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Listen for the Lie

The Richard & Judy Book Club pick and New York Times bestselling crime thriller

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Listen for the Lie

By: Amy Tintera
Narrated by: January LaVoy, Will Damron
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Am I a murderer? You tell me . . .

You probably already know my name. Lucy Chase, the woman who doesn’t remember murdering her best friend.

Even though they couldn’t find enough evidence to charge me, I know you all think I did it. That’s OK. I realise being found wandering the streets the next day covered in her blood wasn't a great look.

Believe me, I’m as frustrated as you are. I’d love to know if I’m a murderer – it’s the sort of thing you really should know about yourself, isn’t it?

And now, thanks to true-crime podcast Listen for the Lie, I finally have the chance to find out. But will I be able to live with myself if it turns out it was me?

And if it wasn’t, will digging into the secrets of the night I forgot make me the next target of whoever did?

Perfect for fans of HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY by Bella Mackie, NONE OF THIS IS TRUE by Lisa Jewell and MURDER IN THE FAMILY by Cara Hunter.

'Edgy, thrilling, twisty - I loved it!' - LIANE MORIARTY
'A world-class whodunit' - STEPHEN KING
‘Smart, surprising and very funny - wickedly entertaining’ – SHARI LAPENA

©2024 Amy Tintera (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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‘Edgy and scary, thrilling and twisty, laugh-out-loud funny. I loved it!'
'Listen for the Lie is a page-turner from the first sentence to the very last. In addition to being a world-class whodunit, full of carefully doled-out twists, Lucy is a terrific character, feisty and funny and, it turns out, brave as hell. It's great fun. Readers will rip through this one.'
'Amy Tintera's highly compelling voice grips you from the opening line and won't let you go. Listen For the Lie is an extremely successful high-wire act, balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills. A delight from start to finish.'
Razor-sharp, original and highly entertaining. Lots of twisty, pitch-black fun in this genuine pageturner.
Amy Tintera gives the fashionable device of podcaster v detective a fresh spin in this scintillating comic noir.
What turns this set-up into scintillating comic noir is Lucy’s narrating voice, which is as smart and sardonic about her own words and thoughts as it is about her relatives, former bedmates and other interviewees.
A brilliantly dark subversive romp.
It's a page-turner you'll absolutely race through.
Readers will be hard-pressed not to wolf down this intelligent page-turner in a single sitting.
‘Smart, surprising and very funny - wickedly entertaining.’
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It took me a little bit to get into the book but as soon as Lucy returns to her hometown i was captivated. I loved Lucy's dry sense of humour, and her relationship with her grandmother, 2 women who didn't care what other's thought of them, brilliant. Had me guessing until the end.

Made me laugh out loud

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Initially I found the format with the podcast segments a bit annoying, but soon got used to it as it progressed and actually quite enjoyed the book. It’s easy listening, some of the characters lack any real depth and I found the end somewhat predictable, but I did care for the central characters and smashed through the 9 hours over the course of a few days. Not a book I’ll be rushing to recommend to anyone but an enjoyable enough experience nevertheless.

Enjoyable enough once you get used to the format, if not slight predictable

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This book was brilliant. I tried another audiobook before this one and got about two chapters in before I couldn’t bare to listen anymore. I feared all audiobooks would be the same but this was brilliant. I kind of wish I had read the physical book it was that good. Narration was brilliant. Was easy to distinguish who was talking. I honestly thought there was 3 people reading this till at the end it only said two names.

The storyline was brilliant. It had me hooked from the start. Lucy was so likeable in her stand offish, sarcastic, hilarious mannerisms. The whole way through the book I was back and forth between who I thought was the killer. Sooooo good.

5/5 my first finished audiobook. Brilliant

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Gripped from the beginning, I’ve lost sleep hours to this book. It was brilliantly narrated and was just a great story. I loved it.

Highly recommend

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Firstly this is cool to read in audiobook format. They’ve done a great job of integrating the story into the strengths of an audiobook. Also this book works as an audiobook for the most part - the perspective of the main character and plot is clear. There are probably a couple too many characters to follow with very similar characteristics and interplay which made it slightly tricky.

I like the main character and the main antagonist. They have a kind of depth which makes them feel balanced as people and still not unlikeable.

I think the book is a bit too long and it drags a conceit for probably a bit too long which starts eating at the momentum. I’m not sure what could really be extracted in terms of other developments though.

I really liked this though and worth it for entertainingness and listening in the car.

Fun novel that leans into the audiobook form

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