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If You Tell a Lie

A Thriller

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If You Tell a Lie

By: Lucinda Berry
Narrated by: Bailey Carr, Stephanie Németh-Parker, Susannah Jones, Jane Oppenheimer, Carly Robins
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An instant USA Today bestseller.

Bestselling author Lucinda Berry serves up a haunting thriller about four friends sworn to secrecy over the events of one fateful summer—and the dark truths that threaten to erupt years later.

They never considered how his wife might react, or that by the end of the summer a man would be dead. But Blakely always got her way, and the others followed her lead—even when they knew it was dead wrong.

The girls had been friends from day one at Camp Pendleton, a haven for gifted children. But their senior summer was different. When Mr. Crosby, the handsome tennis coach, wound up murdered after a reckless lie, Blakely, Grace, Meg, and Thera swore themselves to secrecy. And never spoke to each other again.

Until now. Twenty years later a sinister note claiming to know what they did brings them back together. And once again Blakely is pulling the strings.

Unfolding in a dual timeline, If You Tell a Lie is a disturbing journey into the dangerous, sometimes deadly consequences of peer pressure—with a bone-chilling twist you’ll never see coming.

©2024 by Heather Berry. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller

Critic Reviews

“[A]nother poisonous Berry special…The hits just keep on coming. Be glad you’re a reader and not a character.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Deftly written in a dual timeline, If You Tell a Lie by novelist Lucinda Berry takes her readers on a disturbing journey into the dangerous, sometimes deadly consequences of peer pressure.” —Midwest Book Review
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At first I thought this story was more suited to young adults,it's a slow unfolding of each character and the plot,with a lot of subtle twists, all the way to the End.

Slow burn

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Didn’t love this book. Thought it would get better , it didn’t. Look it was ok. Using words words words up

Just ok

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I’m convinced the author will never write a story I won’t love 🥰 I found this storyline intriguing and suspenseful and enjoyed all the characters

Another banger 🙌🏼

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Loved every bit of it. Suspenseful in parts but also a story of kids and peer pressure. Acted well and written better.

Great flow with each chapter representing one character at a time.

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