
Author
Australian. A Queenslander, in fact, the best kind. Psychologist by training. This is her third novel following Losing Kate (2014), and Missing You (2015).
Plot
Journalist and young mother Abbi and her hubby Will, a GP, live in a fictional Queensland beachside town Lago Point, as does policeman Blake, who shares Ab’s birthday and was fostered by her Mum so is like a brother to her. The love of Blake’s life is Hannah, a teacher, who blew town for the US six years before, has just returned. Bad things happen at the annual Moon Festival, but the author keeps us guessing about them until late in the book.
Characters
Hannah’s younger sister Mandy is okay. The rest are a bit meh. Pity the author didn’t give Mandy a bit more page time.
Narrative
Third person, various POVs
Prose
Clear enough, with some Aussie vernacular thrown in. Pacing slow, although it picks up towards the end.
Bottom line
There’s nothing wrong with domestic noir where secrets are held back, but character development needs to be better in the meantime to sustain interest. Just sayin’.