Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an advanced readers copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Unfortunately, I have tried reading this book on 2 separate occasions and during this 2nd attempt, I have only managed to make it halfway through so I'd rather stop here and state that this book just wasn't for me.
I wish the author, publisher, and all those promoting the book much success and connections with the right readers.

What happened to Ben? Is he still alive and, if he's alive, just where is he? And who is using social media to destroy Joe's life?

This debut psychological thriller by T. M. Logan will keep you on the edge of your chair, while turning pages as quickly as you can. The narrator, Joe, is thwarted at every turn as he tries to discover who is using social media, and how, to frame him for murder.

Joe is so meek that he comes across as wimpy, and I found the other characters very disagreeable. Despite these issues, Lies is a twisty, turny thriller that will keep you guessing until the bitter end.

In the interest of full disclosure, I received a free digital copy of this title to review from Net Galley.

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This book kept me on edge the entire time. The suspense was huge. And the twists & turns the book took kept me intrigued the entire time. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a great mystery/suspense book.

Lies is all about the ending. The journey there is not the best journey you’ll ever go on … But the ending!!

Joe Lynch is a happily married man, devoted father and respected teacher until he spots his wife’s car entering a hotel parking garage. Joe’s life begins to unravel as he learns how his wife has lied to him and put their entire family in jeopardy. The man she met at the hotel has vanished, and as the police investigate his disappearance, suspicion falls on Joe.

This story started off well enough but is very slow through the middle. However, that slow middle is made up for a bit with a surprise ending. Wow! Maybe you would have seen it coming, but this reader did not and that made this book worth the slow, plodding journey. For a debut novel, it’s not bad and means I’ll give Logan’s next book a try. Here’s hoping he’ll improve the lack luster middle and give me that surprise feeling all the way through next time.

" Open your eyes Joe, see what's really going on around you"

The Story of Joe and being in the wrong place at the wrong time. This story kept me guessing and getting so upset with the Joe and his lack of selfishness. I had a grasp on what the ending would be but I for sure didn't know it was going to have so many twists and turns. This was a great suspense novel.

Joe is a great dad & a devoted husband, living a satisfying life. One day, he is driving home & spots his wife's car going to a hotel. He follows her there (which is very uncharacteristic for him), and witnesses a fight between her and a family friend, Ben. Joe confronts Ben, accidentally knocks him unconscious, and then has to quickly leave to help his son who is having an asthma attack. When he returns to make sure Ben is OK, he is gone. The story goes crazy from here - Joe starts to receive texts, phone calls, and social media notifications, all pointing to something very odd going on. What really happened with Ben? How many lies are going to come up?

I loved this thriller. It had some amazing twists & turns throughout. Joe is the wonderful dad & husband that everyone loves and wants to be. Ben is the perfect man that you love to hate - harsh, macho, and hell bent on getting what he wants, no matter what stands in his way. This really sucked me in, because I was rooting for Joe from the very first page.

I also loved how Joe took everything in stride. He is confronted with some life changing news, but doesn't let it stop him from seeking justice & trying to figure out what is truly going on,

The ending was amazing! I definitely didn't see it ending how it did, which is wonderful, because there are so many thrillers now that follow the same formula. I didn't anticipate the climax, so I loved the surprise and genuinely being shocked. I would definitely recommend this to anyone who loves thrillers, and even to those who don't! It was a great book & I definitely would read anything this author wrote.

Absolutely amazing!!! I was hooked from the very beginning and couldn’t wait to find out what happened! Would definitely recommend this book to all my friends and book club members.

OMG!! What an amazing rollercoaster of a ride!! Lies is a great thriller that had me guessing all along and always being wrong. The twists and turns are very convincing and unpredictable. I think of Lies as a techno-thriller because technology takes center stage, or rather our dependence on it. Actually, it’s all kind of scary if you think about it — we are so addicted to our tech devices. It reminds me of what we learned about Amazon’s devices and iPhones — they are always on and listening, in case you say “Alexa” or “Siri.” After Amazon sent a transcript of a private conversation to someone’s business associate, I keep unplugging my Echo when not in use. Yeah, I’m paranoia. Now getting back to Lies.... it’s a quick read and an addictive read. Most chapters end with a mini-cliffhanger and you cannot help turning the page to continue reading. Believe me, you will stay up late reading this one!

The first sentence hooked me and there was no turning back.

I often wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t seen her car that day.

The main protagonist is Joe, a relatable schoolteacher who has a special bond with his young son, Wills. When Wills spots his Mom’s car, he convinces his Dad to follow so they can surprise her. Joe follows and finds her in a hotel lobby, arguing with their friend Ben. When Ben heads to the parking lot to retrieve his car, Joe tries to have a word with him and they end up in a physical altercation. Ben gets knocked to the ground and is unconscious with blood dripping out of his ear. Panic strikes and Joe wonders, Did I just kill Ben? You will have to read Lies to find out!

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

This novel will keep you guessing to the very end. While you're reading, you won't know WHO to believe and WHAT is true. I could NOT put this book down.

Loved the book! I was immediately drawn into this domestic suspense and entertained by the cast of characters. I really appreciated that the protagonist was the husband rather than the wife and that he was a stay at home father. I did get the twist toward the middle of the book, but that didn't diminish my enjoyment one bit.

Lies lies lies ! I was so excited to read this book. I have seen Facebook ads for Lies and I think it’s going to be a big hit when it comes out

Great book! It had be from the beginning and I couldn't put it down! I enjoyed all the little details that came out as the book progressed. I kept looking to see how much I had left because I couldn’t wait to get to the end and find out what was really going on! Has one moment ever completely changed your life? Thats what happens to Joe when he sees his wife (Where she is not supposed to be) and follows her into a parking garage she is meeting with a male friend. From there, the book takes off and never lets go. Highly recommend!

Firstly, I would like to thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for allowing me the opportunity to read and review this book.

Joe Lynch is a loving husband and father, in what he believes is a wonderful marriage. When he happens to see his wife's car pulling into a hotel, he thinks she is going to a meeting and decides to follow and surprise her. This may turn out to be the biggest mistake of his life. Joe becomes embroiled in a missing persons investigation, and ultimately suspected of murder. How did this one simple stop end up having such catastrophic effects for Joe?This novel immediately sucks the reader in, action packed and fast paced. The ending completely blew me away. When you think you've got it all figured out...you realize you don't.

The writing kept me powering through this book, I read it in two days. It was quite a page turner for me and really satisfied my curiosity.

However, the only couple of issues I have with the book is first, the wife Melissa, and second, the ending. I really didn’t like Melissa’s character, she kept changing her story, and was pulling at Joe’s heartstrings. She was just annoying to me at the end, I didn’t even want to hear about her anymore. Good guy Joe was just putting up with it all, I really did root for Joe’s character. He was portrayed as a good guy, good father, good husband, etc. Secondly, the ending, It was unexpected I give it that, but there is something about it I didn’t enjoy. I think I would of preferred to not have the end twist and just keep going with the general story line. I would still recommend this book, original premise, great writing, great pace!

This book started out with a bang, and than fizzled out for me, while I still liked the book, it didn't live up to the hype it built for itself. It was an interesting premise, and I appreciated the depth the author added to the characters, and to the plot. Something just didn't sit well for me. I do know many other readers who loved this one. So take my opinion with a grain of salt.

This was a hard one to put down, I'll be honest, even if I didn't rush to pick it up because of it being yet another psychological thriller in my hands. Immediately though, the story of Joe Lynch, English teacher, and devoted father and husband, drew me in very quickly.

Joe's drive home one evening with his 4-year old son William, takes a nasty turn and sets the whole book's plot in motion, when he sees his wife's car pulling into a hotel parking lot. It seems his wife Mel is meeting with another man and hiding behind a web of lies, and soon enough, Joe is pulled into a game of 'cat-and-mouse' with this man who is apparently set to destroy everything he knows and loves.

From the very beginning this is an addictive read, with the action and twists never letting up from page one until the book ends, something that is vital for a successful psychological thriller. Since this is such a saturated genre (hence my earlier comment, not that I'm actually really complaining about so many thrillers), it's necessary to bring something fresh to the table.
Debut author T.M. Logan does several things to make this book different from the 'rest of the pack'. Perhaps drawing from what he knows best, Logan gives us a male lead over the stereotypical and usual neurotic and crazed young single female. Not only is our protagonist a family man he's deeply committed to nurturing his preschooler, is deeply aware of his environment, but he has a 'humble' teaching job and lets his wife take the job lead in the household, not minding that his wife is pursuing her career ambitions. Joe is the one who is the parenting heavyweight, and it really made a change to see this, and also write his character in a way that didn't seem contrived.

A few other things that I appreciated: not having yet another thriller with alternating perspectives or voices (this has been done to death lately), especially since I'd like to focus on one unreliable narrator at a time. Writing one voice at a time is often the best way to dig into the mind of a character and this is where 'Lies' is successful'; Logan really gets us into the mind of Joe so well that it's hard to get out of it. No wonder his character gets so little sleep (like myself).

Technology, like computers and cell phones, plays a vital role in this novel, and the way it's used is done so cleverly that, like all books written in this day and age, makes it especially current, and since these things permeate all our lives, there's no wonder they're good fodder for literary weaponry. They certainly leaves us feeling vulnerable and with a sense of constant uncertainty.

My biggest complaint about the book is the relationship Joe has with his wife, Mel, and her character, but since Joe finds he is surrounded by lies (surprise!), and nobody can be relied upon, it's hard to like many people in his life.
I can't give too much more away about anything but Logan weaves all the lies and twists fantastically throughout this novel, and the ending really is a turn that the reader won't expect at all. I'm mostly curious to hear what other people think about it, but I can't talk about it, because I'm spoiler-free girl! You'll have to read it yourself to see what I mean!
Super clever read by another new author. Hope there's more from T.M. Logan.

I received a sample of this book Lies by T. M. Logan. The very beginning had me hooked. Joe Lynch is driving with his son Will and the little boy spots his mother’s car, asks if they can surprise her. Joe follows her into a hotel parking garage, heads upstairs to the lobby, and then sees his wife Melissa talking heatedly with Ben, the husband of her best friend.

Joe doesn’t want their young son to witness any unpleasantness so he heads them back to the car. He tries to catch Melissa as she drives off but then runs into Ben and gets into an altercation. Ben is knocked to the parking garage floor and isn’t responsive.

To make matters worse Will has gotten out of the car and sees Ben knocked out on the ground, blood seeping from his ear. This upset causes an asthma attack and Joe has get his son medicine. So he leaves Ben, gets the boy help, returns to the garage and Ben is gone. So is Ben’s car. When his wife returns home he asks her about meeting Ben but she lies and says she’s been playing tennis. More conversation between them makes it clear she’s hiding something.

Based on that, and it was edgier than I wrote this out, I requested the book from NetGalley. The first part of this book was great and highlighted the dangers of social media. Joe had lost his cell phone in the struggle in the parking garage – suddenly his Facebook page has updates that he isn’t making. Photos posted from that hotel parking garage clearly showing blood in the background. People “liking” and commenting on the posts.

“They knew where I’d been. It was like suddenly realizing you lived in a goldfish bowl. Both updates had been posted this evening. I had driven out of the Premier Inn around 5:10 p.m. and both Facebook posts had followed inside the next ninety minutes.”

Can’t imagine someone hacking my social media account and posting as me.

Towards the middle I felt the plot dragged a bit and wasn’t believable. We have to suspend disbelief with some story lines but after a while, I just couldn’t do it with this story. Joe’s reactions to the “implied evidence” his wife was cheating was very unrealistic. I know my husband wouldn’t be as understanding and rightfully so!

Obviously you have to have a weak character, the fall-guy so to speak, but this just didn’t fly. Melissa Lynch is a completely unlikable person in the way she is manipulating her husband. Why didn’t he toss her out? Should of done so. Is Ben a dangerous man or another victim? You will see at the end. Overall I felt disconnected from the characters and repelled by Joe (even though he is the victim) by his weak behavior.

The ending had a twist I certainly didn’t see coming and I will say well done there.

Would I read more by this author? Probably so. I’d try one more book. It kept my interest until the end with the twists and turns and I wanted to know whodunit.

Linking up with Joy’s Book Blog for British Isles Friday as the author is British and the setting is London and Sunderland.

Much thanks to NetGalley for the digital copy. I was not compensated for the review, all opinions nice and otherwise are my own.

I read a lot of psychological thrillers, many of the domestic variety and the story lines sometimes get blurred, but this one certainly had a new twist and as such I really enjoyed it. I really appreciated that the main character really tried to do the 'right' thing. I also liked the use of technology in the story. If you are a fan of domestic thrillers this is a great choice.

From page one, this fast-paced novel keeps you trembling with anticipation, and never lets up until the end. This rollercoaster novel should come with the warning: "Please keep your hands and arms inside the vehicle at all time." T. M. Logan's magic is in his ability to draw the reader in with snappy dialogue, suspicious characters, and breathless action. I loved every minute of it.

I gave this a solid 3 stars. Logan keeps you on one track while it's really headed somewhere else. I didn't see the ending coming though I was pretty sure I had a few other things figured out.