I absolutely adored this book. It was a fresh, inventive and thrilling take on the summer camp story that kept me engaged from page 1.. With two amazing books, Riley Sager has become one of my favorite writers. They know the dangers and familiar traps with these stories and turn them on their head. I'm still buzzing from the final chapter and can't wait to read it again.

As most readers know,when you start reading the second book by a author who's debut book totally blew you away,there is always that fear at the back of your mind that their second book won't be as good.Well I thought Last Time I Lied was just as jaw droppingly brilliant,gripping and intense as Final Girls.

Have you ever played two truths and a lie?


Emma has. Her first summer away from home, she learned how to play the game. And she learned how to lie.

Then three of her new friends went into the woods and never returned . . .

Now, years later, Emma has been asked to go back to the newly re-opened Camp Nightingale. She thinks she’s laying old ghosts to rest but really she’s returning to the scene of a crime.

Because Emma’s innocence might be the biggest lie of all

This gripping mystery flips back and forth between Emma`s first stay at Camp Nightingale,fifteen years ago when she was thirteen and her return in the present day.Emma was a wonderful,fleshed out character who carried around a lot of guilt over events that happened in the past.She was feisty but also had a vulnerable side to her character.It was hard not to rout for her even though at times due to the authors wonderful storytelling you were made to question Emma`s innocence and the reliability of her narrative.I loved the descriptions of the Adirondack forest that surrounded Camp Nightingale,how dark and sinister trees can seem at night and the breath taking descriptions of the stunningly,gorgeous,tranquil but also very deadly Lake Midnight.

I absolutely loved this unputdownable,gripping,at times very intense mystery,packed full of well thoughtout characters,red herrings,misdirections,and a couple of jaw dropping,omg twists.Even my all time favourite fictional detective Nancy Drew gets a mention.I enjoyed Last Time I Lied just as much as I enjoyed Final Girls,this is worth far more than five stars and is definitely going to be one of my favourite books of this year.

Riley Sager is back with a cracker of a crime thriller, I was a huge fan of his debut novel The Final Girls, but Last Time I Lied is even better, it’s intense, addictive, and jaw dropping brilliant. I do love the way the authors books are written, they very much remind me of the 1980’s horror movies I was so fond of back in the day, minus the dramatic music of course! A word of **Warning** once you pick this book up prepared to drop everything else, full of misdirection and deceit it’s a book that’s nigh on impossible to put down.
Full review will be on my blog soon