Let Me Lie
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"In the newest psychological thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of I Let You Go and I See You, Clare Mackintosh brings us a gripping story about how those who love us never really leave us... Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother's presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as Anna digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. She soon learns that nothing is as it seemed"--
Two years ago, Tom and Caroline Johnson committed suicide, one seemingly unable to live without the other. Their adult daughter, Anna, is struggling to come to terms with her parents' deaths, unable to comprehend why they chose to end their lives. Now with a young baby herself, she feels her mother's presence keenly and is determined to find out what really happened to her parents. But as Anna digs up the past, someone is trying to stop her. Sometimes it's safer to let things lie....
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The premise is this: Anna Johnson believes her parents committed suicide (months apart but in the same manner— diving off a cliff) until she gets an anonymous note delivered to her that convinces her it was murder. She takes it to the police and a kindly former detective, Murray (who now mans the front desk at the local precinct), offers to look into the old case. The book is written in the third person who is (in different chapters) Anna, Murray, her mother, and her father. What one thinks is cut and dried is not. So it's a thriller with regard to the parents' disappearance but it's also a study of the inner turmoil of both Anna and Murray as they deal with critical issues, deceptions, misguided beliefs and inner turmoil and the nature of love. The culmination of all these issues is unveiled in Mackintosh' brilliant style. While I was reading the last few pages, I was satisfied with the book's resolutions. As I read the last sentence I was stunned. Didn't see it coming.
This was the first book I've read from this author. It was great, interesting characters, fun twists upon twists!
