I put off reading this book but finally started reading it. It is a very good book! Chloe wakes up from a coma after a car crash. She does not recognize the people who say they are her family. There were many secrets in this book. I love a book with lots of secrets. I think I will purchase this book for the library and see if patrons will enjoy this book also.

I'm obsessed about stories about waking up in the hospital and not remembering a thing. It's one of my biggest fears but soo fun to read about. This was no exception. I loved this book! Great, solid thriller.

A unique and interesting premise. The author kept me guessing! However, for me this book lost momentum about halfway through. The plot began feeling tedious, but I wanted to finish to find out how it ended. Overall, entertaining read.

A very tense read. You really think you’ve got it sussed and then wham! a side bolt. I loved this as it kept me guessing. I gave it 4/5 on goodreads

What if you could remember nothing – absolutely nothing – about your life? And what if the people who were caring for you – who called themselves your family – were complete strangers to you? This is the premise of Between the Lies, a domestic thriller which examines the dark corners of human relationships.

A near fatal accident has left Chloe Daniels with severe memory problems. She does not recognize her parents, her sister, the palatial family home they have brought her to, nor does she have any memories of her life. She is functional – she knows what a television is, how to use a phone – but she doesn’t know what her favorite show is or have any idea who she would call if she picked her phone up.

She is also frightened. Something feels off about what is happening around her. Her mother and sister behave strangely and avoid her as much as possible. They can’t meet her eyes. Her father, a renowned psychiatrist, is creepy. She feels deeply uncomfortable with the fact that he insists on handling her recovery himself; she is confident it is unethical, that what is happening not only crosses the lines of professionalism but safety. Alone one afternoon, she tries to leave, but her weak body is barely capable of getting her down the driveway, and the gate at the end of the drive has a lock for which she does not have the code. She returns to the house, convinced she is more prisoner than patient. Chloe is nothing if not stubborn however, and she has no intention of staying locked up forever. The truth of who she was is somewhere beyond that house – and she intends to find out what it is.

Most amnesia stories require a big dollop of suspension of disbelief because they ignore how the mind typically works and the physical and psychological responses that happen when it isn’t working properly. This tale is no different: it’s easy to spot some medical inconsistencies and to be distracted by some of the questions you have about why the memory loss works the way it does. That kept this book from being a DIK, but it didn’t keep it from being a darn good read. Once you let go and accept the story on its own terms, you find yourself completely swept up in the nightmare that is Chloe’s present existence.

An existence of which I can not say much because that is all part of the mystery. I will say that I liked Chloe a lot. She’s brave, strong and resolute in just the right amounts. She is also very vulnerable, very human, and very capable of making poor choices, but as the secrets of her past life become clear, it is easy to understand and forgive her mistakes. She fits perfectly into this kind of gothic tale in the way a flawless heroine never could.

I’m a big fan of gothics and I loved that aspect of this story. The author nails the mystery and fear aspect by making our damsel in distress a near prisoner in the family home. A home, by the way, that is very gloomy and decaying. Throw in the nightmares, the ‘supernatural’ event of Chloe’s lost memory, the villain(s), the emotional distress, the anti-hero and you have the perfect mix of gothic elements. The author does a fantastic job of combining those classic features of this ages-old genre into a modern-day tale of terror. I had never really considered a gothic as a possible partner for psychological thrillers but there is not doubt that the fusion works brilliantly here.

In this tale however our damsel in distress mostly rescues herself. She has some help along the way but definitely does all the heavy lifting. That was a positive in the book for me; nothing drives me crazier than a person with a problem who doesn’t even try to solve said problem.

This is a thriller, so there are scary elements, nasty people and some tragic backstory. I think for modern day readers, with our twenty-four-hour news cycle delivering horrific tragedies to our doorstep every hour, this is pretty tame stuff. Those looking for a cozy mystery should definitely look elsewhere, though.

Between the Lies is a good story bound to please fans of thrillers or gothics. If you are a fan of both, it’s a must read.

Michelle Adams's Between the Lies has a premise that should hook you immediately: What would happen if you woke up and couldn't remember a thing? Such is the case with the main character Chloe Daniels. She wakes up in a hospital with absolutely no memories of how she got there or who her family members are. Sounds interesting, right? It certainly does, but the payoff at the end is just not there.

As Chloe goes through her recovery at her parents' house, she tries to put together the puzzle pieces of her life. She knows she was in an accident and that the accident involved her young son. Was she responsible for it? Her father specifically attempts to help her, but Chloe is not sure the methods he is using is good for her. As the narrative evolves, Chloe begins to figure out bits and pieces until she finally remembers what truly happened.

I am usually not one to figure twists out easily, but this is actually pretty simple. I think the problem was that I didn't find the story as a whole plausible, which I believe a mystery novel needs to be. In addition, the reader doesn't find out much of the backstory behind what led up to the accident, so the payoff isn't rewarding. This is one I just didn't enjoy all that much.

MY RATING - 2

I always love a good suspenseful thriller, and this novel was no exception. I find winter is the best time to read these types of books that I can’t put down. This one I read through in two days! The protagonist has suffered amnesia from a car accident and is trying to remember her life and all the people in it, but she comes to suspect that everyone – even her family – is lying to her. It was a bit creepy and definitely suspenseful, with a satisfying ending.

Thank you for my review e-copy through Net Galley!

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for a free advance review copy. Story was intriguing and different. Some parts of the story were confusing, especially the end, but it might just be me. The author did a great job at the beginning in terms of getting the reader glued to the story.

This book was quite a page turner! It was intriguing and kept me on my toes. Many twists and turns made this an engaging thriller!

Between the Lies by Michelle Adams is a great book, thrilling, and will keep you guessing until the end! Plenty of twists and turns, who do you trust? Even though amnesia books abound lately, this one is different and highly recommended. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Between the Lies by Michelle Adams was an easy and good read. There are parts of this story that tugged on my heart strings and made me root so much for the main character, Chloe. The majority of the book is frustrating because of the lies but the end was good (and sad).

Chloe Daniels finds herself surrounded by her parents and sister after waking up from a car accident with no memory. Feeling literally trapped in her childhood home, her attempts to regain her memory begin to open doors to secrets her family would rather she forget.

I'm always intrigued by a book with a premise like this, where there are secrets from the past that the protagonist can only discover through finding their own clues and putting them together. Plus, there were a lot of twists.

Unfortunately, this was another meh psychological suspense book for me. I saw the big twist coming from before the halfway point of the book. Most of the main characters were highly unlikable, and the narrator came across as unfortunately pretty boring. The random italicized chapters from a "mystery" character's point of view were poorly written and took me out of the book.

This was another book I really did want to like, with an intriguing premise in a genre I tend to love. But I unfortunately cannot recommend this. I kept reading until I finished, hoping I would be surprised, but I was left unimpressed.

This book took me a long time to read, but not because it was bad. I feel like the length of time dampened the experience a bit. If I had read this straight through like normal I may have enjoyed it more.

I was a little surprised by the turn of events, and didn’t see all the pieces falling together the way they did.

I would love a follow up book or novella, because I have lots of questions!

I’d definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good thriller.

What a hot mess this novel was!!! (in a very good way). This novel was so intense! Building up to something I didn’t see coming and had me rushing thru because I had no idea where it was going! I’m not sure if I dislike Chloe or felt bad for her. Really good overall!

Chloe wakes up in the hospital not knowing anything about her life besides what her family tells her: she was in a car accident and she’s been asleep for a month. Her father, a renowned psychiatrist, has taken control of her mental health care and is supposed to be helping her remember what her life was life before the accident. As she starts having what feel like nightmares every night, her father urges her to ignore them. After all, they’re just nightmares. But the real nightmare is this carefully constructed world her father has built for her. Slowly, Chloe begins to piece together her real life and uncover the truth about what really happened the night of her accident. That’s when the real fight for her life—the life she had before, the chance at a new life she wants—begins.

Between the Lies is a layered psychological thriller. Told in the 1st person, we struggle along with Chloe, trying to understand what’s real and what isn’t. Who can be trusted and who can’t be. Thrown into a life with people claiming to be her family, but who lock her into what she’s told is her childhood home, Chloe is forced to go along with what she’s being told. And what’s she’s told is that these nightmares and dreams she believes are memories of the life she had before her accident aren’t real. So who is she supposed to trust: her family, who should have her best interests at heart? Or herself?

A study in coercive control, Between the Lies is a gripping thriller with twists that, while those well-read in psychological thrillers may see coming, is still a book I became completely engrossed in.

This book is a well-written story using a deep point of view, for the first person narrator. .When one has been in an accident that she cannot remember, has suffered from an injury and had brain surgery , goes to a home with people she cannot remember., how is she to learn who she is or was and what happened? Particularly when she discovers the lies, Chloe becomes desperate for the truth. But can she even trust her self and her sense of the truth?

Chloe Daniels regains consciousness in a hospital with no memory of how she got there. She doesn't recognize the strangers who call themselves family -- her parents and younger sister. She can't remember her own name or any of the details about the life she was leading before she was involved in a serious car accident that left her catastrophically injured and wiped out her memory.

Her father is a psychiatrist who has undertaken to help Chloe regain her memories through therapy that she will continue at home after being discharged from the hospital. He administers her medication to her, and keeps her inside the house. She can't leave the property -- even if she could, she has no idea where she would go or what she was do.

But in this psychological thriller from author Michelle Adams, Chloe's memories begin to re-emerge through brief glimpses, dreams, and what seem to be flashbacks. Additionally, she becomes increasingly suspicious. Where do her mother and sister go? Why does her mother cower around her overbearing father? She develops the feeling that "something happened that nobody wants to mention." When she questions her father about her life before the accident and how the accident occurred, she is convinced that "he is lying. There is something about my life before the accident that they don't want to tell me." She is convinced that the "truth is hiding between the lies."

Interspersed in Chloe's first-person narrative are the thoughts or perhaps the journal of another person with whom it is apparent that Chloe had a tumultuous history. That individual is plainly deranged . . . and dangerous, leveling threats against Chloe and declaring that he/she can't survive without her.

Gradually, Chloe discovers that she had a successful career as an attorney, and a lovely seaside home which enabled her to swim in the ocean on a daily basis. She also had a husband. And a child.

At deftly-timed intervals, Adams propels the story forward by revealing details about Chloe's life. Most of those details raise additional questions, of course, both for Chloe and the reader. Adams never allows the story to drag, keeping the revelations coming at a fast pace as Chloe grows increasingly determined to understand how she came to be in her car with her young son on that fateful night and why her memories of that evening do not comport with the details her family have provided. Her father's associate, in which she has confided, joins her in her quest to find the truth as the tension mounts and it is becomes clear that the closer Chloe comes to knowing the full truth, the more danger she faces.

Adams challenges readers to ponder what they would do if they discovered that the people they should be able to trust are lying to them. Between the Lies is a compelling, absorbing, and intriguing psychological thriller that will keep readers guessing until the shocking truth about the accident is revealed.

Title: Between the Lies
Author: Michelle Adams
Genre: Thriller/mystery
Rating: 3 out of 5

Chloe Daniels wakes up in the hospital with no idea how she got there, who she is, o what happened to her. She doesn’t recognize the strangers who call themselves her family, and she desperately wants to find out who she is.

As Chloe starts working to recover, some things just don’t make sense, and she realizes her family is keeping secrets from her. Life-shattering secrets. About her life. Her past. And what really happened the night of the car wreck.

Chloe’s family is horrible, frankly, and they made this novel difficult to read because I disliked them so much. I had trouble relating to Chloe as well, but she’s lost all memories of herself, so that’s a bit understandable. This is a pretty bleak read, but it does have a lot of secrets in it.

Michele Adams was born in the U.K., but now lives in Cyprus. Between the Lies is her newest novel.

(Galley courtesy of St. Martin’s Press via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.)

This book started out so good. It had me reading and wanting more until about the halfway mark. For some reason it started falling a bit short.
It is my first by this author and I was very sad that it was not as I expected. The mystery was easy to figure out. The thrill fell short. Family is not always the best to help you. Secrets have a way of coming out even when you least expect them.

I give this book 3.5 stars. I was not that impressed with the characters, most of them. I did think Chloe was a very strong woman. She had a great determination. Her parents I didn’t like at all. It was somewhat predictable and easy to figure out. The author may have meant for it to be this way but I like to be surprised.

Thank you NetGalley and St Martin’s press for the ARC of this in exchange for my honest review. I will try more of this author’s work but this one just fell a bit short for me.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ecopy for my Kindle.
What started out as a great psychological thriller started to fizzle out about 1/2 through the story.
Chloe wakes up in a hospital not knowing who she is or what 's happened. to her. Her controlling father and passive mother take her to their house to recover. Her sister is home for the holidays and is not totally involved in the story and keeps quite until she's "burst open with the truth" towards the last 1/2 of the book.
Why Chloe is trying to remember what happened to her and where is son and husband are, her father who is a practicing psychologist thinks he's the best doctor for her recovery. With the introduction of her father's protege, the story begins to unravel.
The profanity should have been avoided and the last 1/2 of the book was o.k. Some of the twists were good, but others were easy to figure out right away. I really wanted Chloe to remember everything and be happy in the end. Overall, it was just an o.k. psychological thriller read for me.