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Lies They Tell
Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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With shades of E. Lockhart's We Were Liars, this dark and twisted mystery by the highly acclaimed author of Grit will be the page-turner of the year.Everyone in Tenney's Harbor knows about the Garrison tragedy. How an unexplained fire ravaged their house, killing four of the five family members. But what people don't know is who did it. All fingers point at Pearl Haskins' father, who was the caretaker of the property, but Pearl just doesn't believe it. Leave it to a town of rich people to blame "the help."With her disgraced father now trying to find work in between booze benders, Pearl's future doesn't hold much more than waiting tables at the local country club, where the wealthy come to flaunt their money and spread their gossip. This year, Tristan, the last surviving Garrison, and his group of affluent and arrogant friends have made a point of sitting in Pearl's section. Though she's repulsed by most of them, Tristan's quiet sadness and somber demeanor have her rethinking her judgments.Befriending the boys could mean getting closer to the truth, clearing her father's name, and giving Tristan the closure he seems to be searching for. But it could also trap Pearl in a sinister web of secrets, lies, and betrayals that would leave no life unchanged...if it doesn't take hers first.
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TheLudicReader
Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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This is a page-turner of a YA mystery about a girl named Pearl who works hard to figure out who murdered the Garrisons, one of the rich families who summer in Tenney‘s Harbour. To do so, she has to cross the great divide between rich and poor and befriend the remaining Garrison, Tristan, and his friends. Well-written, fully realized characters and a kick ass denouement.

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TheLudicReader
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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Book hauls make me so happy.

MsMelissa Nice! 4y
Sleepswithbooks What a beautiful haul 📚📚 4y
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Nitpickyabouttrains
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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Pickpick

After a tragedy in a small town, a teen deals with the accusations toward her father and her attraction to the son of the dead. She feels her life would change if she could just solve the mystery.

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kaitlynlc29
Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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Mehso-so

I really enjoyed the characters, story build, wit etc. I was telling friends how great it was so far & they should pick it up ASAP! I found myself thinking “ok, it‘s totally obvious that this happened (most of book is post dramatic questionable event). So GF‘s books are usually twisty, it‘s gotta be something else!” But then the totally obvious was what happened. Unsure how else to describe it. I was disappointed in the ending. I wanted more twist

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Kappadeemom
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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Pretty good. Read it in a few hours

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Lovesbooks87
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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This is a YA Mystery/Thriller. It took me a while to get into it, but once I did I didn't want to put it down because, I wanted to know who really sit the fire to the Garrisons house. I kinda had an idea who maybe behind the fire. I just didn't know why they wanted to kill a whole family the way they did. This is my first book in the #24b4monday readathon. I am pretty sure that I won't get the whole 24 hours in but we shall see!

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AlizaApp
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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YA mystery/thriller. A girl in a beach town hangs out with the rich boys to try and figure out who is responsible for a killing the previous year that people are blaming on her alcoholic dad. Moves quickly but the not a lot of depth.

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Jess7
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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Book mail is the BEST mail—especially when it‘s signed by the author! 📚📬 Thank you @gillianfrenchbooks for sending me your new book: #theliestheytell 🔥 I am so excited to read it. Have any of you read it?

#signedbook #gillianfrench #newbook #bookmail #bookhaul

rather_be_reading awesome! 6y
ReadZenRites Lucky you😊 6y
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Missusb
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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Moving on to #Mayrelease2018 books, I think. #preview #rso #tbr #yaliterature

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LibrarianRyan
The Lies They Tell | Gillian French
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This does not look like a teen book but it says it is. It looks interesting. The author even sent lip balms a card and there was something else but I can't fine it. #bookmail

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