Let Me Lie
The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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Publisher Description
You won't be able to put this addictive No. 1 bestseller down . . .
And don't miss Clare Mackintosh's twisty new thriller about secrets, lies and keeping up appearances - Other People's Houses is out now.
'No one writes a twist like Clare Mackintosh' PAULA HAWKINS
'A belter of a novel' HEAT
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The police say it was suicide.
Anna says it was murder.
Who do you believe?
One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever since.
Now with a young baby of her own, Anna misses her mother more than ever and starts to ask questions about her parents' deaths. But by digging up the past, is she putting her future in danger?
Sometimes it's safer to let things lie . . .
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'Another one-more-chapter, stay-up-late sensation' LEE CHILD
'Absolutely BRILLIANT. I LOVED it. I think this is Clare Mackintosh's best yet' MARIAN KEYES
'A triumph' LOUISE CANDLISH
'A work of genius' JOANNA CANNON
'A rollercoaster ride with a shocker of a final sentence' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
'Clare Mackintosh does it again. A brilliantly twisting tale' ERIN KELLY
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This taut, emotionally complex thriller from British author Mackintosh (I See You) centers on 26-year-old new mother Anna Johnson. Anna's father, Tom, jumped off the cliff at Beachy Head, England; seven months later, Anna's mother, Caroline, followed suit. The coroner's suicide decrees have always bothered Anna, and her doubts only deepen when, on the first anniversary of Caroline's death, someone sends a card that reads, "Suicide? Think again." Anna's partner, Mark Hemmings, dismisses the message as a cruel joke, but Anna becomes convinced that Caroline was murdered. Her theory captures the interest of Murray Mackenzie, a retired detective turned civilian desk clerk at the Lower Meads police station, but when Murray begins an unofficial investigation and Anna starts receiving anonymous threats, she must decide whether the truth means more than her baby's safety. Mackintosh cleverly subverts readers' expectations while capitalizing on the complicated nature of parent-child relationships. Shocking twists share the page with meditations on love, loss, marriage, and mental illness, and though not every revelation feels earned, the overall story amply satisfies. Author tour.)
