A murder mystery with a sharp-witted anti-heroine. Five years ago, Lucy's best friend Savvy was murdered. Lucy was found covered in her blood but remembers nothing of what happened. True-crime podcaster Ben sets out to uncover the truth. An engaging and quirky whodunnit.

I'll read any book Stephen King tells me to read... A bit of a new take on standard crime and thriller fiction, I enjoyed the deep dive into the ethics and fall out of true crime pods. Not sure it worked for me on all levels, but it's easy to have fun with.

I'd give this book 3.5 stars and I've rounded it up to 4 because it was a quick read / listen and I very much enjoyed the narration of the audiobook. It was quite fast paced and funny in places and it kept me guessing until the end. Plus I loved grandma!

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest and impartial review.

Love a true crime podcast mixed with a mystery. . This clever format kept me entertained as I wanted to know did she really do it. However there was no urgency amd it was only towards the end of the book I felt any urgency or danger. It felt dragged out in places and the introduction of an unnecessary romance hindered the pacing. This is a quick tead with laugh out loud monents . A bit predictable but a good read.
Thank you netgallery and publisher and author. Rounded up to4 stars

A wonderful tale with fabulous black humour that made me laugh out loud then feel guilty! Clever tale. The main character is openly not likeable but actually that made me like her very much. Wonderful read!

A well-plotted mystery which makes excellent use of the modern trend for true crime podcasts. Humour and excitement are well-balanced here, with an enjoyable cast of characters. Highly recommended.

This was great - gripping, twisty, claustrophobic...I found myself needing to finish this book fast so I could discover the "lie". Plenty of characters to hate, love, and a plot which is terrifying with many further scary turns. Really enjoyed the "podcast" element of this too, it's clear that the author is a fan of the modern "true crime" trend where everyone on the internet thinks they know more than anyone who was actually involved in the crime. Great! Will definitely look for more books by Amy Tintera.

To be honest the beginning didn't impress me but reading further I changed my mind. The plot was constructed very well and until the very end I kept guessing what really happened with those girls. It was easy to read. I had the feeling that the story was flowing naturally no unnecessary words or events. Generally good mystery book.

A thrilling and humorous murder mystery. An intriguing premise with drew me in. It is a fun new take on the podcast storyline. I found the writing style fast paced and easy to read.
The cover is also very striking as the yellow really stands out on the bookshelves in store.

This book was very fun to read. Highly recommended!

Thank you to NetGalley and to Random House UK, Transworld Publishers for an advanced copy in exchange for my review.

I really enjoyed this book - I love the cover, yellow is my favourite, but it doesn’t really suit the story. It was darker than the cover suggested! But I loved it!

I received an ARC of this book thanks to NetGalley and publisher Random House UK in exchange for an honest review.

Every so often a thriller comes along that gets a ton of hype. Listen for the Lie is one of those books and I actually think that this hype is in detriment to it.

Listen for the Lie is the story of Lucy, a woman who was accused of killing her best friend 10 years ago and could never be proven innocent or guilty. She returns to her hometown at the request of her grandmother, only to discover that a podcaster is making a series about the murder. Everyone in the town thinks Lucy did it and she has very few friends as a result. She is also prone to wild fantasies of constantly murdering those around her.

In a vacuum, this book is great. It has fantastic pacing and a nice steady plot which makes it very easy to read. The characters, the mystery, the general events are all excellent. But I have some issues and almost all of them stem from things I have read about this book. Do I wish I could ignore them? Absolutely. Does the modern marketing world make this impossible? Yes.

Firstly, I've seen this book advertised as having 'an epic twist' multiple times. This is just not true. It's not that kind of thriller and doesn't need to be. It has great pacing as I mentioned and a number of interesting surprises that crop up throughout the plot, but none of them are a gut punch 'this changes everything' twist. Expecting a twist disrupted the reading experience for me and almost put me on edge, and I worry this marketing will leave a lot of people disappointed.

Secondly, this book is allegedly a dark comedy. Humour in books is so hard to pin down. There are almost no books which make me laugh out loud and I am one of those weird people who will cry-laugh at TV shows when I'm entirely alone. I honestly didn't even know this book was supposed to be funny which I think is a bad sign. Does the humour come from the fantasy murder sequences? If so, these needed to be actually elaborate escapades and not one or two lines of repetitive dialogue.

I feel like I've ragged on this book quite a bit and I want to stress, I did really enjoy it. It's a great example of how to write a thriller without a huge twist, and books of this kind honestly deserve more credit. I loved the messaging around family, and the relationships between Lucy, her parents and her grandmother. There was some thought-provoking stuff around how you can let down those around you by thinking them capable of terrible things, and that was explored from several different angles.

Overall, this book is definitely worth picking up if you enjoy thrillers. Just try to go in without the expectations pushed on by the marketing or other readers, and there's a lot to enjoy here. Tintera is a great writer and I look forward to more thrillers from her

Overall Rating: 4/5 stars

Lots of books have been written using podcasting as a jumping off point, but this is a very clever twist on the idea. A genuinely unknowable, and at times unlikeable lead character gives this book a unique edge. My one regret is I'd probably have preferred it in audio.

It's a clever premise, well executed. However, I didn't really engage much with the main character, Lucy. I was intrigued to find out whether or not she had actually murdered her friend. It turns out she....

I take off a couple of stars because it's a Teflon book: it goes in one eye and out the other, leaving no impact or impression. Still, it's a fun read to pass the time. I think it would especially appeal to younger women, who might identify more with the protagonist.

This is a book that’s had quite a bit of hype over social media and I decided to listen to it using my Audible credit because I love the narrator January LaVoy.

Amy Tintera is the author of several teen novels and Listen for Lie is her first adult book which was an instant New York Times Bestseller and a Good Morning America Book Club pick, and Stephen King said this book 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” and if that isn’t enough to convince you to read/listen to it, then let me tell you more.

Lucy Chase is the main character. She has a wicked sense of humour, razor sharp wit and now thanks to a True Crime Podcast has just found herself back in the public eye. Several years ago Lucy’s best friend Savvy was found brutally murdered and Lucy was discovered wandering the roadside covered in her best friend’s blood and with absolutely NO memory of what happened. Quickly she became the main suspect, but with no evidence she left her small hometown and distanced herself from everyone except her Grandma.

Listen For The Lie is a true crime podcast run by Ben Owens who is determined to find out what really happened to Savvy on that tragic night and whether Lucy Chase really did viciously kill her best friend. With Lucy’s grandma’s 80th birthday approaching and having just been fired, it’s the perfect time for Lucy to return home to see if she can remember what happened and potentially clear her name.

I can’t recommend this book enough on Audible. Lucy’s voice (and spooky inner voice) are brilliant. Her humour and deadpan wit kept me listening and laughing throughout. Lucy’s grandma is one of the best characters EVER.. she made me laugh out loud at some of the outrageous things she says and does.

I think this will definitely go into my TOP TEN audio books of the year and definitely recommend it to fans of dark humour and mystery thrillers.

I enjoyed this book, it had great humour, short chapter and definitely kept me intrigued throughout! I enjoyed the pod cast feel to this and thought it was done very well! This is my first read from this author but definitely will not be my last

After hearing so many wonderful things about this book I was super excited to be able to read it.

It reminds me quite a bit of Murder in the family by Cara Hunter. Both books has a podcast element and discovering who the murderer is.

I liked the way the plot unfolded, especially with Ben and Lucy and I was really intrigued to who killed Savvy. I enjoyed the different characters and the way the tales and lies intertwined with the main plot.

I liked the writing style, and would definitely read another from this author.

I LOVED THIS BOOK.

From the first line I was hooked: “A podcaster has decided to ruin my life, so I’m buying a chicken”
The writing style was great and the short chapters made me want to keep going without putting the book down. I loved the way the podcast episodes were added to the end of a lot of chapters.

Lucy has the best sense of humor (after her grandma), a sarcastic personality, she was willing to take accountability instead of a victim when she really has been a victim and even though everyone hates her she’s still likable and relatable.

I loved all the twist and turns and drama in this book but my favorite part was the romance.

Seriously go get this book.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and Amy Tintera for this ARC and amazing experience.

Unfortunately, I just didn't feel a connection with the characters. It was an interesting plot and I just managed to sympathise with Lucy's story (lobed her thoughts and saecasm), but other than that, it just didn't click for me. The whole podcast sections of the book where an aspect I didn't like, can't really say why exactly, but I didn't like reading them. Also, parts of it were slightly predictable. It is still a good book, just not for me.

A unique and refreshing take on the murder mystery genre. At first you wonder how this book will work: a main suspect with amnesia, but a clever premise, a range of characters and motives, and the skilful release of information works brilliantly. A page-turner from the outset - I really enjoyed reading this book.