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The Lies I Told

The Lies I Told, August 2022
by Mary Burton

Montlake
Featuring: Marisa Stockton
ISBN: 1542032636
EAN: 9781542032636
Kindle: B09JNWGPCM
Trade Size / e-Book
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"A young woman fights the past - and wins!"

Fresh Fiction Review

The Lies I Told
Mary Burton

Reviewed by Annetta Sweetko
Posted August 2, 2022

Suspense Psychological | Romance Suspense | Women's Fiction Psychological

Fourteen years ago, Marisa Stockton's twin sister, Clare, was found in the James River - she was only 16. There were no arrests but Marisa lives with survivor's guilt. Recently a horrible car accident left her with holes in her life, she has no memory of THE LIES I TOLD, or if in fact, things were as bad as she thinks. A photographer now doing well and even recently had a small showing. She has no way of knowing that show drew the past back into her life with a vengeance! The killer of her sister now wants her dead.

THE LIES I TOLD is a psychological thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat! Author Mary Burton makes abnormal seem so normal in this offering. Marisa's family history of illness, drugs, and alcohol is only the beginning of the twists and turns of this story. Her older sister seems a bit more quirky than she should have being the glue that held the sisters together - until you find out what she is guilty of. Friends she thought were 'friends' just might be the enemy that destroyed her life long ago.

The romance comes between Marisa and a new guy, Alan, whom she meets at the bar - though she is clean and sober - that is where everyone meets. I loved that he stood behind her through everything and supported her when she needed to stand strong and finally put the past where it belonged - in the past and jail. No life is perfect, but in Marisa's words - "Right now, I was willing to call my life a win," so if you want to see how she wins, read THE LIES I TOLD today!

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SUMMARY

For a woman obsessed and a killer in her shadow, remembering the past becomes a mind game in a novel of psychological suspense by New York Times bestselling author Mary Burton.

Twin sisters Marisa and Clare Stockton were sixteen when Clare’s body was found in Virginia’s James River. No arrests were made. Fourteen years later, Marisa’s friends and dedicated career as a photographer help her to cope with the open wound of the past. But Marisa still feels the hurt—and the unsolved murder isn’t the only thing haunting her.

A recent car crash has erased ten days of Marisa’s memories—a black hole leading up to the accident that’s left her disoriented. Every text and phone call from that crucial missing time has vanished, along with her phone. A photograph she took of the river has disappeared. A new neighbor Marisa believes she knows introduces himself as if he were a stranger. And there’s the growing fear that her near-fatal accident was no accident at all. As dreams of Clare and nightmares of the crash begin to converge, so do two disturbing puzzles fourteen years apart.

Putting the pieces together could be fatal. As she struggles to remember everything, Marisa closes in on a killer—without realizing that he’s already closed in on her.


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