The Gist: Listen for the Lie is a gripping thriller that defies true crime podcast stereotypes through its complex female lead, exploration of small-town justice, and buried secrets.
Series: Standalone
Release Date: March 5, 2024
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast “Listen for the Lie,” and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.
• Infidelity
• Attempted murder
• Physical assault
• Attempted r@pe
• Toxic parental relationships
• Panic attack (on-page)
• Alcoholism
• Recounting of domestic violence
• Gaslighting
• Sex – some foreplay is described but eventually fades-to-black
• Alcoholism
• See Ending for HEA status.
• See Possible Triggers for Abuse and OTT sad parts.
Format: Hardcover
Rating: 4.5-stars
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