When I started this book, I was immediately hooked! I love the author’s writing style and the way the book was formatted. As a person who loves Podcasts, this couldn’t have been a more fitting book. I’m a huge thriller fan and absolutely loved that this book did not follow the same script as others. I loved the comedy and sarcasm and really liked the entire story! This book had that perfect mix that made you feel like you were listening to a podcast, watching a series and reading a book—the trifecta! Lol. I absolutely enjoyed this one!

I really liked how this book leads the reader in all different directions to try and figure out what happened. I also really liked how the book focused on the idea that “the truth doesn’t matter.” The whole town was quick to develop their own theories and the truth wouldn’t have changed them. It’s a bold statement about the state of a world where “innocent until PROVEN guilty doesn’t really matter.

In Listen For The Lie, by Amy Tintera, everyone in her small town believes Lucy murdered her beloved best friend — including Lucy. She’s fled to LA to escape the devastating pressure, but is called back home when a true-crime podcaster comes a’calling, looking to prove the truth, no matter what it takes.
I’m a huge fan of Tintera, who usually writes YA books. Listen For The Lie is Tintera’s first adult novel and it shines! Get stuck in for lies, secrets, and deceit as Lucy and Podcaster Ben rip this small town apart in search of the truth. Much thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for this advanced copy for review.

#ListenForTheLie #AmyTintera #Ruined #Avenged #Allied

I received a complimentary copy from the publisher and all opinions expressed are entirely my own.

This book was wild! I particularly enjoyed the podcast sections and how the author made us try to solve the case as we read (brilliant !)

The book follows Lucy who is accused of murdering her best friend Savvy. She had thought she had moved on until true crime podcaster Ben decides to investigate. Oh how shady the interviewees were and I was pretty much kept guessing to the very end. And if I am being honest Lucy's grandmother was just so adorable and lovable. I would go in blind.


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Read if you like:
🎧 podcast thrillers
🎧 multi storytelling formats
🎧 a ‘lil spice 🌶️

I absolutely loved the formats of partial storytelling and part podcast, which allowed us to see many different people’s POV of the situation, and I really really enjoyed that.
I was not too much of a fan of the spice in this thriller, but I know a lot of people will appreciate that part 🤪
I did not see the end coming!! That’s one thing I really need in a story, I don’t want it to be predictable and let me guess the ending.
I really really enjoyed this book and I read it straight through! I can’t believe this is a debut novel, wow!

Great story. This was very relatable and can connect to what our students are currently enjoying. The characters came to life and were relatable.

Thank you so much to the publisher and netgalley for the chance to read this book! It was my first book by the author and I really enjoyed it! I loved the sarcasm, humor, podcast theme and the character building. And especially the grandma Beverly! This book takes you on a wild ride and you’re not sure who to believe, or you think you do and then that’s taken right from you. The ending makes you still question what really happened but I did really like this book.

Thank you to NetGalley and the author for allowing me to read an ARC of this story. I LOVED this book! Normally I have an idea of who had done it by halfway through the book, not with this one! I loved when Lucy would remember things from when she lost Savvy. I also liked the relationship between Lucy and Ben. I liked the format of being able to read the podcast excerpts. I would definitely recommend this book for anyone looking for a who dunnit type of book!

A podcaster to trying to solve a cold case and the girl everyone thinks is responsible team up to uncover what really happened to her best friend.

Ok, this thriller renewed my faith in the genre! We have an unreliable MC, a murder podcast and a thoroughly engaging mixed media format in this fast paced & suspenseful thriller about a girl who is found walking around with her best friend’s blood on her but can’t recall what happened.

I was gripped! The memory loss/amnesia angle can be very hit or miss but I’m here to tell you - this one is a HIT! It was an unputdownable listen. I had that urgent feeling that I just had to get to the end to know the truth that has been lacking in recent thrillers I read. With the mixed media and podcast angle - this was so good to listen to on audio. Highly recommend listening.

Lucy was unreliable due to her memory loss and the dark thoughts plaguing her but she was also an MC that you find yourself rooting for. I loved her sarcasm and her I don’t care attitude. And her grandma was an OG - I freakin loved her so much.

If you are in the mood for a fast paced thriller - don’t miss this one. It delivers!

At the start of this novel, main character Lucy was found 5 years ago at the scene of her best friend Savvy’s murder in the woods, covered in her blood - and with a head injury such that she had zero memory of what happened. People in her Texas town suspected her, but she was never charged, and she moved away and tried to start over. But when a true crime podcast decides to cover the unsolved murder for her latest season, and Lucy’s grandmother asks her to come home for her birthday party, everything gets stirred up again and Lucy starts trying to figure out what happened. Interspersed with Lucy’s narrative are segments from the faux podcast in the book.

And wow, now that’s what I call a good mystery/thriller! I’m usually over the unreliable narrator, but Lucy’s amnesia makes it make sense - though it turns out she is withholding some other info from us too! Her snarky sensibility also gives this one a different tone, and I always love a faux book podcast!

Listen for the Lie, a fast paced mystery where a podcast host attempts to help solve a five year old of who killed Savvy. Everyone thinks it is Lucy, Savvy's best friend, who was found close to the scene covered in blood. But there is one problem, Lucy can't remember anything that happened that night. As the story unfolds, you are introduced to various characters who have things to hide and a different light to shed on this mystery.

I enjoyed the humor and snarkiness of the main character, the bits of romanced peppered through the story, and the the different POV's from the various characters. I don't love amnesia plot devices but enjoyed this one more than most. If you are looking for something that grabs you from the beginning and keeps you turning the pages, this is the book for you. I think it would be awesome in audio with the whole podcast plot line.

Thanks to NetGalley and Celdon Books for access to the digital Advanced Reader Copy.

What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too?

What an interesting premise! You'd know if you murdered your best friend...right? Well, Lucy sure doesn't. But she wants to find out.

I REALLY enjoyed this one and could not put it down. I loved how Lucy was written, the right balance of snark and humor and heart. I would absolutely read anything else that Amy Tintera puts out.

I received an ARC from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

Many thanks, Celadon Books and NetGalley, for the ARC! This book was SO good. It was a fun thriller that had all of the elements I love in a book and kept me guessing. I really enjoyed this author's writing style and look forward to reading more books from them!

A fun, twisty thriller! I thoroughly enjoyed this and definitely did not have it figured out up until the very end. Highly recommend!

This book reminded me a lot of None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell with a blend of humor added in. I liked it well enough and enjoyed it but I can’t say that it was my absolute favorite. I do like cozy mystery/thrillers and this really hit the spot for that purpose. Thank you so much for the eARC!

WOW….wow. I have never even heard of Amy Tintera until I read Listen for the Lie. I am in love with her writing style and this story.
Lucy Chase is a girl from a small town. After high school, she leaves but comes back married and moves into a great big house designed for the more affluent population of Plumpton TX. She reunited with an old high school friend, Savannah, Savvy as her friends call her. During a wedding for mutual friends Savvy ends up dead and the blame is placed on Lucy. She has no memory of the incident and the police can more charge her for the crime as there is no substantial evidence. Lucy decides the best thing for her is to leave and not come back to her home town. Until five years later, her grandma asks her to come home for her birthday party. Lucy does and she is now faced with dealing with a true crime podcaster, Ben.
Things begin to heat up as Ben interviews friends and family of Lucy and Savvy and lies and coverups come to the forefront.
This is a must read for those that like great writing and great characters. I found myself pulling for Lucy the entire time. I was very happy for the ending but was surprised as well.
Thank you #netgalley #celedonbooks and #amytintera for writing a great book

This was SO fun!! I really loved this book. I’m so grateful I got the opportunity to read it from netgalley and the publisher. I will certainly be recommending this one. I really was rooting for Lucy the whole time. She was so funny. The podcast format was really cool too! I also really grew to like Ben too.

This is the first book that I have liked and finished in a long time. The main character, Lucy was so funny in not only her actions but her thoughts as well which we get to read a lot of! I also loved the suspenseful, kind of twisted plot line about Lucy having killed her best friend in the woods five years ago and everyone thinks she is guilty. Her grandma is the odd man out convinced that Lucy did not it.
She had a hit on the head and got amnesia from most of the night which explains why she can't remember what happened. As a podcaster from LA, Ben Owens is doing a podcast on the murder of Savanah (Savvy), who was Lucy's best friend at the time. She eventually joins Ben in his search for clues and memories of the fateful evening when the killing took place. Lucy is a fabulous narrator with her snarky sarcasm describing what is going on was one thing I totally loved. The sparks flying between Lucy and Ben really added to the story along with several other characters like her Grandma, her ex-husband, her parents and the whole town seeing Lucy as guilty. Definitely a thriller not to be missed!! Loved this one!! Thanks for the ARC!!

4-4.5 stars...

Fast paced, addictive, & enthralling. Well written – switching from Lucy’s POV and Ben’s podcast episodes, which kept the momentum fresh and current. Lucy was sarcastic and savage, so there were plenty of laugh out loud moments. Recommend if you’re looking for an addictive page turner!

Thank you to the publisher for my #gifted copy.

This was a fun thriller, twisty but also humourous, a rare combo!

I really like the main character, she was a wise cracking good time, who hid her underneath well.
I really didn't know what was going to happen until the end, and it was interesting and easy to read!