Today is National Book Lover’s Day! 

One of the things I love about Goodreads is that I can see what some of my other reader friends are reading. A few of my friends had read this one, and since it was already on my “To read” list, I requested it from the Libby App. I had to wait a bit for it, but I dove right in once it arrived. The book is Listen for the Lie – by Amy Tintera.

I love a good whodunit and this fit the bill. It had me guessing the entire time I listened. Here is the Goodreads synopsis:

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

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. But after Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer.

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. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one who did it.

The truth is out there, if we just listen.

As I mentioned, I listened to the audio version of this book. They did a really good job of making the “clips” of the podcast sound like a podcast. I really enjoyed how with each bit of the podcast, you learn a little bit more about each of these characters. As a bonus, along the way it seems like with each piece of the podcast, you get these little firecrackers (not quite bombshells) that shed more and more light on what happened.

There was a bit more profanity and sexual content in this one that in some of the past books I read, but it really didn’t take away from the story. Right up to the end, my mind kept changing as to whether or not Lucy did it or if another character did. If you love a good mystery – check this one out.

4 out of 5 stars.