After a fatal car crash, a widow begins to question her own sanity when she starts seeing her late husband everywhere she goes--and can't shake the feeling that his death is connected to a dark secret in her past.

This psychological thriller is a page-turner! I wouldn't call it twisty, but the narrator's constant withholding of information--and the protagonist's possible mental illness--keep the suspense high throughout. The timeline jumps from present to past, but dates at the start of each chapter as well as a change in tense help you keep track as you read. I'd recommend this novel to fans of psychological thrillers.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for letting me read an advanced copy of the book.
She wakes up in the hospital not knowing much of what happened. It sounds like it would be a great story but I struggled with it. I felt like it dragged on. I base my review on how much I remember of a book after a couple days of finishing it. I didn't remember much about this one.

A very well written Psychological Thriller with well defined characters. While I guessed early on, I didn't know all of the details, and it didn't stop me from turning the pages quickly to get the full story. An engaging read right up until the creepy ending that left me second guessing all over again!

“Emily Klein doesn’t know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral”. An opening sentence that held so much promise, but the novel that follows didn’t quite get there for me. Emily wakes up in the hospital to find her husband was killed in a car crash and she was the driver… was it an accident? She doesn’t remember the crash but her hazy memories of the moments leading up to are troubling. Not only does she not remember, but Emily is also a bit of an unreliable narrator as a result of terrible childhood trauma.

Then Emily starts getting mysterious messages and texts that seem to be from her deceased husband. And she thinks she’s catching glimpses of him. Things are moving around and going missing in her home, and she’s missing chunks of time. Could Greg still be alive, or is she losing her mind?

The concept is a good one, but the execution is clunky. The story is told in third-person-limited in the present tense, so we get a lot of Emily’s thoughts in real time. Because of this perspective, it ends up feeling like a lot of telling instead of showing; first person might have been more effective. None of the characters besides Emily are very well developed, and the male characters all kind of ran together. Also, some things didn’t ring true to me, such as Emily’s complete tech illiteracy, which was annoying to the point of distraction. It was necessary for the plotline, but a mid-30s woman in 2014-2015 would know what Find My iPhone and pop-up ads are.

I did figure out the culprit fairly early on, but there were still a couple of twists at the end that were unexpected, making this an overall decent read. Many thanks to NetGalley and Harper360 for providing me an advance copy of this book.

It’s an ok read. The book began slow for me and I had difficulty concentrating on the story. The split narrative usually is a style I like, but so,e how,with this book it was more of a distraction. It’s a decent mystery.

Excellent story! Totally engrossing!. Looking forward to reading more by this author! Could not put this down!

This was a good thriller, with some fun twisty twisty turns, chilling chills, thrilling thrills, and shocks! It was a bit too slow for me at times, but well written which made it hard to quit on. Did shock me a bit at end, which doesn’t happen often! Do recommend to those looking for a quick, twisty read!

3.5 stars. I liked the beginning, I liked the ending, sort of. Did not care for the very end, the question mark left hanging. The middle got a bit wordy and boring to me. I felt Emily was a bit too gullible. I had the bad guy narrowed down to 2 people early on, and figured it out at about 75% into the book. Some parts of the books were exciting, other parts were too far fetched. It's a pretty decent psychological thriller. Even though it was not a new release, I want to thank NetGalley for the opportunity to review this book.

Thanks to Harper 360 and Netgalley for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Emily's husband has just died in a car accident while she was driving. She is mostly unharmed but initially can't remember what led to her crashing the car into a tree. Strange things start happening that make her think her husband is still alive, but how can that be?

4.5

This book alternated between current day and Emily's past, which included a horrifying relationship with her father, an alcoholic mother and a supportive sister. This was an effective format. Overall I really liked this book. It had a lot of twists and turns and I didn't figure out who was guilty until the end. I have enjoyed all of this author's novels and look forward to her next.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing this book for an honest opinion. This was an exciting read. Emily wakes up in the hospital to find that her husband was killed in a car accident and she was driving. Was it an accident or was there more to the story? The author takes us on an exciting journey to find out what happened with the accident and who is keeping secrets. I usually figure out the mystery in books pretty quickly, but this was a total surprise. It is definitely a book I would recommend.

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Very good novel. I loved this one.
Emily Klein doesn’t know she has killed her husband until the day of his funeral.
At first, signs point to a tragic accident. Yet, as Emily pieces together the events leading up to the accident and her own memory loss, she begins to suspect that her husband’s death may have been the result of more than a terrible twist of fate… But the accident is only the beginning. Because while Emily’s physical scars will heal, the trauma of the accident has awakened old ghosts. She hears strange sounds, catches things that can’t possibly be there in the corner of her eye… Before long, everywhere she looks, she seems to see her husband. Emily doesn't know who to believe or who she can turn to. And suddenly, she finds herself asking the most dangerous question of all: Can she really trust herself?
And I think it's the best novel among her other novels. I didn't guess the ending at all. Genuine twist appeared in the end and that's why I loved it more than I imagined.
Thanks to NetGalley and Harper 360 for giving me an advanced copy.

This ARC was provided to me via Kindle by Harper360, HQ Digital and #NetGalley for my honest opinion.

Fun summer, light read.

I received in advance readers copy in exchange for a honest review

Really fun, few good twists, great summer reading

Those Who Lie is the first and definitely won't be the last book I read vby Diane Jeffrey. I was captivated from the first page to the last. Talk about a psychological thriller that had me turning the pages. I had to find out what happened to Emily's husband and why.

I voluntarily reviewed this book.

Solid story with a big twist at the end. A few slow parts but nothing that would stop you reading. It was a good story with a decent plot line. It definitely had a nice twist at the end.

This was an exciting read, centered on Emily, who wakes up in the hospital only to find out that her husband was killed in a car accident and she was the one driving. She has only a partial memory of the events that led up to the accident.

As soon as Emily leaves the hospital, weird things keep happening. She also thinks sees her husband everywhere and starts to question whether he is actually dead. If he was still alive, why wouldn’t he just tell her? Emily is an unreliable narrator, though, having suffered severe childhood trauma, and she questions herself just as much as others question her.

When it all comes out, it was a big surprise- I absolutely did not see it coming. It made sense, though, once I knew what was really going on, which I appreciated.

Overall, this was a fast-paced psychological thriller and the surprise ending was the icing on the cake. I’d recommend it! Thanks to Netgalley for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley and Harper 360 for this advanced ebook

I read The Silent Friend by Diane and loved it. Those Who Lie was even better.
This twisted dark thriller will have you flipping the pages so quick. I enjoyed this book so much it was a complete joy. This is why I love thrillers as much as I do.
The characters were intriguing and real, and it keeps you guessing throughout it all.
And the writing was fabulous I couldn't have enjoyed this more if I tried.

How is it possible that Emily doesn’t even know her husband is dead until the day of his funeral? Slowly Emily begins to put together the events of what happened including the loss of her memory. The question is does she really want to remember? Her husband’s death may have been no accident and Emily may have had more to do with his death then she wants to remember

To be honest, this book leaves me torn. There were parts that I really enjoyed and parts where I wanted to put the book down and not read any more. First, the negatives - there were quite a few very graphic and disturbing scenes (sexual abuse, incest, cruelty to animals). Had I known that there would be such scenes, I would not have chosen to read the book. Now, the positives - the book definitely kept me on my toes and wanting to find out who was behind everything. I felt like I had to keep reading so that I could get answers, which I do think is a sign of a good thriller. While I suspected a few of the twists, I was still questioning everything and doubting some of my theories. Overall, if the reader can move past the upsetting scenes, I would recommend this as a decent thriller.