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Never Lie by Freida McFadden

Never Lie

by Freida McFadden

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  • Dec 2023, 304 pages
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A twisting, pulse-pounding thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of The Housemaid and The Coworker!

Sometimes the truth kills…

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. They think they've found it when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace years ago. But when a violent winter storm traps them at the estate, the house begins to lose its appeal.

Stuck inside and growing restless, Tricia stumbles on a collection of audio transcripts from Dr. Hale's sessions with patients. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to the doctor's mysterious disappearance.

With each tape, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and a web of lies slowly unravels. But by the time Tricia reaches the final cassette, the one that reveals the entire horrifying story, it will be too late…

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"Never Lie is the perfect thrill ride of a novel! I was pulled into the story right from the start and read breathlessly until the shocking conclusion. Disturbing, absorbing, and deliciously sinister―this is a novel readers will devour in one sitting." ―Karen McQuestion, bestselling author of The Moonlight Child

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Twisty but a bit repetitive
Ethan and Tricia are driving to an open house when a blizzard starts. They end up stranded at the desolate house and Tricia is a bit creeped out by the house, even more so when she keeps hearing noises in the house.

The house belonged to Dr. Hale, a psychiatrist who mysteriously disappeared several years prior and the house is still furnished so there’s no explanation for the noises. There is no internet and they do not have cell reception but there is electricity. Um….okayyyy.

Tricia stumbles across tapes consisting of the doctor’s sessions with patients and starts listening to them and discovers what happened to Dr. Hale.

Overall, the book was good. The story alternates between Tricia and Dr. Hale, with some chapters as the transcribed tape recordings. On the plus side, the chapters are short so it’s a quick read. There was a twist at the very end which I did not see coming. However, I ultimately thought the ending was a bit flat. Without giving too much away, it was just wrapped up too nicely and a bit far-fetched.

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New York Times, USA Today, and #1 Amazon bestselling author Freida McFadden is a practicing physician specializing in brain injury who has penned multiple Kindle bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. She lives with her family and black cat in a centuries-old three-story home overlooking the ocean, with staircases that creak and moan with each step, and nobody could hear you if you scream. Unless you scream really loudly, maybe.

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