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Our Little Lies

By: Sue Watson
Narrated by: Katie Villa
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An absolutely gripping psychological thriller with a brilliant twist

Marianne has a life others dream of. A beautiful townhouse on the best street in the neighbourhood. Three bright children who are her pride and joy.

Sometimes her past still hurts: losing her mother early, growing up in foster care. But her husband, Simon, is always there. A successful surgeon, he’s the envy of every woman they’ve ever met. Flowers, gifts, trips to France: nothing is too good for his family.

Then Simon says another woman’s name. The way he lingers on it, Caroline, gives Marianne a shudder of suspicion, but she knows it’s nothing - she can’t entertain this flash of paranoia.

In the old days, she’d have distracted herself by excelling at work, but Marianne left her glamorous career when she married. She’d speak to a friend, but she’s too busy with her children and besides, Simon doesn’t approve of the few she has left.

It’s almost by accident that Marianne starts to learn more about Caroline. But once started, she can’t stop, because what she finds makes her wonder: is the question she should be asking not "should I be jealous" but..."should I be scared?"

Fans of The Girl on the Train and I Let You Go who are looking for a dark, gripping psychological thriller with a final twist to put their jaw on the floor will love Our Little Lies.

©2018 Sue Watson (P)2018 Bookouture
Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Thriller
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Love, love, loved this! Another ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ for Sue Watson. This keeps you guessing the whole way through. Lots of twists & turns. Absolutely love this narrator too!

Wow! Just brilliant!!!

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The first 6 hours of this book were a bit of a struggle. The main character isn't the brightest person and never stands up for herself, partly due to being a battered wife, and partly because she's supposedly prone to paranoia. The husband is a controlling, violent misogynist who plays the fitting bad guy. Many of the ensuing actions and conversations felt somewhat unrealistic at time, if not purely for the fact that there's often a way out that is never taken. The wife continues to fight for things she doesn't want, but there is a sense of realism there behind it all too. However, the "party scene" was where it all started to get exciting and everything slowly unfolds. It's pretty addictive from that point until the end. The only downside was that the ending wasn't a huge twist (I saw it coming) and there's a whole unresolved relationship between two characters involving a massive betrayal that's never addressed. Left me wanting a bit more to wrap it all up. Thankfully, the narrator was perfect and did an amazing job, which probably stopped me turning it off in the first half.

A hard to get through first half, but good second.

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The twist was good but took a while to get there. Repetitive 3/4 of the story which was a shame as the narration was really good. Would have liked more involvement from the other characters in the story.

Good twist

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fantastic narration keeps you interested and thinking. story overall was great a little predictable but open to individual interpretation

plot and narration

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awesome book! it was suspenseful and i loved the twist it was great! recommend this one

loved it

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