Name: Ruth Parker 's review of Seven Lies by Elizabeth Kay
Item: Seven Lies
Rating: 4
Author: Ruth Parker

Elizabeth Kay

They tell each other everything. Except the truth. 'One of the most compelling narrators I've ever encountered' SHARI LAPENA 'Chilling and original' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'Breathtakingly good' TM LOGAN 'You won't want to put this one down' CARA HUNTER ___________________________________ Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since they were eleven years old. They have a lot in common. In their early twenties they both fell in love and married handsome young men. But Jane never liked Marnie's husband. He was always so loud and obnoxious, so much larger than life. Which is rather ironic now, of course. Because if Jane had been honest - if she hadn't lied - then perhaps her best friend's husband might still be alive . . . This is Jane's opportunity to tell the truth, the question is: Do you believe her?

Seven Lies

Laura Kirkland Moore 

'A hugely exciting new voice in crime fiction' Lucy Foley 'The new face of domestic noir' Evening Standard 'One of the most compelling narrators I've ever encountered' Shari Lapena 'A protagonist to rival Villanelle' Cosmopolitan ___________________________________ HAVE YOU READ THE MOST EXPLOSIVE DEBUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR? 'Chilling and original' CLARE MACKINTOSH 'A tense nerve-shredder' VAL McDERMID 'The perfect pscyh thriller - smart, dark and morally ambiguous' TAMMY COHEN 'You NEED to read this one' LESLEY KARA 'Toxic friendships don't get more toxic than this' PRIMA 'Breathtakingly good' T.M. LOGAN COSMOPOLITAN 'You won't want to put this one down' CARA HUNTER 'This is going to be the next massive thriller' PANDORA SYKES 'You'll be turning the pages deep into the night' HARLAN COBEN 'Shockingly intimate and scarily insidious' LISA GARDNER 'The new face of domestic noir' EVENING STANDARD 'Brilliantly twisty' MICHELLE FRANCES 'A clever, deliciously dark pageturner' ALICE FEENEY 'Takes the idea of the unreliable narrator and spins it on its head' ARAMINTA HALL 'Brilliantly plotted' ALI LAND 'You won't be able to put it down' CHRISTINA DALCHER ___________________________________ It all started with one little lie . . . Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since they were eleven years old. They have a lot in common. In their early twenties they both fell in love and married handsome young men. But Jane never liked Marnie's husband. He was always so loud and obnoxious, so much larger than life. Which is rather ironic now, of course. Because if Jane had been honest - if she hadn't lied - then perhaps her best friend's husband might still be alive . . . This is Jane's opportunity to tell the truth, the question is: Do you believe her?

The most addictive, page-turning thriller of 2020

Ruth Parker 

This book takes unreliable narrator to the next level. I enjoyed the ending and found myself open mouthed at some of the things that happened in this book. Enjoyable and chilling, a great read.

"A dark, gripping story with one of the most interesting and compelling narrators I've ever encountered. Highly recommended!" --Shari Lapena, the New York Times bestselling author of The Couple Next Door It all started with just one little lie. But we all know that it never ends there. Because, of course, one lie leads to another... Growing up, Jane and Marnie shared everything. They knew the other's deepest secrets. They wouldn't have had it any other way. But when Marnie falls in love, things begin to change. Because Jane has a secret: she loathes Marnie's wealthy, priggish husband. So when Marnie asks if she likes him, Jane tells her first lie. After all, even best friends keep some things to themselves. If she had been honest, then perhaps her best friend's husband might still be alive today... For, of course, it's not the last lie. In fact, it's only the beginning... Seven Lies is Jane's confession of the truth--her truth. Compelling, sophisticated, chilling, it's a seductive, hypnotic pageturner about the tangled, toxic friendships between women, the dark underbelly of obsession and what we stand to lose in the name of love.

A Novel

Sharon Steinman

Jane Black has been friends with Marnie since school, they are best friends and will always be best friends. No one understands Marnie the way Jane does. Jane's life has been tough her husband passed away in accident and her career hasn't quite gone as she has expected. The story unfolds with Jane reflecting on her life and how things would have been very different if she hadn't told her very first lie to her friend Marnie.

As I was initially reading the book I liked Jane as the story progressed, there things about her that started giving me the creeps.

Overall I enjoyed reading the book and was happy to have a distraction while being at home during c-19. Thanks Netgalley for the Advanced Reader's Copy. If you are looking for something to read that will distract I would recommend picking this book up.

"Jane and Marnie have been inseparable since they were eleven. Growing up, they shared everything, they knew the other's deepest secrets, and they wouldn't have had it any other way. Jane was always happiest when it was just the two of them; in fact, she remembers those days as the best time of her life. And even when Jane married the man of her dreams, somehow, Jonathan only added to Jane's life, without subtracting from the perfect equation of her friendship with Marnie. Until the day Jonathan was killed in a hit-and-run, and Jane's world shattered into a million pieces. Meanwhile, Marnie had been building her own universe: a wealthy financier husband, a career as a food and lifestyle blogger, an exquisite new flat. Jane is utterly grief-stricken, and soon realizes Marnie is moving forward without her. But she can't stand to be left behind--if only she could find her way back to the days when she and Marnie were each other's everything. Desperate, Jane is determined to win Marnie back. And so she tells the first of seven lies that will change everything. Soon, Jane finds herself spinning lie after lie, unable to reveal the truth for fear of losing the one thing she needs most: Marnie. Seven Lies is Jane's opportunity to tell the truth: her truth"--

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"Scalpel-sharp writing and a killer concept-dark, clever, compelling and utterly assured." —Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List, a Hello Sunshine x Reese's Book Club Pick Keep the lights on—you'll be turning pages deep into the night with this one." —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away It all started with just one little lie. But we all know that it never ends there. Because, of course, one lie leads to another. . . Growing up, Jane and Marnie shared everything. They knew the other’s deepest secrets. They wouldn't have had it any other way. But when Marnie falls in love, things begin to change. Because Jane has a secret: She loathes Marnie’s wealthy, priggish husband. So when Marnie asks if she likes him, Jane tells her first lie. After all, even best friends keep some things to themselves. If she had been honest, then perhaps her best friend's husband might still be alive today. . . Seven Lies is Jane’s confession of the truth—her truth. Compelling, sophisticated, chilling, it’s a seductive, hypnotic page-turner about the tangled, toxic friendships between women, the dark underbelly of obsession, and what we stand to lose in the name of love.

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