Review of The Lies I Tell

Did you love The Last Flight by Julie Clark? Same, and I’ve been waiting for her next book. Like The Last Flight, The Lies I Tell is about two women whose paths cross under suspenseful circumstances. Check out my review of The Lies I Tell!

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The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark

The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark will be published on June 21, 2022 by Sourcebooks. Thanks to the publisher for allowing me to read and review an advanced copy.

What Is The Lies I Tell About? Here’s the Synopsis!

She’s back. Using different names, depending on the town, depending on the job. She’s a con artist who erases herself to become whoever you need her to be. A college student. A life coach. A real estate agent. Nothing about her is real. She slides alongside you and tells you exactly what you need to hear, and by the time she’s done, you’ve likely lost everything.

Kat Roberts has been waiting ten years for the woman who upended her life to return. And now that she has, Kat is determined to be the one to expose her. But as the two women grow closer, Kat’s long-held assumptions begin to crumble, leaving Kat to wonder who Meg’s true target is.

I was so excited to read this and put it on my list of Ten Summer Thrillers I Can’t Wait to Read in 2022.

Review of The Lies I Tell

I loved The Last Flight and loved discussing it with you. The Lies I Tell did have some similarities to The Last Flight. Both were stories about two women whose paths cross very suspensefully!

But The Lies I Tell felt a bit more character driven and psychologically complex. To me it felt one part Anna Delvey with just a tiny bit of Killing Eve. As in the Anna Delvey story, Kat Roberts is a journalist who has been tracking con artist Meg Williams for a decade. And as in Killing Eve, there’s a strange, slightly dark connection between the two women.

Kat Roberts has very personal reasons for wanting to find Meg. As a junior reporter on a story ten years ago, she first crossed paths with Meg. This connection sent her life into a terrible downward spiral that she’s determined to pull herself out of.

Meg is very aware of Kat and her obsession. But Meg also has a score of her own to settle, a grudge that she just can’t let go of.

What I loved about the book is that I got very invested in both Meg’s and Kat’s stories. I’d be reading a Meg chapter and think, “I hope she gets away,” and then a Kat chapter and think “I hope Kat gets her.”

I’m not sure I’d call the book a thriller, more like psychological suspense, but I loved the deep dive into both women’s pasts and the ways their paths intersected.

The ending was more resolved than The Last Flight, and I loved it!

Will You Like The Lies I Tell?

If you loved The Last Flight, I think you’ll definitely love The Lies I Tell. The book has great character development and a lot of twists and turns.

The Lies I Tell has a dual narrative (both Kat and Meg) and a past/present storyline that helps the reader understand the connection between the two women, what each one is trying to do, and what’s at stake.

I absolutely love stories about con artists. The psychology of the con is fascinating to me. I enjoyed Inventing Anna and The Tinder Swindler (both on Netflix), Sneaky Pete and Imposters. While I was trying to think of favorite con artist books, I could only think of The Passenger by Lisa Lutz.

If you have other Con Artist show (or book) recommendations, let me know in comments!

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