The Lie

My son said he walked his girlfriend home. But now she is missing....Our new home was meant to be a chance for us to start again; to make new friends and forget the past. And as I look around the barbeque we’ve thrown for our neighbors I dare to dream that things will be all right. I watch my husband joking as he flips burgers and my daughter turning cartwheels on our sun-bleached lawn. And then my gaze falls on my son Jacob and his new girlfriend Rose in her light blue jeans and her green crop top. There is a worried expression clouding her beautiful eyes....The next day I get a call from Rose’s mother that chills me to the bone. Rose never returned after our party.I wake my still-sleeping son who walked Rose home the night before and beg him for answers. Jacob promises he saw Rose to her front door and I know he would never lie.But when the police find Rose’s house keys hidden in our garden and a witness claims to have seen them arguing in the street everyone insists I can’t believe what Jacob is telling me.I will do anything to protect my boy. But I need to find a way to make the questions stop. Because there’s something about our family that nobody can ever know. And as the search for Rose closes in how can I keep him safe and keep our secrets hidden?A gripping and jaw-dropping thriller with twists to die for. If you love Lisa Jewell K.L. Slater and Jackie Kabler you’ll love The Lie.