Happy Pub Day to Amy Tintera and her novel LISTEN FOR THE LIE! This was a wild ride and kept me guessing until the very end.

Lucy doesn’t remember anything from the night her best friend, Savvy, is murdered including why she is found dirty and with Savvy’s blood on her clothing. Lucy has also been injured and a head injury prevents her from knowing what really happened. Now she’s back in her hometown for her grandma’s birthday and podcaster Ben Owens is on the hunt for an interview with her. Will Ben uncover the truth that proves Lucy’s innocence or will he be the one to finally prove she murdered her best friend?

Lucy is snarky and a strong character— clearly taking after her grandma and they were my favorites in the book. Her head injury and amnesia makes her unreliable but I couldn’t help but like her and trust her. There are so many other suspects too that will keep you guessing until the end.

I mostly listened to this one on audio and it was absolutely fantastic with narrating duo January LaVoy and Will Damron. They truly give everyone a unique voice making it feel like a full cast. Absolutely recommend listening but if that’s not your thing, reading with your eyes will also be enjoyable too. This book is just great!

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Thanks to @macmillan.audio and @celadonbooks for these galleys! Listen for the Lie is available today at your local bookstore, online store, or @bookofthemonth. Congratulations to @amytintera on this fantastic thriller! I highly recommend it!

This is a story about assumptions.

This book absolutely got me out of a slump with its pace & multi media format (10/10 for the audio @macmillan.audio!). I loved the twists, and that FOR ONCE when it described something a therapist recommended it was *actually* what I would recommend as a therapist. If you enjoy a good, unpredictable thriller with a touch of humor- this is excellent!

Thank you so much Netgalley & Celadon Books for the eArc!

This was such a great listen!! I did a combo of reading and listening and I strongly suggest listening to it. This is a story of murder and somehow I laughed put loud a lot. Murder and laughing out loud really don't go together unless you're listening to this one. A mix of podcast and novel. You'll never figure out the ending, at least I didn't. The narration was great. The first podcast music startled me, but I think by the end, I was prepared and grew to enjoy knowing where we were going in the story. Make sure you pick this one up and give it a listen, or at least read it.

Happy Pub Day to Listen to the Lie by Amy Tintera. What an amazing day for this book. Picked as a Good Morning America book pick and 5 stars everywhere I look. This was 5 stars from me as well. It’s been a while since I read a thriller with one POV and the perfect choice for this book. Lucy is a character that I won’t be forgetting any time soon. She’s sarcastic, biting and the most interesting character to get to the root of. The mystery itself is strong and I was anxiously waiting for answers. I thought I had figured it out but I was wrong, which I love. I am posting this on @celadonbooks little free library day but I had to post how I much loved this without waiting. I recommend this for everyone who loves a good mystery with a dark side.

Thank you to @netgalley and @celadonbooks for providing me a digital reviewer copy in exchange for my honest thoughts.

"𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙪𝙧𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙗𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙? 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙛 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙚𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙤 𝙩𝙤𝙤? 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙩𝙝 𝙙𝙤𝙚𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧?"

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 (4.5/5) I've been seeing this book everywhere, and in my opinion it's for good reason! Lucy Chase is returning to her small Texas hometown after being away for years. She has just lost her job and boyfriend due to a new true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie" putting the spotlight on her being accused of killing her best friend. The whole town thinks she's guilty, and Lucy herself may even believe it since she has no memory of that fateful night. She agrees to be interviewed for the podcast because she wants to discover the truth about that night, whether it confirms her guilt or finally uncovers the killer.

Add this to your TBR if you're looking for a unique fast-paced twisty thriller. The format is part Lucy's POV and part podcast broadcast and I really loved that. I've been a huge fan of books with mixed media since None of This is True. I think this would be really fun as an audiobook too. This was the author's first novel for adults so I'm really excited to see what's next from her.

This book is so amazing that I couldn’t put it down and never wanted it to end!!!! 5/5 🌟 Go and grab yourself a copy right now!! Thank you @amytintera for such an amazing adventure! Also, thank you @netgalley and @celadonbooks for the advanced readers copy!

LISTEN FOR THE LIE, by Amy Tintera, is sure to be one of the best books of the year. Savannah, nicknamed Savvy, was murdered. Her best friend Lucy was found wandering down the road covered in Savvy’s blood with no memory of what happened. Lucy is pronounced guilty in the public’s eye, but she is never formally charged by the police.

Five years later, Ben Owens, a hotshot, slightly egotistical, and good-looking podcaster arrives in town and starts digging into the murder mystery. Cue the beginning of a poop-storm that turns Lucy’s life upside down.

The story is told mainly from the first-person point of view of Lucy. What a character—snarky, dark, and sarcastic. Between the chapters are podcast interviews, allowing the residents of Plumpton to give their opinions on the mystery.

This is the author’s debut adult novel. Her writing is artfully descriptive with the dialogue written so clearly that the reader instinctively knows who is speaking. My favorite parts included the heroine’s lines, her tone and her inner thoughts, both smart and sarcastic. Every character is developed perfectly, and yet each one flawed. Wait until you meet Grandma Beverly, a quick-witted, opinionated, manipulative, and truly loveable old sister.

The pacing is quick and the twists never stop coming. This one deserves 5 stars, and I cannot lie.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️Lɪsᴛᴇɴ Fᴏʀ Tʜᴇ Lɪᴇ ʙʏ Aᴍʏ Tɪɴᴛᴇʀᴀ

“After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.

But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast “Listen for the Lie,” and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. “

🎙️true crime, mystery and podcast? Yes, please.
Everybody here is an unreliable narrator and equally guilty until proven otherwise. Fast paced, entertaining, jumping from real life to podcast live mode. Hilarious, sarcastic, dark and witty, Lucy will kept you wondering and even questioning your own mind. Who killed her friend and why?
This audio was a delight! 5⭐️🎙️ for the narration, great pace and sounds effects. @januarylavoy @jwdamron absolutely brought this book to live!

Thank you @macmillan.audio @netgally @celadonbooks for sending amazing copies like this one.

True crime podcaster helps Lucy get to the bottom of her friend Savvy's murder when he conducts his own investigation. People around town think Lucy had something to do with the murder, but did she? She can't remember.

Listen for the Lie was so good! Definitely an edge of your seat kind of thriller--kept me turning pages to see what happened next. This story unfolded through Lucy's point of view as well as the Listen for the Lie podcast. There were so many new details discovered through the podcasters investigation--SO MANY TWISTS. I highly recommend Listen for the Lie to anyone seeking a suspenseful mystery!

4.5 stars
Pub date: March 5, 2024

Thank you to Netgalley and Celadon Books for the e-ARC!

When Lucy is found wandering the streets covered in her best friend's blood, with no memory of what happened, people assume the worst. With too little evidence, no charges were ever brought against her, but the court of public opinion in her small town has made up their mind.

Years later, the case is thrown into the spotlight again when a popular podcaster, Ben Owens, highlights the murder in his true crime podcast. Lucy returns to her hometown for her grandma's birthday celebration, just in time to coincide with secrets from years past being exposed.

After seeing this all over Bookstagram, I headed to Netgalley to see if I could get approved for an ARC, and it showed up as a "Read Now". So I grabbed it and immediately texted 2 friends and forced them to buddy read with me.

This was an exciting page-turner, and I couldn't wait to find out what happened. Everybody was a suspect at one point! While I read the e-book of this, I think it would make a phenomenal audiobook. I loved the podcast segments, and the things the revealed.

The only reason this wasn't a 5-star read for me was because I didn't love the ending. Feel free to message me to discuss the ending if you've read it, but I don't want to say anything even slightly resembling a spoiler. Still a solid 4.5 star read, and I'd highly recommend picking this one up!

This was a solid suspense novel that had me guessing until the end, which was precisely what I was in the mood for. The narrator, a young woman, had been present during the murder of her best friend. She was a suspect in the murder but the police could never prove it. It was widely believed that she committed the murder, even though she was never convicted. A true crime podcaster begins a series about this unsolved murder. The narrator sustained injuries during the event and could not remember what happened. The narrator is what I would call an unreliable narrator. It was hard to tell how much of what she said was true and how much was not and she delivered her view of what happened to the best of her ability (given her lack of memory) as well as her own takes on the world and her circumstances and other peoples' perceptions of her with humor. I did find her voice funny though there were times that I did get a little irritated with her. My favorite character was her grandmother, a hip little old lady who accepted her granddaughter and who was convinced of her innocence when most people, including others in the family did not. I would love to see a spin off novel or sequel that focuses on her.
If you are looking for a quick suspense novel with a side of humor, this is the book for you.
Thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for giving me the opportunity to read this book before its publication date.

Thank you Celadon and NetGalley for my copy. I really liked the set up.of this book. We got Lucy's point of view and we got a look into Ben's podcast. There were a couple things throughout the book that i didn't see coming. If true crime or podcasts are an interest of yours read this.

This one has it all - I was hooked from the first page and kept looking forward to picking it back up again. I found myself laughing out loud at parts, which is not something I usually do while reading thrillers. 😂

I thought the mystery was well thought out and delivered at just the right pace to keep you wanting more. The end was satisfying, it surprised me enough but didn’t feel unreasonable.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for the advanced copy!

“Some people will never believe you no matter how hard you explain yourself. Trust me, there's no pleasing people. If they're determined to think the worst of you, they will.”

Everyone thinks Lucy killed her best friend 5 years ago..and a popular podcast is delving into the investigation to try to find out if she really did it.

This is my type of thriller! I know some people are sick of the podcast trend but I love it and this author did it so well! I loved that we go back and forth between the present timeline and the podcast. There are so many characters but every one is vital to this story. I could not put this down and the mystery unwinds so satisfyingly.

I alternated between the audiobook and the ebook. The audio was so fantastic. The podcast is very distinctly separated from the present time line with music and interviews. SO GOOD.

What a ride this was! Lucy has no memory of the night her best friend Savvy was killed. All she knows is that she was wandering the street with her hands covered in blood. Lucy has never been convicted due to lack of evidence, but plenty of people believe she's guilty. When Ben decides to take on this cold case with his Listen for the Lie podcast, Lucy returns to a place she left behind. And as you can imagine, there are plenty of secrets there. Lucy's narrative is interspersed with episodes of the pod and flashbacks as Lucy's memory returns. It was one that kept me guessing, and I love that in a thriller! Thanks to NetGalley for the look at this recent March 2024 release!

Happy pub day to this fantastic thriller! Definitely get your hands on this one immediately. Unreliable narrator? Podcast theme? A little sexual tension? Yes, yes, and hell yes! In this bingeable thriller, Lucy wakes up covered in her best friend’s blood, but she can’t remember a thing. Is she the killer? I ate this up in two sittings and only stopped reading because I was falling asleep at 2AM. I was even standing in the kitchen with my kindle while cooking 😂. I’m a really big fan of thrillers with podcast themes (that’s the expodcaster in me peeking out) and gravitate towards it. I can’t say enough about how much I loved this. If you’ve read it, what do you think?! |Brit|

Thank you @netgalley for the ARC!

It seems that I’m an outlier as this book just wasn’t for me. It’s received good, enthusiastic reviews from other readers but the premise just didn’t land for me. The true crime podcast subcategory in this genre is not my typical read so I think this is likely just a mismatch - it happens! I do want to acknowledge that the depiction of mental illness (specifically auditory and visual hallucinations) didn’t quite sit right for me. This may be exactly the read you’re looking for, so don’t discount it based on my review.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon for the advance readers copy. All opinions are entirely my own.

Listen for the Lie | Amy Tintera | ⭐⭐⭐⭐.75

This is Amy Tintera's first foray into the world of Psychological/Suspence Thrillers and for my personal, selfish purposes I dearly hope she sticks to this genre.

Meticulously crafted, atmospheric and intense, Listen for the Lie is an absolute treat for any connoisseur of murder mysteries.

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Eversince being accused of murdering her best friend Savvy some 5 years ago; Lucy, who has no recollection of the fated night, has taken to mentally plotting the murders of almost everyone around, with immediate objects fashioned as murder weapons, if only to jog her most disloyal memory.

Although, so far, no one, other than the residents of her sleepy Texan hometown, has taken much interest in this cold case; a most well known true crime podcaster, Ben has taken up to investigating this case, airing everyone's dirty laundry online and chasing a non-responsive Lucy for an interview for his current podcast series.

With Lucy losing her job and her current boyfriend as a fallout, she decides to return to her hometown after 5 longs years, where almost everyone believes her to be guilty!
And supposedly Ben is in town as well.
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Told alternately through Lucy's first person narrative and episodes of the podcast, the narrative stylization is most clever and unique. It helps unfold the story layer by layer, subsequently building and releasing and rebuilding the suspense like a most exhilarating roller coaster.

Lucy takes on life with a casual hilarity and sharp sense of sarcastic humour which makes for a rather amusing read.

The text is dotted with witty one liners which I have added to my repertoire of imaginary comebacks, I am way vanilla to dole out in real life.

Even while reading critically, I didn't come across any plot holes or utterly unbelievable storylines. It's a perfectly written intricate tale of passion, obsession, abuse and revenge; which at once is so very believable yet absolutely riveting. Also, the small town comes alive with Tintera's hypnotic prose and adds to the charm.

Off to a great start for March, I must admit!

This was a fairly decent novel. There wasn't really a redeemable character and it drug on a bit too long and got repetitive, both of which made it a little frustrating to read.

Omg, I loved this book. I don’t listen to true crime podcasts, but this book about one was brilliant. I don’t want to give anything away, but I pinned the murder of Savvy on almost every character! There were so many twists and turns that I didn’t see coming….and I LOVE THAT! I don’t often read a book a second time, but I may make an exception for this one! This would be great for a limited series IMO.