This Is Why We Lied
A Will Trent Thriller
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4.4 • 781 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
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“Expect from a Karin Slaughter crime thriller . . . just the right amount of twists, turns, shocks, surprises and domestic thrill and shrill.” — Parade
The instant NYT bestseller featuring Will Trent and Sara Linton from Karin Slaughter, author of Pretty Girls and After that Night!
One toxic family.
Eight suspicious guests.
Everyone is guilty.
But who is a killer?
For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night.
A murderer in their midst
Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain. But as Will and Sara investigate the McAlpine family and the other guests, they realize that everyone here is lying….Lying about their past. Lying to their family. Lying to themselves.
Who killed Mercy McAlpine?
It soon becomes clear that normal rules don’t apply at McAlpine Lodge, and Will and Sara are going to have to watch their step at every turn. Trapped on the resort, they must untangle a decades-old web of secrets to discover what happened to Mercy. And with the killer poised to strike again, the trip of a lifetime becomes a race against the clock…
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A blissful honeymoon turns deadly in this nail-biting thriller. Miles from civilization, newlyweds Will Trent and Sara Linton are enjoying a midnight swim when a bloodcurdling scream freezes their vacation fun cold. They find their remote lodge’s manager, Mercy McAlpine, mortally wounded—and it turns out the retreat, which has been in Mercy’s family for decades, is chock-full of potential killers. Best-selling author Karin Slaughter has created an intense caper for our dynamic Georgia Bureau of Investigation duo, turning the lush wilderness into a death trap after a violent storm devastates the only way out. Along with the newlyweds’ chemistry, we loved the curious, backstabbing cast of potential suspects, from Mercy’s drug-addled ex-husband to her controlling father and all the other fascinating family members and guests. Dark secrets surface on the pristine lake as this breathless tale races to its final twist.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
A honeymoon turns into a grisly locked-room mystery in Slaughter's harrowing 12th outing for Georgia Bureau of Investigation agent Will Trent (following After That Night). Will and his bride, medical examiner Sara Linton, plan to celebrate at McAlpine Lodge in northwest Georgia, but on the night they arrive, hotel manager Mercy McAlpine is murdered in one of the property's cabins. Will and Sara jump into action, first turning their suspicion toward Mercy's abusive ex-husband, whom Will knows from the time they spent together in an Atlanta boy's home. As Will and Sarah continue to poke around, however, other suspects come into focus, including Mercy's hot-tempered father and ice-cold mother, who hope to force a sale of the lodge, and a guest who has intimate knowledge of Mercy's criminal past. After Will's Bureau of Investigation colleagues show up, the body count rises, and Will unearths some unspeakable secrets within the McAlpine clan. The subject matter gets almost operatically bleak, but Slaughter saves the day with her gifts for suspense and characterization—Mercy, in particular, makes an impression. This long-running series still has gas in the tank.
Customer Reviews
Mystery
Had me guessing throughout the entire book. Good read!
Could’ve Been Better
I’m a big fan of the Will Trent series and was excited that Will and Sara were now married, but this book was slower than a car with no motor. The whole story plot dragged on and on and often times I had to flip back to figure out who the characters were. I’m normally a fast reader, but it took me almost 3 weeks to finish it. The best part to me…was nearly the end of the book. And of course after all that….it ends on a cliffhanger. Maybe the next book will be better.
Tedious.
I struggled through this. Have loved all the others. Maybe it is time to retire this series.