With an apt title for her latest offering, Lisa Jewell immerses the reader in the twistiest of psychological thrillers that features Alix Summer, with a popular podcast that looks at women who have turned their lives around after undergoing tough challenges in their lives. Alix is married to Nathan whom she loves, living a comfortable life, with 2 children. It's her 45th birthday and she is celebrating at a local gastropub. Josie Fair happens to be 45 and at the pub too, a totally different woman from Alix, in a place that is not her usual fare, with her significantly older husband, Walter. The women are 'birthday twins' who happen to have even been born in the same hospital.

Later, Josie goes on to suggest herself as a subject for the podcast who wants to radically change her life, Alix eventually comes to conclude that this could work with its potential to appeal to many listeners, but she is little idea just how much she is going to regret agreeing to this. Coming from a dysfunctional family, Josie manoevres and slips her way into Alix's life, relating the unexpected dramas and darkest of secrets that comprise her life, but can she be believed? However, very little of Josie is as it appears in this dark, gripping and chilling narrative, packed with suspense and tension, with some surprising twists, and at the heart of this, some great characters created and developed by Jewell.

This might just be my favourite read from this author! Many thanks to the publisher for an ARC.

Lisa Jewell’s books are always a good read but I particularly enjoyed this one. I wasn’t sure what to make of it at first but did like how the story unfolded. The characters were deliberately misleading and confusing making it hard to work out who exactly was telling the truth.
Read through netgalley but for an honest review

Deliciously dark, dysfunctional and twisty is how I would sum this book up in a few words.

The story begins in a local pub where two women are both celebrating their 45th birthday, the successful podcaster Alix Summers and the bland and unassuming Josie Fairs. Josie introduces herself to Alix as her Birthday Twin. A few days later they run into each other outside Alix’s children’s school, Josie convinces Alix that she is about to change her life and would make an interesting podcast subject.

The story goes on with Josie revealing some deeply disturbing stories about her marriage and raising her two daughters, one of whom ran away from home age 16 and the elder daughter stays in her bedroom gaming, never leaving.

The Netflix extracts kept the pages turning for me, you knew something awful had happened and that it must have been huge to have gone from a podcast to a Netflix documentary. Josie’s strange behaviour and the disturbing tales she told for the podcast kept me engaged. Then bang, the ending and what an ending it was, I did suspect some of it but other parts were a surprise.

I would highly recommend this book for anyone who enjoys a dark psychological suspense with a dysfunctional character. I could not wait to finish work today so I could finish reading. Please do note that there is a part of the story which some readers may find uncomfortable <spoiler> mentions of grooming </spoiler>

I really enjoyed this book and would like to thank NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

Wow............ I mean just wow.

This book was like running 100 miles an hour and then just crashing off the end all of a sudden and as you are coming around you take it all in and make sense of it all.

It was weird, it was believable - it was fantastic and I read it in two sittings. Things have fallen by the wayside as a result but it was worth it.

Not at all what I expected. Not at all what I thought it was going to be but I was hooked, I was mesmerised and I honestly could not have enjoyed it more

I absolutely devoured this book and ended up reading the whole thing in four hours without stopping because I just could not put this book down.
When I first started it I was a little bored within the first few chapters but I could not stop reading and needed to know what happened next and I ended up being obsessed with this book.
This book is definitely a rollercoaster ride of emotions. I could never predict what was going to happen next.
I absolutely loved 'None Of This Is True', it is definitely one of my new favourite thrillers/mysteries and I can't wait to read more of Lisa Jewell's books.

What an absolutely brilliant book, loved it.

Josie and Alex, 2 strangers, in the same restaurant, celebrating their birthdays. Both born in the same hospital on the same day.

Josie is a working mother with 2 daughters and a much older husband. Spotting Alix, a podcast on a night out, Josie befriends her and encourages Alix to podcast her life story.

Groomed as a teenager, with one daughter having left home and one appearing to be a recluse in her bedroom, Josie s marriage to her much older husband seems to hide an abusive relationship.

However, Josies behaviour with Alix begins to become a little in appropriate with Josie stealing items from Alixs home and weaving her way into the family home.

This book is full of twists, turns and will have you gripped right the way through with an unpredictable ending.
Highly recommend a read.

This is a riveting psychological/domestic noir thriller that will raise your heart beat and send your anxiety levels into outer space.
I love books with unreliable narrators and dysfunctional families. Books that are addictive and leave you second guessing everything that you have read with lots of twists and turns. This book has all of that and more. If you like all that stuff too then this book is definitely for you
It's a well written compelling read and I highly recommend it!!

An absolutely unputdownable story which kept me up way past my bedtime!

It starts as the story of a woman who had a horrible start to life, groomed by a family friend who she later married, with two difficult children. She meets her birthday ‘twin’ in a restaurant and decides to tell this podcaster her life story so she can have a new start to life.

It’s a book with suspense, twists and horrifying turns which mean you can’t stop reading. Definitely recommended.

Thanks Netgalley for the book in return for an honest review.

I have so many feelings about this book - it has taken me almost a week after finishing to finally process. Lisa never fails when it comes to psychological thrillers, but 'None of this is true' is fresh, it's even more twisty, and it is extremely gripping.

I was intrigued by the relationship between Alix and Josie, I had a perception that the story was heading in a completely different direction that it ended up going - that is what gripped me the most, the plot keeps you guessing and continues to do so right till the very last page.

I feel the Podcast perspective was a fresh approach to telling Josie's story and initially I really felt for them and their back story, wanting every detail left me inhaling this book and not being able to put it down.

This book is dark, dysfunctional and gritty - perfect for those who love to be kept guessing and wanting more. Lisa has done it again, this book will be the read of 2023.

A dark and disturbing thriller told from two different perspectives with the crafty addition of a podcast thrown in for good measure. Please don't start this unless you really have the time put aside to finish it because once you start you really can't stop! Brilliant.

Meet Alix the podcaster, and Josie the downtrodden unhappy mother and wife. They are Birthday Twins, unrelated yet linked by their birthdate, place of birth and locality.
Alix is intrigued by this stranger’s desire to tell all, how she plans to break free from her drudgery.
An intriguing premise of an influencer and an unhappy fan. Peeling back the layers, it becomes apparent that Josie is a worrying addition to Alix’ life.
A compelling read.

Another brilliant book by Lisa Jewell! I absolutely flew through this book and had it finished in under 48 hours. It was such an addictive read and I couldn’t bring myself to put it down.

The book flips between both Alix and Josie’s perspectives and I enjoyed how we had an insight into how the two women saw each other. The book also includes transcriptions of the podcast and scenes from a Netflix documentary which made the whole story feel more authentic. The change in format really made the book feel like a true crime case.

The reader is left is no doubt that Alix and her family aren’t going to come out of this unscathed. From the clips from the podcast and the documentary, we know something is going to happen. This really heightened the sense of foreboding and as the book progressed the tension was palpable.

We know very early on that Josie has ‘issues’ but I loved how Lisa Jewell gradually showed us more and more of her story as the pieces slowly slotted into place. Josie obviously isn’t a likeable character but I also struggled to warm to Alix. I found it frustrating how she seemed to put her career and curiosity above the safety of her family.

Overall I really enjoyed this book. The claustrophobic tension had me gripped from the beginning and I couldn’t put it down.

This was a hook line and sinker read for me I literally could not put it down as I needed to know what was going to happen next I became invested in the outcome of the two main characters who were fascinating and fantastically portrayed.

The narrative provided by the podcasts was a fab edition to the book it enhanced the drama as if you were actually listening to it.

A twisted, disturbing domestic thriller the talent on this author really shines in the five star read.

Josie and Alix share a birthday, born on the same day in the same hospital. They meet by chance in a restaurant while both out celebrating.

Their lives are very different, one is a popular podcaster with a rich husband, the other a seamstress with a much older husband.

It's a story of toxic friendship, obsession and versions of the truth.

We know some bad things are going to happen, we learn early on, so notorious that the story includes snippets of the true crime documentary made about the events.

In classic Lisa Jewell style the story and characters are built up gradually. It's very cleverly done, with layers of truths and a deep sense of foreboding.

Not the fastest, but an absolutely compelling read. If you love Lisa Jewell's books this is an absolute must.

Thanks to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone.

It is hard to write a review of Lisa Jewell’s latest book as so much has been said about this prodigious author’s fictional output already – with most of it true! This is another belter of a book that will no doubt cement her position as one of the UK’s foremost thriller writers. Like so often, this novel starts with a prosaic, entirely believable situation before the reader is taken on a suspenseful ride. Celebrating her 45th birthday at a local hostelry, fictional character Alix Summers meets a woman called Josie who it is revealed shares her birthday. Josie is quick to capitalise on the opportunity to pitch a podcast contribution to Alix, a successful producer. When production starts, more and more harrowing details are revealed about Josie: her teenage marriage, the disappearance of one of her daughters, and the issues suffered by the other daughter. When Josie pitches up at Alix’s house, pleading to be taken in, the story becomes very dark indeed ….

I wish to thank NetGalley and the publishers for the free ARC of a novel that turned out to be very addictive indeed, and that enabled this unbiased book review.

Lisa Jewell has delivered again with this dark, twisty psychological thriller. Disturbing in a way that makes it difficult to put down. Fantastic as always

2 woman's birthdays being on the same day, aswell as the same age and also being born on the same hospital ward. We follow Josie and Alix. Josie wanted to be on Alixs podcast with her having such a complicated life, even if Alix felt uncomfortable by her. Then by Josie disappearing and Alix realising that josie has left a terrifying legacy behind she knows that she and her family are in trouble.

Really gripping read.

I had no doubt that Lisa would deliver another incredible book, and this honestly might be my favourite of hers so far

A brilliant book that kept me gripped throughout! I couldn’t put it down. Amazing characters and so well written - highly recommended.

This is the third novel I've read by Lisa Jewell so I have some catching up to do! Like her other novels, this is a page turner with interesting characters and a well paced plot. We are introduced to both protagonists, Alex and Josie; one, Alex, a journalist running a successful podcast about womens' issues, the other, Josie, married with two kids and married to a much older man. They meet in a restaurant restroom on the night of their birthdays. Both 45, both born on the same date. After congratulating one another, they part. Josie immediately pondering the successful Alex with her handsome husband, ebbulient friends and non-stop champagne and the constrast with her own life, an elderly husband, two estranged daughters and a job as a machinist in a clothes repair shop.
As always, Lisa Jewell gives us great characters. Human nature makes us route for Josie, downtrodden, unhappy with her lot but also quite like Alex who seems happy, content, successful but also kind and thoughtful. We also know never to accept things at face value, especially with a novelist like Jewell, who will take us on a journey with both women likely to make us reconsider over and over again. Safe to say, you'll have your mind blown in a story with 'my truth' at its root. How lies are used as a currency by one woman to get into the life of the other. You'll wonder about how many of your friends are telling you the truth and how many are living their own truth. Excellent read, highly recommended.