Finally, a book I didn't see the complete end twist! Wahoo!! That doesn't happen often.

A young girl brutally murdered in a small town watches as the town unravels trying to solve her murder. There are ghosts, there are false accusations, there are families torn apart.

Berry knows how to develop character create twists and keep you guessing. I will continue reading what she creates!

Lucinda is yet to write a book I haven’t rated lower than a four star. This one again is a great read. I loved the storyline I’m, always partial to a sex offender storyline! I enjoyed the flashback storyline and the present. There were a few little twists in there, and the larger one at the end was pretty good as well. My only mark down was that the flashback did get a little mucky at times and I got confused, but I listened to this on audio and I loved the use of different voices 👌🏽 I hate that I have to wait now for a new story from the author 😂🥲

Thank you so much for the ARC in return for a true and honest review, greatly appreciated.

This is a story of friendship, manipulation and murder.

When you have four friends that are together there a
is bound to be admiration but also jealously.
It’s hard to feel the same way for each friend in your group. There is always one that’s closer to you than the rest.

This is a story of one truly twisted mind and the lengths
She will go to get what she wants.

I'm going to be honest, I am very frustrated with this book. Personally, for me, for a thriller to hold much weight, it has to be somewhat rooted in reality. As a reader of this book, however, I felt like I had to suspend so much belief to make it be even plausible. For one, I felt like there were too many character points of views, especially with the dual timeline. There wasn't enough characterization to keep them apart, and it was certainly muddled in the beginning. Then there was the fact that none of the characters actually had any redeeming qualities about them. Sure, I don't always have to like every character I read, but dang, they were all just insufferable. It would have maybe been improved if we actually find out what happens to three out of the four main characters at the end, but we aren't even granted that! Overall, some people might find this book with the twists enjoyable, it just completely missed the mark for me.

Thanks to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for an advanced reader copy of this book. All opinions within this review are my own.

Four friends attend a summer camp together every year. During their last year, a counselor is murdered and the events of that day cause the girls to no longer have contact with one another. Several years later they all receive mysterious notes and get together to figure out who sent them.

This book had so much potential! I e lmjoyed the multiple POVs and dual timelines. Unfortunately the motivation behind a lot of the actions of the girls didn’t make much sense to me, and the ending was way too abrupt. We are basically left hanging for what happens next to three of them, and I would have liked for their stories to have been wrapped up.

Thank you to NetGalley and Thomas & Mercer for the advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

Thank you so much to NetGalley, Thomas and Mercer, and Lucinda Berry for allowing me to review this twisty thriller. This is a very quick and fun read that kept me guessing the entire time. I would have enjoyed a little different ending, but overall had a great time with this one. I enjoyed the multiple POV’s and timelines as well. I can’t wait to read more from this author. Thank you again for allowing me to review this thrilling book.

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If You Tell A Lie by Lucinda Berry
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Is it a surprise when I read a Lucinda Berry book that I rate it so highly? No, probably not. Because I am so predictable! What is surprising how unpredictable Berry’s work is and always has been. It’s mind blowing how I have read so many and yet I am still no closer to figuring her out as an author!

I love, not only the different POVs but also the dual timeline. It keeps you on your toes and gives you the task of trying to figure it all out. I find it absolutely fascinating! I always think I have managed to figure it out and I know exactly who the “guilty” party is, but Berry always proves me completely wrong.

Berry is such a captivating writer and always has me in these chokeholds when I am reading her books and one of these days I will eventually get it right!!

A fast paced twisty summer camp thriller told in dual timelines with different POV. Even though the book is written with multiple cliffhangers and twists to keep the reader engaged from one chapter to the next, it’s perhaps too twisty. By the time you finish and compile everything in the end, it appears a bit too incredulous.

Lucinda Berry is literally always a good time. Her books have so much thought and detail put into them and they have all been hits for me this far.

I would be open to trying another book by this author and would recommend most of them to others. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this advanced reader’s copy.

3.5 stars

Lucinda Berry’s writing is always really easy to read & the story grabs your attention right away, which I always appreciate in thrillers. These characters take friendship to a whoooole new level, & Blakely is a MESS. Some parts dragged on a bit with all the drama in the friend group, & the ending felt incomplete. In my opinion, this book doesn't stand out as much as some of her others, but I would still recommend it if you're looking for an easy, fast read.

Thank you to NetGalley & the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!

I will always read anything that Lucinda Berry writes.

This has dual timelines about four best friends. This is great for end of summer and who doesn't love a summer camp vibe! i love the twists and turns along with the manipulator villan!!! There are plenty of secrets, lies and mystery in this book.

Thanks NetGalley for letting me read and review.

Wow. Just wow. This book had twists and turns. There were a few jaw dropping moments as well. I thought I knew who the culprit was and then bam! Not who I thought. Lucinda Berry keeps you on the edge of your chair to keep reading until it’s done. I have read all of her books and they are so amazing! Thank you for another great read. I feel so lucky to have gotten an early copy of this one!

If You Tell a Lie follows four besties in then and now timelines. It's the perfect read to squeeze in before the summer is officially over since the past timeline takes place at a summer camp. Don't expect too many crazy twists in this thriller, but do expect a master manipulator villain, and a slew of sheep who follow their charades. The psychology doctors who write thrillers really know how to write unhinged characters and Lucinda Berry is a fine example of that. This is my first book by Doctor Berry and it won't be my last.

🏕Dual Timeline
🏕Secrets and lies
🏕Friends brought back together years later
🏕Murder Mystery
🏕Peer pressure

Thank you Netgalley, Lucinda Berry, and Thomas & Mercer for the eARC.

If You Tell a Lie is out now!

My first Lucinda Berry book did not disappoint. As an avid thriller reader, I appreciate LB's pacing, suspense and characters that are easy to connect with. This campy summer read is fun and reminiscent of a closed room thriller meets "I Know What You Did Last Summer," meets Freida McFadden.

Told in multiple points of view, the story revolves around a string of awful events that occurred at a sleep away summer camp. One lie turns into another and before they knew it, the lie was out of control and people ended up getting hurt. 25 years later mysterious cards show up in each of the participants mailboxes and the mystery is back in the present once again. This time, as adults, the girls share secrets and become entangled in more drama.

My first impressions were: I love the cover, I felt very drawn to it. I love a book with multiple POV and an unreliable narrator. LB's writing is smooth and the story flows. Some parts were slightly unbelievable, but you run that risk when you write thrillers. This title was a tad YA for me, but I still enjoyed it.

ARC provided in exchange for an honest review.

Lucinda Berry is ALWAYS an automatic read for me and this book did not disappoint! There were some parts I found more obvious than others, but really enjoyed the twist at the end and would give it a solid 4.5 stars! It’s all about four friends that used to go to summer camp every year when they were teens and the secrets that have followed them into adulthood. I enjoyed all the flashbacks to the past and how you got a little part from each main characters points of view. I would highly recommend if you like psychological thrillers with unreliable narrators!

I love Lucinda Berry. Her books were my “pick me up from slump” that never fails to get me back on track. Unfortunately, I did not like this book. Its enough to finish but I think it felt short on just about anything but was more in repetitive narrations and was kinda boring me a bit. Told in now and then timelines with plots that keep going in circles. I was not satisfied with the ending and the twist was sub par.. or was there even a twist?
Anyway.. this does not stop me from loving Lucinda Berry! Looking forward to her next work!

Lucinda Berry did it again!

If You Tell a Lie is a thriller about a group of teenage girls whose lives are turned upside down one year at summer camp. They promise to keep the secret of what really happened to the grave and go their own ways.. Until many years later their secret is threatened to be exposed. I loved the twists and turns, the writing, the characters. this was definitely a 5 star read with an ending I did NOT see coming. I recommend this book to everyone

Lucinda Berry's book never miss for me. I will always read anything she writes.

This book was full of twists and turns, it had multiple POV's and it was set in the past and present.
I did enjoy the parts that were set in the past a lot more. The one's set in the present were quite slow.

The ending was quite a cliffhanger but not in a great way.

Thank you to Thomas and Mercer for this ARC.

Good story. Lots of twists and turns. Lots of drama. Lucinda Berry never disappoints. I really enjoyed everything about this book. Thank you for the opportunity to read it.

I had such high hopes for this book and while the ending was…wow, gruesome and not expected. The rest of the book was very slow and kind of confusing with constantly bouncing between so many characters and timeframes. The beginning sucked me in and the ending was great. But the rest I was just reading to figure out who did it.