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Jun 2022, 320 pages
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Mar 2023, 320 pages
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Julie Clark's thriller The Lies I Tell received high praise from our First Impressions reviewers, who rated it an average of 4.6 out of 5 stars. Clark is a New York Times bestselling author whose previous novels include the The Last Flight, also featured on BookBrowse.
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The Lies I Tell is a brilliant, twisted thriller that grabs you from the beginning. Meg is a con artist trying to right the wrong she experienced as a young woman. Kat, a writer, has been following Meg for years. She suspects Meg is a con artist but needs proof (Marion C). Kat holds Meg responsible for a violent attack in her past. Meg holds Ron responsible for the insecurity of her childhood. Along the way, Ron and other men are made to pay for their crimes against women. Kat investigates Meg's crimes. But were they crimes or justice? This book is about the perfect con, revenge, justice, ...
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