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The Lie in Our Marriage

Detective Dan Riley, Book 6

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The Lie in Our Marriage

By: Anna-Lou Weatherley
Narrated by: James Lailey
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On a warm spring evening, guests gather in a perfectly manicured garden to celebrate Maggie and Len’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Maggie leans against the apple tree, watching her fun-loving husband and darling children as her heart swells with pride. As the joyful party atmosphere disappears into the night, close by, the lifeless body of a young woman is pulled from a river.

Slipping upstairs to find the special gift for her adoring husband, Maggie stumbles across something else hidden amongst the dusty boxes of family keepsakes...

A printed pink silky scarf that doesn’t belong to her. She holds it up to her face, breaths in the sweet sickly perfume, it’s scent familiar, and tendrils of fear snake through her body. The scarf is stained with blood.

As Maggie re-joins the party and tries to ignore her churning stomach, she pours herself a glass of champagne to toast the man she’s enjoyed decades of happy marriage with. Then she catches a news flash of the local girl’s murder. She stares at the girl with the beautiful face, long ice-blonde hair and, draped loosely around her neck, Maggie recognises it instantly. She’s wearing the scarf.

An utterly addictive and twisty story about the complex web of secrets within a family that will have you racing through to the mind-blowing end. If you love Lisa Jewell, Gillian Flynn and Behind Closed Doors, you won’t be able to put this down!

©2023 Anna-Lou Weatherley (P)2023 Audible, Ltd
Domestic Thrillers Psychological Thriller & Suspense Marriage Suspense Exciting Heartfelt
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I have listened to several of Anna-Lou Weatherley’s books. This has been my favourite but what really brings the stories to life are James Lailey’s brilliant narrative. He is exceptional!

Brilliant Story and excellent Narrator

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Another "can't stop listening" book from Anna Lou Weatherley, made even more brilliant by the narration from James Lailey.
Thank you, can't wait for the next one!

Wow! What a brilliant book!

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Story line excellent, male narrator excellent….. gives excellent verbal account of a woman giving birth 😁

Keeps you interested throughout

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A twisting plot that Dan and his team don’t really have to do much in terms of detection . . .

Dan Riley at his best

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I was not on board until about ten chapters in, but once my brain had made connections between the events, the corpse and the characters I was hooked

The male narrator is very talented and he has to voice crying females,menopausal women, women in labour, and bitchy banter. It is a big ask and he does it well, but occasionally he erred on the side of camp and it made me smile.

A new character is introduced quite late on in the plot to help resolve the storyline .I felt this plot twist came from left field and felt like cheating There is a lot going on in this novel and many possibilities present themselves. I am not totally convinced by the ending for practical reasons but am happy to suspend belief.

There is more throwing up than I would have liked described in some detail. The key character seems to show her distress by losing her lunch a little too often.

I enjoy Detective Dan and look forward to more encounters with his investgations.

Took a while but I really enjoyed it.

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