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In the Blood
In the Blood: A Novel | Lisa Unger
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The New York Times bestselling author and International Thriller Writers Best Novel finalist Lisa Unger returns to the dark psychological suspense that made Beautiful Lies a bestseller around the world. Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she cant quite recall. About to graduate from college and with her trust fund almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from schools all over the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed to controlling the people in his life. But, in Lana, he may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers? When Lanas closest friend, Beck, mysteriously disappears, Lana resumes her lying waysto friends, to the police, to herself. The police have a lot of questions for Lana when the story about her whereabouts the night Beck disappeared doesnt jibe with eyewitness accounts. Lana will do anything to hide the truth, but it might not be enough to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else knows about Lanas lies. And hes dying to tell. Lisa Ungers writing has been hailed as sensational (Publishers Weekly) and sophisticated (New York Daily News), with gripping narrative and evocative, muscular prose (Associated Press). Masterfully suspenseful, finely crafted, and written with a no-holds-barred raw power, In the Blood is Unger at her best.
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Mshookquilts
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Pickpick

A psychological thriller that keeps you on edge. Lana was a troubled child, but then Lana‘s father was convicted for murdering Lana‘s mother. Lana is now in a small private college, believing no one knows of the past, but clues of someone knowing keep popping up when Lana‘s best friend disappears.

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cestmabiologie
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Panpan

This book had me for the first half. It‘s a solid “Bad Seed” thriller, even though the way the book broaches child psychopathy made me uneasy.

If IN THE BLOOD had ditched its Big Twist about Lana/Lane‘s gender identity, the book would have been so much better. Instead it moved away from more interesting threads & focused on the narrator‘s gender in a way that conflated it with their introspection about monstrosity, psychopathy, and evil. Ugh.

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JoScho
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In this psychological thriller, college student Lana Granger is a compulsive liar whose always gotten away with her fabrications. But when she starts babysitting for a manipulative 11-year-old boy, her lies have met their match. When her best friend disappears, police attention turns to Lana. Can she tell the truth, even if it means implicating herself?
This one has been on my radar for while now. #thrillerthursday #readingresolutions

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Night_Reader
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Creepy, suspenseful & unputdownable! Can't wait to read more from the same author.

RadicalReader @Night_Reader simply can't wait to check out this novel has me extremely interested simply by the description alone 7y
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Night_Reader
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Thank goodness for the long weekend - 'cause I couldn't put this book down!! The suspense is so good!

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Night_Reader
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I'm in awe... Reading every page slowly just to savour the writing.

JoeStalksBeck This book blew me away!!!!! The ending! The ending!!! 7y
Night_Reader I'm only 3 chapters in & I'm scared of what I might find out...I can feel something brewing!!! Oh, the suspense!!!! 7y
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Night_Reader
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Delving into this dark thriller... Let's hope it doesn't disappoint.

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JoeStalksBeck
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Just finished! Holy what?! 3 twists in basically one paragraph! My jaw literally dropped! Read this now!

Bklover Love the @JoeStalksBeck !! Made me laugh. 😂😉 8y
JoeStalksBeck @Bklover lol! Thanks!!❤️🌹🙏🏻 8y
monkeygirlsmama Stacked 8y
Garabrandtreviews I love that author! I have read all her books. 8y
JoeStalksBeck @monkeygirlsmama @Garabrandtreviews the final word in this book makes you go " Ha! Haaa! Gotcha "! It's awesome 8y
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JoeStalksBeck
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Cold, rainy day is good for books and candles ❤️📚📖

ephemeralwaltz Candles😍😍 8y
myers85 Fantastic photo 😊 8y
JoeStalksBeck @ephemeralwaltz @myers85 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ 8y
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TrishB Great pic 💝 8y
LazyOwl Great photo 8y
Sace I love this picture! 💗 8y
JoeStalksBeck @TrishB @LazyOwl @sace thanks!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️ 8y
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JoeStalksBeck
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After running nonstop all day I am doing a mud mask / reading moment to take a breath😳😉📖📚❤️

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JoeStalksBeck
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😳

DGRachel Eew. 8y
minkyb double Eew! 8y
BriKie Sounds like Kafka's The Metamorphosis to me! 8y
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JoeStalksBeck
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Love her books 📚📚❤️❤️

cathysaid Sounds interesting. Love a good psychological thriller. 8y
JoeStalksBeck @cathysaid it drew me right in. She wastes no time getting to the thrill 😉 8y
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RabidReader
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I will definitely read more by Lisa Unger. This got very interesting very fast and kept me guessing. Just what I was looking for in a thriller. This falls in a category I find lately to feel kind of hokey, and the beginning felt that way for this one too. But it wasn't long and I was enthralled with what was being hidden, the secrets, and the lies... And ultimately how it all was connected. Fun read.

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RabidReader
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Yes! Someday all walls of my house will be floor to ceiling shelving...and I probably will still need to pile books here and there.

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DragonSadhana
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Every once in a while I just want to read some screwy f-Ed up story that involves psychological thrills and fictional torture. This book scratched that itch, even if I did find some of its storyline predictable. Solid story-telling, and I really appreciated the POV from a person suffering with mental illness. #womenauthors #thriller

mcipher Lisa Unger can be totally fun in such a twisted way. 😉 8y
DragonSadhana @mcipher This is the first of hers I've read! I will definitely read more. 8y
RadicalReader @DragonSadhana this book seems insane but in a good way not often that occurs with books 8y
DragonSadhana @RadicalReader You would be right! It's definitely insane and creepy. If you haven't read Pretty Girls, that's also insane and creepy in a good way. 8y
RadicalReader @DragonSadhana thanks I will check it out 8y
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A novel with potential to be one of the best recent psychological thrillers but which remains unfulfilled. All of its twists are predictable. In its merit, the novel fantastically depicts the psychology of a transgender character and makes great use of the double to achieve dramatic effect, but an ending in which an obviously transgender character - clearly so since early childhood - becomes male again and wants a muscle car is outrageous. #lgbt

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dcossai

"It was human nature to see only what you want to see, and nothing would change that, no matter what tools people had at their disposal. The truth is only what you think it is."

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dcossai
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Poignant, but the reality for so many minorities and people who have experienced great suffering or loss. Incredibly refreshing to see this addressed in a novel. #sadquote #ambition #distress

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Iamlisa22
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I love Lisa Unger books! This one was a great page turner

MyBookLife I haven't read her yet, but I bought a book of hers a few weeks ago. So, it's a start ;) 8y
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