Listen for the Lie

<p>Amy Tintera is the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of numerous novels for young adults. Her novels have been translated into 16 languages and sold into more than 20 territories. <i>Listen for the Lie</i> is her adult debut.<br><br>She earned degrees in journalism and film and worked in Hollywood before becoming an author. Raised in Austin Texas she frequently sets her novels in the Lone Star state but now lives in Los Angeles where there's far less humidity but not nearly enough Tex-Mex.</p> <p><b><i>Am I a murderer? You tell me . . .</i></b><br><br>Five years ago Lucy Chase was found stumbling along the highway covered in her best friend's blood with no memory of what happened the night before. While the police couldn't find the evidence to convict her everyone in her hometown - husband parents friends - decided she did it anyway.<br><br>Now Lucy has moved away and put her past behind her. Until Ben Owens host of the wildly popular podcast <i>Listen for the Lie</i> contacts her. His next series is going to be about the cold case and he offers her the chance to join the investigation and finally find out the truth of what happened that night. She decides to accept. After all if you're a murderer it's probably better to know right?<br><br>As they return to Lucy's hometown and begin to uncover the secrets of the night she forgot the walls she has so carefully built around herself begin to crumble. Which is just what she wanted . . . isn't it?</p> 'Laugh-out-loud funny thrilling and twisty...' '<i>Listen for the Lie</i> is a page-turner from the first sentence to the very last. In addition to being a world-class whodunit full of carefully doled-out twists Lucy is a terrific character feisty and funny and it turns out brave as hell. It's great fun. Readers will rip through this one.' 'Amy Tintera's highly compelling voice grips you from the opening line and won't let you go. <i>Listen For the Lie</i> is an extremely successful high-wire act balancing between dark comedy and darker thrills. A delight from start to finish.' Original and deliciously dark with a wicked sense of humor. An addictive page-turner that will keep you guessing until the end. A singular voice that explodes off the page Amy Tintera's writing flashes with sharp comebacks and pointed commentary as she expertly knits her web of secrets and small town lies. Hands down the most fun I've had reading about murder.