I could not put this book down! This book will have you questioning everything you read - its a powerful story with an ending you will never see coming.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free electronic ARC of this novel.

Characters were well developed. The plot was intriguing. Loved the descriptiveness of the book. I would like to read more from this author.

Lies by T.M. Logan is a psychological thriller, which was truly a page-turner that was impossible to put down. The writing is good, the story was fast-paced, and it was never boring. Every character was intriguing, and I was kept guessing until the very end.

With edge of your seat action, twist and turns that will keep you turning each page, I highly recommend this thriller.

Joe is a teacher and is the primary caretaker of their young son William. Mel, his wife, has the higher paying job so the childcare falls mostly on Joe. One day, while Joe and William are on their way home, William spots his mother's car and asks his dad to stop so he can see her. After leading a perfectly normal, might I say boring?, life, this one incident leads to a chain of events that upturn his life. The book is told in Joe's perspective and as the story progresses, lies upon lies are revealed so we don't know what is the truth anymore. I thought Joe was a bit passive and naive but nevertheless, I was hooked from chapter one and could not wait to finish it to see how it got resolved. Definitely recommend!

Every once in a while I like to read a thriller. I had high expectations for this. Unfortunately, I don’t think it lived up to the hype. Don’t get me wrong, it was enjoyable enough. I just expected more. Joe was without a doubt one of the most naive characters I’ve encountered in a book in a long time. Not a bad read, just not a favorite.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for the opportunity to read this book.

LOVED this book. Thought I had it figured out, but I didn't see the end coming. Thanks Netgalley!! Great book.

“What if you have the perfect life, the perfect wife and the perfect child—and then, in one shattering moment, you discover nothing is as it seems?

It’s the evening drive home from work, a route Joe Lynch has taken a hundred times with his young son. But when he unexpectedly sees his wife’s car ahead of them, he decides to follow her—and ends up witnessing her secret rendezvous with another man. The encounter will tear two families apart and leave an innocent man set up to take the fall for a murder.

Joe finds himself in the sights of a ruthless killer determined to destroy everything he treasures. He will do whatever it takes to protect his family, but as the net tightens around him, his life begins to fall apart. Soon, Joe is in a life or death struggle with a cunning opponent who is always one step ahead.

Lies poses the question: Can we ever really trust those closest to us?”

In the tradition of The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney and Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris, Lies by T.M. Logan is an unputdownable thriller in which each chapter changes the meaning of what came before, keeping the reader guessing until the jaw-dropping finale.

‘Lies‘ by T. M. Logan is a psychological thriller which is really unputdownable.

The story is about Joe Lynch who is an ordinary guy until he does not remain ordinary. Joe is an English teacher but why has he become a murder suspect? How is his opponent always way ahead of him? Joe’s weakness and his opponent’s biggest weapon is SOCIAL MEDIA and TECHNOLOGY. Yes, you heard (and read) that right!

WARNING TO SOCIAL MEDIA ADDICTS: After reading this book, your beloved social media may haunt you!

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Joe: No comments

Ben: Hate him for 320 pages. Pity him for the next 30 pages.

Mel: Didn’t like her at all

Beth: To me her character felt stuffed at some points in the chapters

William: He was sometimes irritating. Maybe that is what four years old are. Happen to be four years old*? Let me know and share your point of view in comments.
*Just kidding!

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What do we all love about thrillers? FINALE!

The finale as the book promised was actually jaw-dropping. And it was EPIC!

Though you would have to read it yourself to find that out.

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Ben appeared hardly in one scene but his name appeared almost on every page of the book, which at some points started to bore me.
Unlike some books, “Lies” tells you what happened to the characters.
It was amazing and worth reading. Not forgetting to mention it maintained my interest till the end.

I am looking forward to read more of T.M. Logan’s books.

Love suspense, mystery and thriller?

‘Lies‘ is the book just for you.

Till Then Happy Reading!

Thank you to Netgalley for providing ARC of this book to me in exchange for my honest and unbiased review.

Intriguing story with good character development. Lots of twists and turns. You'll keep reading just to see what's happening next. Makes you almost afraid to use your phone, or computers

What a great story this was! I was so into this book just after reading a few pages. The ending really caught me by surprise and I loved it! Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

Lies by T. M. Logan is such a wild ride. I don't often stay up all night to read, but the frantic wild pace of this story kept me up - in a good way! I loved the extreme to the next extreme in this story of a man, a school teacher, who get's caught up in lies, not by him but by everyone surrounding him. His life, his wife, and best friend are lies. I loved this book and the awesome ending, never saw that coming! Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press!

You will not want to put this book down!! There are parts where the story doesn't seem to move along, but it's totally worth it at the end. Be ready for an unexpected ending!!!

A fast-paced interesting book that kept me wondering until the very end. Enjoyed it very much. I loved the cover and the description of the book as it made you want to dive right in to meet the characters and see what the story was really about.

Read it in one sitting, even though I did not plan to. It was that good! This was a true cliffhanger from the first page to the last paragraph and I am not on the search for other works by the author.

T.M. Logan's debut, Lies, is very much a guy's mystery novel. The trappings of current tech are used to drive a straightforward pulse-pounder of a thriller. It's a no frills, quick and engaging read.

That said, when I choose a novel, I hope for great characters and a well-constructed plot, but I also like to enjoy an artful turn of phrase, and that's where this novel left me wanting. The dialogue was adequate, but the character development and atmosphere were very basic, taking a back seat to the breakneck plot. As well, there were no insights, no enlightening tangents, no creative and spot-on phrases to make you stop, nod and go "Oh wow, yeah!"

Driving a story to the end in a compelling way certainly takes persistence and talent, but what elevates good writing to gifted is how it also enlightens the reader along the way. There's the story, and then there's also the "something" the writer wants to convey. I didn't feel that T.M. Logan really had anything to say, and that is why you see so many reviewers saying they really liked the novel but are only giving it three-stars.

Lies may make a great beach read or made-for-TV movie, but I can't imagine anyone is going to read this and say, "Now that's a great piece of literature" or "that really got me thinking". It's simply a delicious piece of mind candy.

Great, twisting and turning plot. Very well done and great surprises! Also - a darling little boy who is the innocent catalyst.

Very taut story, well written and absorbing. Fast paced. Very entertaining. I will look for more from this very good author!

"Lies", the debut book by novelist T. M. Logan, is a great initial offering to the reading public. It's both a page turner and a suspense novel. You won't go wrong reading this one. My only confusion is why its aggregate rating is 3.98. Come on readers! Give this guy a break!

Looking at some of the reviews, they seem to indicate a 4.5 is deserved. I'll agree with that assessment, but unlike my peers I'll bump his maiden voyage to a solid 5.0. "Lies" is one of those books that has you changing your mind at least a half dozen times. The ultimate question is "Exactly who is telling the lies?" I'm not about to spoil it. Read this book and see when you put the pieces together. It's a fun read.

This book has everything I love in psychological thrillers. Suspense. Excitement. Intrigue. The author practically dares you to ask yourself, how well do you know someone that's been in your life for years; someone you interact with on a day-to-day basis. And what if that someone was your spouse? The story flowed naturally and easily. Towards the end, I was conflicted. I was at the edge of my seat, couldn't wait to find out how it ended. At the same time, I was filled with dread knowing it was coming to an end.

Wow, this book is intense. What a twist at the end. Joe having words with Ben, thinking Been was involved with Joe's wife Mel. Then Ben's disappearance and Joe under suspicion for it. I couldn't put this book down. If you like suspense you will love this book.

Semi-predictable murder mystery plotline, wife cheating on hubby, hubby kills lover. Narrative in the book shows he is being framed. The main protagonist is a loyal and trusting to a fault husband, even when events blatantly showing him otherwise. To me, this overblown sense of trust and loyalty just doesn't allow me to suspend my disbelief. I found myself ranting at the protagonist to just stop, think, look at things with a clear eye. Especially when the many lies keep coming out. The reader is left with a couple of reveals at the end that would have given a major clue to the case. One fairly early on noticed by the protagonist in a series of photos supposedly found on the supposed victims phone that the husband sees and makes a passing remark about but no details. The same thing occurs when he makes contact with an old classmate of his wife, supposedly about gathering memories for their upcoming 10th anniversary, about a drunken after play cast party game of a "did you ever" where the question was did you ever cheat on your significant other and what happened. The classmates story was couched behind a number of "You really don't want to hear this mate, it's bloody embarrassing. - I'm sure she wouldn't want anyone to hear about it" and so on. The husband insists, annnd cut away to another scene. The knowledge of this phone call, along with the photo evidence would have made any person with reasonable intelligence call the detective in charge along with your lawyer (from a payphone or a new burner cell since he found out his cell has been malwared) and report everything, tell them you will be turning yourself in at the location you are being led to the slaughter. Giving them enough time to respond. Then let forensics take over.