I received an e-copy of this through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Eva Hansen wakes up in a hospital room with no memory of what happened. She's told she was struck by lightening. She's also informed that her mother, Kat, has been found dead. The police are highly suspicious of Eva as they found her just down the street from her mother's house not long after the murder.

Looking to find the truth and clear her name, Eva goes back to her mother's former home of London to get to the bottom of things. The more she learns, the more she feels there is someone who doesn't want her to know all this information. Between this and resurfacing of memories from the night of the murder, Eva doesn't know who, or what, she can trust.

This book flips between Eva in the present and Kat past to present. Kat and Eva have both survived many challenges and difficult lives but nothing is what it seems....Kat has a lot of secrets and Eva is having to figure them all out on her own, with additional pressure from the police watching her every move. This book was fantastic as I had a feeling it would be after reading The Night Olivia Fell. I definitely recommend this book when it publishes February 4, 2020!

Thank you Netgalley for sending me this arc. I will be reviewing this book in the near future with an honest rating and review.

Behind Every Lie is a mystery on top of a mystery and when you begin to uncover every lie it leads to another and another !
Eva Hansen wakes up in the hospital after being struck by lightning with no memory of the night before , the night her mother was murdered!
The police are questioning Eva as she is their prime suspect.
Told in the past and present from Eva and her Moms point of view!
Christina McDonald has become my go to author for everything that seems like something!
Just when you think you have it all figured out, the only thing you know for sure, is that you know nothing !
Such a great book, with all the twists and turns that will keep you up all night reading!

Eva has been struck by lightning, leaving her with no/little memory of the night before. She learns her mom has been killed leaving her looking like a suspect. She is told the issues she might have as she recovers include being disoriented and possibly irrational, but she does irrational things in spite of it.
I was really frustrated with her actions and refusal to listen to help from others, but finished the book anyway. It did get better.
Not great, not bad, kind of so so, but I will give it 3 stars.
Thank you NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest opinion

Thank you Netgalley for the advance reader's copy in exchange for my opinion/review. This was a fun book. It was either a shorter book or fast read. The writer keeps you guessing until the end, and the end has a lot of twists and turns that i didn't predict.

I can hardly believe that this is just the second Novel for author Christina McDonald. Her debut novel, The Night Olivia Fell, was a favorite of mine. After reading two of her novels I realize that she knows mother daughter relationships. No matter what the circumstances these relationships are tricky and delicate and she knows this. In Behind Every Lie we get intrigue and mystery along with some peril, but we get another amazing story about Mother/daughter relationships.

I found this book to be just as good as her debut, maybe even better. There were some expected outcomes but also many twists I didn't see coming. I loved the dual points of view in this story between mother and daughter, it really added another depth to this book.

Behind Every Lie captured me from the very start and I couldn't stop reading until I finished. Another 5 star book for Christina McDonald. I cannot wait to see what comes next.

Another 5 plus stars for McDonald. She knows exactly how to write a gripping mystery that gives the reader lots of thrills, chills, and emotional turmoil. Well written and full of tension and shocks. A must read for those who love those mysteries that really dig deep into your soul and pull at your heart strings. Highly, highly recommend!
Will be sure to buzz it up!

Christina McDonald did not fail to meet my expections with this book. Her first book, The Night Olivia Fell, was an excellent book. I wasn’t sure this book would be as good as the first one, but after the first 30 pages the storyline took off. Eva is faced with the possibility she killed her own mother and does not remember doing it. Flash-backs and current happenings combine to reveal circumstances aren’t always what we think. I pointed my finger at one of the characters, but until the end I did not know exactly what happened. Don’t miss this book if you’re a fan of mysteries

I received an advanced readers copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own

This book .... I don't even know what to say. I didn't think Christina could outdo How Olivia Fell, but somehow, she did!

Character development and storyline are amazing. I just love her writing and am left wanting more!

It was an overall good book . It had many twists and turns I enjoyed.
Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book

I finished this weeks ago and I still can’t stop thinking about it. Absolutely flawless. Christina McDonald is a name to watch for. I don’t have a single critique. This is one of my top 5 books of the year.

I had a really hard time with this book. If it were something I purchased or took out at the library, I would have DNF'ed it ten percent through. But I was determined to see it through since it was a NetGalley title.

The positives: I love the cover and the premise is a tremendous hook. Strained mother daughter relationships? The mother is brutally murdered and the daughter is the prime suspect? But she was struck by lightning and so doesn't remember? That's all pretty darn interesting. There are also some nice twists.

The book flashes back in forth between the past (mother Kat) and present (Eva). For me, Kat's chapters were far better. She was a much more sympathetic and compelling character. I hated when her chapters ended. Eva's, on the other hand, were much harder. I found her over-dramatic (the use of exclamation points was a bit excessive) and unlikable and repetitive. She's continually in disbelief that the police would have the audacity to suspect her given all the evidence.

No one acts/reacts normally either, given any situation. Dialogue is stilted and things are a bit too convenient (of course the neighbor/friend/crush has a flat in London she can crash in when she runs away there). Liam's character is over-the-top toxic masculinity. Even more so than Sebastian.

I did really want to like this one and there is some lovely stuff in here. But overall it fell a little flat. But I am grateful for the opportunity to have read it, so thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing this review copy.

I can't, in good conscience, write a public review of this. The typos alone were enough to make me unable to take it seriously - don't get me started on the tripey content.

I love when a book captures me in the very first chapter as Behind Every Lie did. Eve awakes in a hospital after being struck by lightning only to discover that her mother has been murdered and she is a prime suspect. From there, the storyline progresses through two POVs: Eve in the present trying to solve the mystery of her mother's murder and Kat, the mother, telling her story from 25 years ago forward to the night she was killed. This is a strong thriller/suspense offering, but it is also the story of a complicated mother/daughter relationship. I thoroughly enjoyed both aspects.

Behind Every Lie is extremely well written -- strong character development and good pacing. I was not aware of Christina McDonald before, but I will definitely search out her earlier novel now. I highly recommend this novel to all lovers of mystery and suspense.

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster for providing me a digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I think I have found a new favorite author - I loved the Night Olivia Fell and was not disappointed by Behind Every Lie - I could not put this book down and every time o thought I had figured it out, there was another twist - enjoyable, fast paced and kept me guessing until the end - I cannot wait for more by this author!

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When Eva Hansen wakes up in the hospital after being struck by lightening with no memory of the immediate past, she gets very stressed! And with good reason - she is being accused of stabbing her mother to death.

She need to get some answers. But has her whole life been directed by lies? The answer to that takes her on a whirlwind trip, not only to clear her name but to find out who she really is and why she has had to live behind all these lies.

I selected this book because I so appreciated "The Night Olivia Fell". Christina McDonald did not disappoint! I enjoyed "Behind Every Lie" even more than the first book! This author has a wonderful understanding of suspense novels. I totally relish how all events are reasonably explained at the end of the book even though I didn't see them coming.

I loved this book! It was suspenseful from beginning to end. The telling from the main character’s perspective and the backstory from the mother’s perspective leading up to present really tied the events together. I felt awful for the main character because her life turned out to be a mystery she had to solve on her own and pretty much all the people she trusted were not what they seemed. Thankfully, she was able to get some closure and reconnect with people she lost touch with. I definitely recommend this book and will purchase a copy once it’s officially published.

I have been on a thriller/suspense reading kick lately and every book so far has been really enjoyable, including this one. This book was an absolute page turner. It goes deep into secrets and takes you down a story of emotions, grieving and trusting yourself. While some of the story was far fetched it still kept me intrigued with all the twist and turns. I also felt like the end was a little bit of a let down when it comes to Eva’s boyfriend/fiance. He seemed to get on my nerves so I wanted to skip over his character some but I understand because she ties him in the a twist at the end.

Behind Every Lie was a very intriguing book. The narrator is trying to remember the events that occurred the night she was struck by lightning, but starts mistrusting her memories. It was a very fast paced book. I felt like so much happened in not much time. The characters were well rounded, if not exactly relatable. I have already recommended this title to my book club!

I was given this book by NetGalley for an honest review -
Eva wakes up in the morning - not remembering -
Her mother has been killed -
As Eva tries to find the answers to her lost memory - she seems to find more questions than answers.
Liam, who she is engaged to, continues to remind her of her struggling mind - is he for real - or trying to make her think she is loosing it -
Who can she trust?
Who murdered her mom?
Why don't they want her to know the truth?