The Lies We Told by Camilla Way

The Lies We Told by Camilla Way | Published October 9th 2018 by Berkley |  336 Pages | Goodreads

✅ PUBLISHER’S DESCRIPTION

“When Clara’s boyfriend, Luke, disappears, everyone believes that he’s left her, but Clara thinks she knows the truth. Recent evidence suggests that Luke had a stalker, and Clara worries that he’s been kidnapped. Then Luke’s older sister, Emily, who vanished twenty years ago, suddenly reappears.

Emily wants to help Clara with her search for Luke, but she refuses to talk about what happened–even though it nearly destroyed her family when she vanished. And the deeper Clara digs into Luke’s mysterious disappearance, the more convinced she is that the two incidents are connected.”

✅ REVIEW

This is a mystery/thriller that takes place in the UK. The main character, Clara, has recently moved in with her boyfriend, Luke, when suddenly he disappears.

He didn’t take his cell phone and his family and best friend don’t know where he is. The police is called in and investigating, but Clara starts asking questions on her own and looking into Luke’s past for clues of what might have happened to him.

The novel is narrated in alternating timelines and by different characters. At the beginning I found it interesting, but past the halfway point there were many twists and turns where I had to suspend my disbelief and questioned the characters’ motivations.

Overall, a book I liked but did not love. Still recommend it to those who enjoy thrillers and misteries.

✅ BOOK SOURCE AND FORMAT

Loan from Miami-Dade’s Library Overdrive, audiobook