Review: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh

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Release date: March 13, 2018

Publisher: Berkley

Genre: Mystery/Thriller

Blurb:

Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents’ deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother’s presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as Anna digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. She soon learns that nothing is as it seemed.

Review:

Clare Mackintosh is one of those authors that is just such a genuinely great writer that I would read literally anything she puts out there. There is something about her style that never fails to reel me in and then she also comes up with these deeply complex characters that pull on your heart in a emotional way which is odd for a psychological thriller. On top of all of that, she never fails to surprise me with a multitude of twists and even though I may have figured out part of what was going on before it was actually revealed, I didn’t guess everything and there was plenty to shock me.

What’s revealed in the blurb about Anna is really all that you need to know so I’m not going to rehash that here, you’ll thank me later when you read this because you definitely should go into this one as blind as possible. But there is another point of view that of Murray, a semi retired police officer who gets entangled with Anna’s parents case and I would up absolutely loving him and the subplot concerning him and his wife. Without saying too much, Murray and Sarah’s story added an additional layer to the plot without detracting from the main one, it gave it extra depth that I valued and appreciated.

If you haven’t read Mackintosh before I highly recommend all of her books and if you’re already a fan I’m sure you’ll enjoy this one as well. This is a slow burn with fantastic characterization so if you like that style, you should check this one out. No one pulls off a final page plot twist quite as well as she does and even though I’ve come to expect it from her by now I never do manage to guess what it’ll be and it always leaves me shocked and awed.

Let Me Lie in three words: Clever, Twisty and Tumultuous

Overall rating: 4/5

Thanks to the publisher for my review copy.

21 thoughts on “Review: Let Me Lie by Clare Mackintosh”

  1. chocolatepages says:
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    The first paragraph of your review was an excellent description of the type of writer Clare is. I have only read ‘I See You’ by this Author, and I loved it. I want to read this and her first book too. I’m so glad this one lived up to the expectations I had from the last one I read.
    Amanda.

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  5. dedezoomsalot says:
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    I haven’t read a book by this author yet! Just checked out I Let You Go from the library based on your recommendation – haven’t had a chance to read it yet.

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