The Lies We Tell

This book had more twists and turns than a roller coaster ride with a surprise thrown in for good measure. "Kat" as she was called by her friend "Jude" as a child is abducted in front of her and she runs away to get help only to wake up in the hospital and her friend is fine. Then Jude and her mother move away now all these years later Jude comes back into her life and things are not as they seem. Jude wants something from her but Katy has a life she is not prepared to have Jude turn upside down with her bullying as she did with Katy as her childhood friend. Especially now as she is trying to commit to the father of her unborn child, work out their relationship and make a career for herself. Strange things start happening. Her mother is mugged, her apartment ransacked and her beloved pet cat is stolen and returned to her doorstep dead, and then she finds out her mother knows Jude but by another name. Katy is also being confronted by a stranger on a park bench and targeted in her home and then the father of her child, Mike, is acting strange. Jude has contacted Mike but to what end. Can the reappearance of Jude be the cause of all these things. She will need to find out what Jude has been doing all these years since she and her mother moved away and maybe that will tell her if Jude is the cause or these are just random coincidences.

4.5 starts. What a creepy book. I so wanted to pack my bags, change my name and just get the hell out of here to get away from this Jude girl. She is totally cray, cray. At first I was just trying to figure out what her problem was and then as the pieces of the puzzle started coming together, I thought this girl is never going to give up.

LIttle did I know what the last letter would reveal.

This was a great story and I really liked it. There was a lot going on here and a lot of lies and secrets. All the characters had them, some of them only had one tiny piece, some had more and some had all. But no one was letting anything out of the bag if they could help it. They had to be cornered. All of this led to a suspenseful plot that will definitely keep you guessing and keep you reading.

I highly recommend this book!

Thanks to Canelo and to Net Galley for providing me this e-galley in exchange for an honest review.

The lies we tell -- Meg Carter Oh, don’t you just love a good whodunit? Or in the case of ‘The Lies We Tell’, a good whatdidtheydo.
When Katy en Jude were young, Jude was attacked and Katy was of no help. Now, many years later, Jude is back in her life. And she doesn’t believe in transcendence it seems. Already a bully at a young age, it seems Jude has an ax to grind. Slowly it seems like Katy’s life is unraveling. How much is due to Jude? What a thrilling, captivating story! I haven’t enjoyed a book this much in ages. Meg Carter sure knows how to create tension and strong characters. Fantastic

The Lies we Tall is a Psychological thriller.
The story goes between past and Present.

Jude and Kat was school girl friends Jude was a bit of a bully to Kat though but when Jude is attacked in the woods Kat runs away only to fall and Hurt herself badley, when she gets out of the hospital JUde and her Mother have moved away without a word.
20 Years later Jude is back and has a son as well, strange things start to happen Kats mother is mugged and her flat is broken into her cat is also taken. Kats partner who she is pregnant by seems to be acting strange as well.Kat feels like all the things that are happening are because of Jude but what does she want and what happened all them years ago that Kat has buried deep down in her memory.
As Kat tries to sort out what is going on you are drawn into the story this book is great a must read for people who like a good/mystery thriller.I was sad when the book finished i enjoyed it so much.

Thank you to the Author and Netgalley for a chance to read this book.

I loved this Book! Got stuck right in and enjoyed every bit of it. Definitely an Author to watch! One of my most enjoyable reads this year!

This is a tense thriller with so many twists and turns right until the end. A long held grudge that has festered changes the lives of so many. The characters are well drawn and psychologically complex so it's hard to know what will happen next and to whom. The ending is explosive. Thank you for allowing me to read it.

A solid 4-4.5 stars for this tense psychological thriller - especially good from a debut novel.

I kept thinking that I knew exactly what was going on, and what had happened to Kat & Jude back in the 80s - and I was pleasantly surprised to be put off track little by little, until I really wasn't sure at all what the outcome was going to be.

And THAT is exactly what you want from a thriller!

I was given an ARC of the book for an honest review. This story was intriguing, suspenseful, and had plot twists throughout. Katy has grown up and is expecting a child of her own, but she has never forgotten the day she saw her best friend taken by a stranger in the woods when they were children. Years later when Katy seems to be moving forward from that fateful day, strange things start to happen. A stranger in the apartment below, vandalism to her car and home, and her mother is assaulted. Jude (the childhood friend) shows up and makes vague threats to Katy. Is all of this a coincidence or is Jude somehow responsible for the strange things going on with Katy? I truly enjoyed this book. I love a book that can keep me guessing to the end and this one delivered in spades. A excellent debut for a first novel.

Really enjoyed this title. Lots of plot twists, suspense and secrets . A rollercoaster of thrills., definate must read for suspense fans who like surprise and whodunits . It was very unexpected. Awesome read, totally recommend.

Great book which flits from past to the present. Centering on Judy and Katy who twenty years ago were involved in a traumatic incident. With no contact over these years that changes when Jude contacts Katy again and strange things start to happen to Katy. Is it a coincidence it happens now when Judy is back? Without giving too much away the plot was amazing with lots of twists and turns which made a very tense and exciting read. Took me a while to get into but once I did I was hooked!!