oh My goodness I loved this book! From the opening sentence “I often wonder what would have happened if I hadn’t seen her car that day”, we are off on a ride that left me wondering what else could happen to the train wreck that had become Joe’s life. What a good, solid guy Joe was, certainly not deserving of the impact so many lies had on his life. While I was able to predict some of the things that happened, I never saw the craziness at the end coming. Wow, just wow. I do wish a few loose ends had been tied up at the end, especially about the bad guys and Joe’s career, but over all, I thank NetGalley for the opportunity to read and give my opinion of this fantastic book. I’m also hopeful that the grammar mistakes and typos have been corrected (especially the place where main character Melissa was called Melanie).

A father and his son are on a drive when they spot their wife and mom's car. They decide to follow her to a motel where she is meeting a man in secret. The two men fight and it ends badly. The father and his son drive away when the son has an asthma attack. When he comes back to check on the other guy the father realizes the other guy is gone.

The rest of the book has the father trying to prove that he wasn't responsible for the other guy's disappearance. He receives emails that seem to be from the missing guy, but it's all circumstantial and no one believes him for a long time. There's a Big Twist.

It was fine.

I really wanted to love Lies. My book club was raving about it! Instead, I only liked it. The story was entertaining and kept me interested. I felt connected to the character Joe, but found that he was too nice and too good. His reaction to his wife’s infidelity was not as turbulent as it should have been. Character Mel was not likeable. The last 20 pages of the book got my adrenaline going, I was surprised by the twist in the plot! I did not anticipate the ending and was surprised how the story ended. Overall it was a good read.

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This book was fast moving and kept me engaged. It had many twists and turns and was not easy to figure out. It required some suspension of belief to really think the main character, Joe, could really think he could solve the crime and sometimes his antics running around and not listening to anyone became a little annoying. All in all, I enjoyed Lies and would read this author again.

Whenever I chose to read a book, whether I like it or not, I read to the end. I will sometimes be surprised.
I couldn't get past 50 pages of this book. The writing is bad, the scenes are too fantastical and not interesting, no person had a personality. The narrator thought his way between incidents which came fast and furious. He thought in exclamation points.

One can forgive a couple of these things if the plot is exciting and keeps you turning the page. This plot was so uninteresting and the narrator such a bore that I had to put the book down. There are too many good books to read and not enough time.

I won't put my review on-line.

"Lies" drew me in to the point I was angry and upset on behalf of the protagonist (and frankly, sometimes angry at him, behaving in the dangerous ways protagonists often do). The climax was a twist I did not remotely suspect was coming. A well-written, well-plotted quick read. I would recommend this book.

I found this book to be entertaining. At times I was frustrated with how the storyline was going. But overall the story was ok.

If Alfred Hitchcock were alive today, he would be snatching up the rights to this compulsively readable novel. Lies tells the story of an innocent man wrongly suspected of a crime. Joe may have accidentally hurt an acquaintance, but there is no body so maybe not. He starts getting creepy phone calls and Facebook messages. It has to be the presumably dead friend who didn't die and for spoilerish reasons is stalking him... right? I mean, what else could it be? I must say that I had no idea, other than it wasn't Joe and that I hated seeing how the evidence kept stacking up against him. And it's because Joe is such a good guy. He may not be ambitious or rich, but he is genuinely nice. His relationship with his adorable little boy is very tender and only made me like him more. Joe also makes a lot of mistakes to the point where I wanted to slap him, but he is not dumb and some plot points surprised me. The story is unpredictable and so suspenseful that I almost saw Hitch's silhouette in the casino that Joe visits, betting his McGuffin at the poker table. A really excellent novel.
I chose to read this book and all opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased. Thank you, NetGalley/St. Martin's Press!

“””I felt like I was standing in someone else’s clothes, in someone else’s house, living someone else’s life”””......first of all been there, done that, a little close to home. This book was fast paced, left me needing to pay attention, not speed read, because all of the pieces of the story had to fit together somehow BUT!!! I just didn’t see THIS coming. HUGE PLOT TWIST, but not until you “think” you know how it will all play out. Not until I was comfortable in my “guess” was I completely MIND BLOWN!!! Well played Mr. Logan. Possibly this year’s best ending book for me yet!!

This was a fantastic psychological thriller - I could not put it down! Joe Lynch's seemingly perfect life is turned upside down when he follows his wife to a hotel where he sees her meeting her best friend's husband, Ben. When Ben disappears but taunts and baits Joe through texts and social media Joe becomes determined to find him before Ben destroys his life. The author really shows the power of social media and how quickly stories and rumors can spread and how you really don't know who or what you can believe.

This compelling, tension filled domestic thriller captivated me from the beginning. The suspense never let up. I was very much invested in Joe and his fate. It is a warning about how the social media, apps which include spyware and tracking devices and the rest of modern technology may intrude on our personal space. The many twists revealed issues of lies, trust and deceit. The final twist at the end I hadn’t seen coming and seemed far fetched and implausible. The aftermath seemed rushed and wanted to know more about the outcome which followed.

Joe is a part time high school English teacher, married to Mel, a woman with a demanding career. For part of the week he is a devoted stay-at-home dad to their young son. He is content and happy in his marriage and occupation.

One day he follows his wife’s car because his little boy is anxious to show his mother a certificate he won at school. Joe observes his wife in a heated argument with Ben, a ruthless, wealthy businessman and family acquaintance. He confronts Ben in the parking lot and Ben starts to fight with him. A push from Joe leaves Ben unconscious and bleeding on the ground. In the midst of this his small son suffers a asthma attack. Joe leaves Ben on the ground to rush home to get the inhaler to save his son’s life.

From this point Joe’s life spirals out of control in a frightening downward path. Every time I thought life couldn’t get worse for him it does. Within less than two weeks while trying to hold his marriage together, he loses his job, his friends, his reputation and is in danger of going to prison. Joe suspects he is a fall-guy and victim of a complex, sinister plot, but the police don’t believe him.

I found the suspense riveting and maintained throughout. Joe’s character was a well developed picture of a desperate man. He was naive but sympathetic in spite of a conclusion I found contrived and unforeseen. I thought this book was much better than most domestic thriller mysteries which seem to be a popular trend. I am looking forward to reading other books by the author. Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the advance copy, and introducing me to an exciting new author.

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.