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Behind Every Lie
Behind Every Lie | Christina McDonald
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From the author of The Night Olivia Fellan emotionally charged mystery (Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author)comes a thrilling new suspense novel about the insidious nature of family secretsand their deadly potential. If you cant remember it, how do you prove you didnt do it? Eva Hansen wakes in the hospital after being struck by lightning and discovers her mother, Kat, has been murdered. Eva was found unconscious down the street. She cant remember what happened but the police are highly suspicious of her. Determined to clear her name, Eva heads from Seattle to LondonKats former homefor answers. But as she unravels her mothers carefully held secrets, Eva soon realizes that someone doesnt want her to know the truth. And with violent memories beginning to emerge, Eva doesnt know who to trust. Least of all herself. Told in alternating perspectives from Evas search for answers and Kats mysterious past, Christina McDonald has crafted another complex, emotionally intense (Publishers Weekly) domestic thriller. Behind Every Lie explores the complicated nature of mother-daughter relationships, family trauma, and the danger behind long-held secrets.
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OriginalCyn620
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This one was hard to put down! Very twisty and I love a good unreliable narrator! I also really like the memory loss trope, so this ticked a lot of boxes for me.

#bookspinbingo #doublespin for this month!

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 3y
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K8Z
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Top three books this year: Behind her eyes, behind every lie, the Alice network #mbcreadathon #mbcbookfrogsreadathon4

MonthlyBookClub entered! 3y
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Geez, I feel like my physical book reading has really gone into an annoying “should I keep reading?” spin without anything keeping my attention! I picked this up, assuming it would keep me engaged, but it just didn‘t. The story was fine but all of the “twists” were so easy to see that it didn‘t even seem like there were any twists. It just wasn‘t what I needed or wanted. 🌟🌟🌟

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So….Tidelands just isn‘t doing it for me right now 😔. It is absolutely not the fault of the book! I like the characters and where I assume the book is going, but it‘s been 4 days and I‘ve only been able to read 60 pages. I think I just need something twisty to keep my attention right now! So it‘s going on the nightstand for later and I‘m diving into this one!

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A woman wakes in the hospital with little memory of the night before. She has been struck by lightning and her mother is dead. Then she starts to think she did it. This great premise unfortunately unfolds into a poorly composed book with every “twist” broadcast so far in advance that there are literally no surprises. A disappointment for me.

JoyBlue I'm sorry to hear this, as it finally came up on my hold list. I'm 21% in so far, and don't like it. I may end up bailing (my pipeline is surprisingly full at the moment). Sigh. 3y
Hooked_on_books @JoyBlue It‘s so disappointing when this happens, isn‘t it? For me, it never got better, so I‘d be in favor of bailing if you‘re not enjoying it, either. There‘s better books out there! 3y
JoyBlue @Hooked_on_books It sure is! Thanks again for your input. I decided after dinner that I definitely should bail on it. I have so many other choices right now. 3y
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A very good, twisty thriller. Really enjoyed this one 🙂 Great ending!
#ReadtheUSA #Washington (19th state) #Murder2020 (book 53)

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I loved this book 💕

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´¯`•.•• 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 ••.•´¯`⁣

Talented author 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 follows up her bestseller, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐥𝐥, with 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐞, a compelling & poignant exploration of family secrets, mother-daughter relationships, & one woman's journey to the truth, healing, & wholeness. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ⁣

𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸: https://tinyurl.com/ycn7shoe

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Slajaunie
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Good little mystery but I figured out the ending easily. I still enjoyed listening. Eva wakes up in the hospital the day after her mom is killed. The police say she was found near her mom‘s house after being struck by lightning. With holes in her memory about the night her mom died, Eva wonders, did she do it?

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Jemgirl2014
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OH. MY. GOD! Can you say amazing?! Ms. Christina McDonald gets better and better with each book. I freaking could not put this book down! Thank God for the holiday weekend because I would have been irritated with work getting in the way of my time with this one. All you fellow Lisa Jewel fans, I really think this one is for you. Flawless. Simply flawless. Okay, I'm going to go to be a geek and follow her on Instagram now. LOL 😃

ljuliel Great review ! 5y
Jemgirl2014 @ljuliel Thank you! 🤗 5y
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•°¯`•• 𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝗪𝐞𝐞𝐤𝐞𝐧𝐝 ••´¯°•⁣⁣
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At last the workweek is over & it's time to relax with a good book.⁣

I loved #TheNightOliviaFell but 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐜𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐝 has really stepped up her game in 𝐁𝐞𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐋𝐢𝐞. So happy to be home, ready to curl up and finish reading it. Dying to know if my guesses are accurate. ⁣⁣
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𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘦𝘯𝘥?⁣

MissAimz_55 Happy weekend! I‘ll be reading The Princess Bride and The Only Plane in the Sky 5y
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Jemgirl2014
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I will be reading this after "Such a Fun Age". Can't wait! ?

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She had me with the lightning strike. BEHIND EVERY LIE is an engrossing and intense heart-stopping thriller. The writing effortlessly blends the characters, settings and story into a compelling read that you will not want to put down. The cast of characters is masterfully developed with each character playing a vital role in the story. https://www.bluestockingreviews.com/post/behind-every-lie

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candc320
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I love when a preorder is waiting for me when I get home after work! This one sounds soooo good! Hoping to get to this one by the end of the month 🤞

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TorieStorieS
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Thanks, #NetGalley! This fast-paced thriller opens with one of my favorite fictional tropes- memory loss. Lightning causes Eva to not recall what had happened the night before - and as she tries to piece together her memories, more and more secrets start to be revealed. Though I did see a lot of the twists coming, there are a few real surprises too. I enjoyed it - it would be a great vacation read!

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Quite the page turner. It was a quick read, mostly because I couldn't really put it down. I liked working through the whole story to figure out what really happened at the beginning of the book. It has all the classic makings of a great psychological thriller from an unreliable narrator to a mysterious backstory.

𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘳: 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘈𝘙𝘊 f𝘳𝘰𝘮 #NetGalley 𝘪𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸.

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thereadingowlvina
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Best news ever!!! Third novel in 2021!!! 😁❤

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sharread
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Thank you for the Kindle eread #ARC Simon & Schuster. ❤ This sounds sooooo good. 🤯

#NETGALLEY

aprilpohren This sounds really good!! 5y
sharread I can't wait to start reading it, I missed The Night Olivia Fell, but heard such good things about it. 5y
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