I have read gilly’s books before and this one didn’t disappoint me.
I was in from the first page and everything I thought I had figured out wasn’t how it end which makes for a good thriller for me.
A husband who’s jealous of his wife’s career goes missing, and Lucy’s past makes her the prime suspect. Lucy and the childhood imaginary friend she’s had since she was a kid go on the hunt to see if she can figure out who killed Dan and maybe figure out what happened to her brother all those years ago.
Who killed dan?
Where’s Teddy?
How is she gonna survive being back so close to her childhood home and the woods that seem to be calling her?
Definitely a page turner you do not want to miss!

Lucy was 9 when her younger brother went missing following a late night trip to the woods with his sister on the summer solstice. Now she is a successful crime writer married to Dan, a not so successful writer. Dan moves them to a beautiful house—one with a view of those very same woods Teddy disappeared from. Suddenly her old and new life collide and secrets long held begin to manifest themselves—and then Dan disappears.

An exciting and intense book. The character, a successful author, was interesting and the story was riveting. I liked reading about the inside scoop of a writer's life and what happens after the writing of the book is completed and turned over to the editor. I was a little disappointed with the ending, I wanted to know "what happened to a certain character. Overall, a good book to read.

I really enjoyed this book! It kept me entertained and guessing throughout. The author’s writing is so descriptive and flows nicely. The main character is an author who writes crime books based on a female detective with an extremely devoted fan base. Her husband also wanted to be a writer, but it didn’t pan out for him so he became her assistant which he resents her for. As a child her brother went missing and was never found. She left her childhood home never wanting to return. Then unbeknownst to her, her husband buys a home near the same woods where her brother vanished. She is basically forced to move in and then things just get eerie and suspenseful from there. I definitely recommend this book!

Interesting concept - held my interest enough that midway through I didn’t want to put it down. Really wanted to figure out “who did it”. Decent twist at the end. Worth the read.

"To Tell You the Truth" was a decent thriller/suspense novel. There really wasn't anything wrong with it, but I was expecting there to be a little more (or maybe a something a little different) about the relationship between the main character, Lucy, and her "friend" Eliza.

Wow what a ride! This book about an author Lucy and her past and present was so hard to put down. Great psychological thriller!

This was definitely good. I am leaning more towards a 3.5 or 3.75 than a 3. It was very well written and I liked the story but I was often just waiting for the other shoe to drop and felt like I needed more than I was getting.

You can always count on Gilly Macmillan for a page turner! This was entertaining, engaging, and endearing. I really loved the mental health aspects addressed here, and the idea of a lifelong delusion.

To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan is a psychological thriller that I found to be a quick read. Famous author Lucy Harper has fame, fortune and fans, as well as a would-be-writer husband who appears to be living selfishly in her limelight. As the story plays out, the reader is taken back and forth between two disappearances - Lucy’s husband in present day, and that of her younger brother in their childhood. Lucy’s story telling ability evidently grew from this experience when she was torn between telling the truth about that night to her parents and the detectives, or listening to her imaginary friend.

This story began well with any number of possibilities for who caused each of the disappearances and why. This made for an interesting read however, many of those possibilities were not played out or fully explained. Especially disconcerting was that Lucy’s mental state in relation to the missing brother and her imaginary friend was never clarified so the reader wasn’t sure whether Lucy really had much substance or not. The ending was weak compared to the intrigue throughout the rest of the novel. It didn’t leave me wanting more, just feeling unsatisfied.

Thanks to Harper Collins Publishers and Netgalley for the ARC.To Tell You the Truth by Gilly Macmillan is a psychological thriller that I found to be a quick read. Famous author Lucy Harper has fame, fortune and fans, as well as a would-be-writer husband who appears to be living selfishly in her limelight. As the story plays out, the reader is taken back and forth between two disappearances - Lucy’s husband in present day, and that of her younger brother in their childhood. Lucy’s story telling ability evidently grew from this experience when she was torn between telling the truth about that night to her parents and the detectives, or listening to her imaginary friend.

This story began well with any number of possibilities for who caused each of the disappearances and why. This made for an interesting read however, many of those possibilities were not played out or fully explained. Especially disconcerting was that Lucy’s mental state in relation to the missing brother and her imaginary friend was never clarified so the reader wasn’t sure whether Lucy really had much substance or not. The ending was weak compared to the intrigue throughout the rest of the novel. It didn’t leave me wanting more, just feeling unsatisfied.

Thanks to Harper Collins Publishers and Netgalley for the ARC.
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The premise of this book intrigued me to read it. Famous author Lucy Harper's husband goes missing, and the case is tied to her little brother, Teddy's disappearance years before. Story alternated between the past and present narratives of the two cases. Good so far, but many unanswered questions. Lucy is retiring her familiar character of her novels, Eliza Grey. Her publishers, and her husband, who bought her a new home connected to her past , and works as her assistant because he is a failed writer does not want her to, and neither do her fans which are making thoughts known on blogs. Lucy has conversations with Eliza and physically sees her. Why? Does Lucy have a split personality? Borderline personality disorder? Trauma from her missing brother? I never got those answers? What really happened to her brother? I never got that either? We did find out what happened to her husband, but the reason just left me underwhelmed, as did this book.

Interesting read.
Rather predictable though, and could've had the same book with 50 less pages.
If you like thrillers, it's still worth a read.

I absolutely loved this book. I had previously read The Nanny by this author and enjoyed it, although found it slightly predictable. This book had me guessing all the way. I loved Lucy as the main character. All I had read about the book so far called her an unreliable narrator and that she was. I was a little sorry that we never got resolution to what happened to Teddy, but I loved Eliza's thoughts on what happened to him. The mix of neighbors and friends and different possibilities to what happened to Dan, along with the idea of the bunker, were intricate and it came together fabulously in the end. Definitely recommend this book!

I absolutely loved this book. Two mysteries in one. One of my favorites by this author.. the main character is fairly dark and brooding so sometimes you just want to shake her! But overall a really good read.

I loved this book. So glad I had the opportunity to read this one. It had lots of dark psychological twists and turns.

This is my first Gilly Macmillan book and I loved it.
The main character Lucy- wow! She’s unreliable, she has a split personality and conversations with an imaginary friend but she’s addicting!
She’s a best selling author who had an asshole husband that’s managing her finances. Her brother went missing years ago and was never found and eventually her husband goes missing and turns up dead so Lucy becomes the suspect!
In addition to that the book brings us inside the mind of a writer and the publishing industry. As a book lover I gobble that up every time.
This is a book full of lies, secrets and mystery that I couldn’t put down.
Thanks to Netgalley for my advanced ebook copy!

Lucy Harper is a successful novelist and she has just completed her latest novel. However, it is not the novel her editor and publisher want. It is not an Eliza Gray novel. Lucy needed to remove Eliza from her novel because Eliza, Lucy’s imaginary childhood friend, is becoming a louder presence in Lucy’s life.
Once Lucy completes her novel, her husband, Dan, has a surprise for Lucy, but Lucy doesn’t want the surprise. It also signals trouble for both Lucy and Dan. Not only that, but the surprise brings back the horror of her youth. When Lucy was young, she took her little brother into the forest with her in the middle of the night, but when she came out of the forest, Teddy was missing. Now, all the memories come back, and Lucy is once again the subject of a police investigation. Eliza is continuing to tell Lucy what to do, and Lucy wonders if she is sane or mad.
I always enjoy a Gilly Macmillan novel and this kept my interest as to see what the resolution of the story would be. I wasn’t 100% on the ending, but otherwise, it kept me engaged. I read it in one sitting.
Thanks to The Book Club Girls, Harper Collins, and NetGalley for this copy of the novel. My opinions are my own.
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To Tell You the Truth, by Gilly Macmillan, is the story of an author, her missing baby brother, the loss of her jealous husband, and her highly successful writing career. However, Lucy does not work alone. Her alter-ego, her childhood imaginary friend, is not only the main character in her popular book series, but lives on in Lucy's head. This persona, Eliza, does not always remember things as they are. Eliza is pushy and often has just a bit too much influence in Lucy's real life. It sometimes becomes difficult to know who exactly is physically speaking for Lucy.

Lucy was nine years old when her brother, Teddy, vanished in the woods near their home, while in Lucy's care. Lucy’s recall of the happenings was unclear. She becomes a suspect and takes the blame for this family travesty. Thirty years later, her brother’s whereabouts are still unknown. The book alternates between Lucy then, as a child, and Lucy now, as an adult. The clouded memories of her painful past begin to unravel as she faces the reality that her husband, Dan, has now gone missing. Again, Lucy becomes suspect as she continues to struggle with her subconscious friend Eliza, to gain clarity and separation of events both then and now.

Secrets lead to a twisty thriller full of tension, suspense, and surprises. The author introduces many characters (suspects) into the storyline. Who will be the responsible party, Lucy, Eliza, or someone else?

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this ARC in exchange for my honest opinions.
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Lucy Barton is a successful crime series novelist married to Dan, a not successful writer . Dan is jealous of Lucy’s success and not pleasant about it. Dan goes missing. To complicate matters, when Lucy was nine, her three year old brother Teddy went missing and was never found. What is the truth behind these two disappearances? What was Lucy’s role in them?
I had mixed feelings about this thriller. It took me several attempts to read through it, as my interest was never totally captured. On the other hand I wanted to find out if Lucy was the perpetrator or victim.
The ending allowed the reader to come to some of his own conclusions, which I appreciated. I give this book a 3.5/5 stars.
Thank you to NetGalley and Harper Collins publishers for this e-ARC.

I found this to be an extremely fast paced read with many twists and turns. Lucy is a very successful crime thriller author, whose main character Eliza, is actually an imaginary friend, who has been with Lucy since childhood. When Lucy was 9, she was responsible for the disappearance of her baby brother Teddy, whose whereabouts are still unknown. Teddy’s disappearance haunts her to this day, and she now finds herself living in a new home bought as a surprise by her husband that it is uncomfortably close to the scene of Teddy’s disappearance. She does not trust her husband’s motives and the intrigue begins. The chapters in this book are very short, and I kept telling myself, just one more chapter. Great read!