What an interesting premise and well delivered storyline! I don't even know how to summarize the plot of this, other than to say it was riveting watching it unfold. The story is about an author, told in alternating chapters between her life and the life/plot of the book characters she is currently writing - and how they all intertwine. There are eerie similarities between her and the characters she writes about - and seeing it all come together was fascinating, creepy and suspenseful.

Oh my! I don't know that I have the words to describe this book. I like the twists & turns with the story as we get it from Liza's, an author trying to write another book since she hasn't had one since her first best seller perspective, & from the perspective of the character of Beth in her novel she's working on. You have to pay close attention to the top of each chapter so you know who's perspective you're getting but it is so worth it. Great concept for a thriller. Highly recommend!

Thanks to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a very suspenseful novel, I and I enjoyed it very much. The main character, Liza Cole, is behind on her deadline to deliver her latest book. Lies She Told is written in chapters that alternate between Liza's real life and her book in progress. As the book goes on, the line between true life and fiction begins to blur.

Liza is living with her husband David, a lawyer. He is obsessed with the recent disappearance of his partner and best friend, Nick. Liza didn't care as much for Nick as David did, but she wants to be supportive. His obsession with finding Nick is distracting him from their goal of having a baby, and Liza is frustrated, as she is in the middle of an infertility drug trial. Liza has written one bestseller based on a murder after child abuse, and her other books have not sold as well. Liza says she writes her books from the world and the people around her, and she feels the pressure to write another bestseller.

Beth, the main character in Liza's book, is a young married mom with a young baby. She catches her husband having an affair, and the story describes what she does with that information and what happens to her, her husband, and the woman with whom he's having an affair. Beth starts to inhabit Liza's thoughts, and Liza can hear her talking in her head as she's dealing with her real life problems.

The characters in this book were so well written. It was like reading two books in one, and both were excellent. The plot got a little confusing as the stories merged. The ending had quite a twist and was a surprise to me, although it felt a little contrived.

I highly recommend this book.

I got this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

It was a decent book. I figured out from the beginning that she was projecting her story onto her character. I liked the twist 3/4 of the way thru but I found it predictable (in the other story line).

This was an interesting book. I enjoyed the storyline and the way the author jumped back and forth between her personal life and the life of a character in a book she is writing. She intertwined them beautifully. Personally, I did not like the twist at the end - it felt contrived to me - but I am sure many others will appreciate her use of disassociation as a means of explanation. You'll have to read it to understand what I mean!

One of my favorite new books from a new-to-me author. I love a strong female character and this one has two. I wasn't sure about the alternating viewpoints (between the main character and her fictional main character) but at the end of every chapter I looked forward to seeing how the parallel storyline would move forward. Really enjoyed this one and will be looking for more from this author.

A very light, beach read. The story was ok, if a bit predictable.

This book is fantastic. You don't know what's reality and what Liz is writing as her fiction story - a great thriller.

This book entwined the main character of the book and the main character of the book she is writing. It is no surprise in how it ends but you can get lost in all the lies along with the main character.

A very well written book with a great plot that has many twists and turns to keep the reading guessing.

"Liar." And I don't protest. He's right. Blurring fact and fantasy is my trade. I am a con artist. A Prevaricator. I make up stories. 

“I don’t invent my characters. I steal them from my surroundings. To be a writer is to be a thief. Every day I rob myself blind.”

There was a lot to figure out in this book. There are actually two story lines. The one Liza is writing about Beth and the one she is living. Two couples whose lives will never be the same.

While constant hormone therapy is making Liza forgetful, and paranoid, on some level she realizes that she knows things, has done things. Awful things. Or was that Beth?

The lines were pretty fuzzy on a lot of fronts here. The author, her characters, the inappropriate relationship with a shrink. I liked Beth. She was the take charge of my life and marriage woman. While Liza was all kinds of messed up and had no clue what was going on right under her nose. Or did she?

I guarantee this will keep all you writers up at night!

Lies She Told is a character driven, intense psychological thriller, creatively told from two different perspectives. The main character is a fiction author and the chapters alternate between the character’s real life and the character in her novel. After a while reality starts to blur with fiction and you end up with some nice twists. Highly recommended.

This novel goes back and forth between a novel being created, and the story of what is going on in the author's life - and as the story continues, the two paths grow together. I can't recall any other work that uses this technique, although I imagine it's been done before. Regardless, it is done extremely well here. It is well written and certainly pulled me along wanting to know what was going to happen next in both of the stories - and both stories were resolved in ways that totally made sense to me. It wasn't just a thriller with a gimmick, but two thrillers that pull the reader along with an ever accelerating rush to find out what is going to happen next. Isn't that exactly what thrillers are supposed to do? Well, this one surely succeeds. I will definitely be watching for more from this author.

Probably the best summer beach book I've read in this year's crop. Liza, a novelist, correlates her story to her own life and disintegrating marriage. There's just enough difference to cover the things she perhaps feels most tenable in her own life.

Rather than give away too much of the twists and turns of her plot I'll just say this is not one to be missed. The author writes from the heart and does it well. Don't miss out on this one!

She's an author of Romantic thrillers/suspense novels. She hasn't written a bestseller in a while, but she's working on it.
There is so much going on in her life right now. A husband who has withdrawn from her. Trouble with her book not coming together like her publisher would like. She's in an experimental case study of fertility drugs, that seem to make her loopy.
Oh, but that is only the beginning. She is looking reality of the difference between her life and the life of her character in her book, Beth.
A very creative way to write a book. This is like a book within a book. I highly enjoyed that. I would recommend this book as a great read.
5 Stars

I love mysteries. Rarely however do they surprise me. This one did. Great plot and wonderful characters. The revelations come at a pace that keeps the reader reaching for the rest of the story. Sometime this is a frustrating but in this case it was very well done. A great summer read..

Liza is a writer and is in the middle of writing her next book. She is also trying to start a family with her husband. But her husband is worried about his best friend Nick who is missing. They find Nick murdered and Liza's husband is arrested for the murder. The chapters of the book alternate between real life and that of Liza's book heroine. It was a fast paced thriller book. Thank you very much to NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was a solid 4 star suspense mystery. I felt the rapid changing of points of view between Liza and her fictional character made it very interesting. It kept me wondering when will the lines blur and at what point will Liza go psycho? So it was a good twist that she in fact realized that she was in over her head, and tried to recognize that. However, it was too late with her husband. I didn't suspect he and Nick until later on. The ending was solid. Overall, I liked this book and have recommended it to a fellow Netgalley reader. Thank you for the opportunity.

Lies She Told is a very interesting book. And I wish I would have liked it more. It has a great premise; a struggling writer with marital problems is trying to finish her next (hopefully) best seller. Along the way, the reader is treated to reading what Liza (our protagonist) is creating - yes, this is a book within a book. I loved this - I thought it was very interesting and well-thought out. It gave me as a reader a deeper understanding of Liza and it gave the real author, Holahan, a chance to stretch her literary muscle.

But.

I figured out the entire book somewhere about page 100. Just to be sure, because I thought, "hey, it can't be this predictable", I read the last 2 or 3 chapters. And, lo and behold, I was right. Guessing the entire book while only a third of a way through it just made me lose the will to actually finish it. Which is tragic, because, as mentioned before, I really liked the premise. And, while I'm sure I missed a minor plot twist or two, I just feel... finished with the book. I have no real need to actually complete it.

I do recommend reading this book, but if you're genre savvy, it may not be the most enjoyable book you pick up.

Great book, easy read… Held my attention and was sad to see it end. Thanks for the opportunity to read it!