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The Lies You Told Kindle Edition

by Harriet Tyce (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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From the acclaimed author of Blood Orange, a dark new psychological thriller about the perfect mother, the perfect wife, the perfect family -- and the perfect murder.
In the playground it's the law of the jungle

But at the school gate, there are no rules at all...

When Sadie Roper moves back to London, she's determined to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. First, she needs to get her daughter settled into a new school-one of the most exclusive in the city. Next, she's going to get back the high-flying criminal barrister career she sacrificed for marriage ten years earlier. But nothing goes quite as planned. The school is not very welcoming newcomers, her daughter hasn't made any friends yet and the other mothers are as fiercely competitive as their children. Sadie immediately finds herself on the outside as she navigates the fraught politics of the school gate.

But the tide starts to turn as Sadie begins to work on a scandalous, high-profile case that's the perfect opportunity to prove herself again, even though a dangerous flirtation threatens to cloud her professional judgment. And when Liza, queen of the school moms, befriends Sadie, she draws her into the heart of the world from which she was previously excluded. Soon Sadie and her family start to thrive, but does this close new friendship prevent her from seeing the truth? Sadie may be keeping her friends close, but what she doesn't know is that her enemies are closer still...

Dark, addictive and compelling, The Lies You Told is a compulsive psychological thriller from a master storyteller.
"An extremely well-written and unsettling novel . . . Full of intrigue and menace, it creeps up on you until that final explosive twist. A great read" -- Alex Michaelides, #1 New York Times author of The Silent Patient

"I read The Lies You Told in two days, barely able to turn the pages fast enough. It's spare and taut, the sense of wrongness building in chilling, skillfully written layers, with a jaw dropping last-line twist." -- Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of The Family Upstairs
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"Intriguing...A surefire bestseller!"

-- "Iris Johansen, #1 New York Times bestselling author, on Blood Orange"

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HARRIET TYCE grew up in Edinburgh. She studied English at Oxford University and Law at City University before working as a criminal barrister for nearly a decade. She lives in London. Blood Orange is her debut novel.

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B081YYH768
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Grand Central Publishing (December 1, 2020)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 1, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2989 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 385 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1538762757
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Harriet Tyce was born and grew up in Edinburgh. She graduated from Oxford in 1994 with a degree in English Literature before gaining legal qualifications. She worked as a criminal barrister for ten years, leaving after having children. She completed an MA in Creative Writing – Crime Fiction at UEA where she wrote Blood Orange, the Sunday Times bestselling novel, winner of a gold Nielsen Bestseller Award in 2021. It was followed by The Lies You Told and It Ends At Midnight, both also Sunday Times bestsellers. She lives in north London with her family and two dogs. Follow Harriet on Twitter and Instagram @harriet_tyce

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Last year, I read and enjoyed Tyce's debut novel, Blood Orange, so I was quite excited to dive into her second book. Told from Sadie's point of view, the book opens in two timelines: a breathless future that intrigues as it helps pull the reader through the first part and the background, starting with Sadies' return to childhood home in London with her daughter, Robin. Sadie's husband has remained in America and Sadie must deal not only with the state of her marriage but also her own past as she placed her daughter in the same school that she was so unhappy in.Alongside the constant social drama of the school -f rom the cliquey mom's groups to some grotesque hazing of her daughter, Sadie's also struggling to reclaim her own legal career and is thrust in as junior on a high profile case of sexual misconduct. Sadie makes some head-shaking choices, but remains sympathetic despite them.Needless, to say, there's a lot packed into these pages, which certainly keeps the pacing both quick and consistent throughout. The plot definitely has some unexpected turns (and there's some purposeful author manipulations here too!), but there are also some more obvious turns as well. Needless to say, it's a riveting read and certainly a strong sophomore novel. I am definitely curious to see what Tyce's third novel will be about!
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kate
5.0 out of 5 stars So good
Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2020
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I absolutely could not put this book down. Twisty and so clever. Blood Orange was good..this was really good. Please write another Harriet ....new favorite author . From New Zealand...kia kaha....and stay well in these strange times.
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mnmloveli
4.0 out of 5 stars Tension-filled !
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2024
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‘20 - READ ‘23 - 4 STARS

DESCRIPTION : When Sadie Roper moves back to London, she's determined to pick up the pieces of her shattered life. First, she needs to get her daughter settled into a new school-one of the most exclusive in the city. Next, she's going to get back the high-flying criminal barrister career she sacrificed for marriage ten years earlier. But nothing goes quite as planned.

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First book by this author for me, whose books are recommended by BA Paris, who I love! Blood Orange (‘19 - Legal) and It Ends At Midnight (‘23 - Legal) all look good; different characters, not a series.

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Like the writing and the 2-sided plot of a school dilemma and a court case. Very enjoyable and found myself worrying about one plot while reading the other, if that makes sense to anyone. Tension on several fronts really picked-up towards the last 30%. Will definitely read another book by this author.
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Lisa Ahlstedt
3.0 out of 5 stars Page turner but rushed ending
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
The story was very intriguing, and it hooked me from the beginning. Sadie Roper returns to her childhood home in London with her 10-year-old daughter Robin after fleeing her unhappy marriage in the USA. Sadie's husband had suddenly begun acting strangely and threatened to take their daughter away if Sadie didn't leave. With nowhere else to go, Sadie moves into the house where she grew up with a vindictive and emotionally abusive mother. When her mother died, she left the house to Sadie's daughter Robin, on the provision they live in the house and Robin attend Sadie's old school. Sadie wasn't happy in that house or at that school, but she has no choice. Places are competitive at the school and it's the middle of the year, but a place has suddenly opened up so Robin can enroll. As soon as they arrive at the school, neither Sadie nor Robin feels especially welcome. Both feel ostracized, Robin by the other students and Sadie by the mothers picking up and dropping off their children. The parents all follow the lead of Julia, who seems to be the queen bee of the drop-off area. At the same time, Sadie gets a job in her old office working with a defense lawyer. She is assigned to review mountains of printed evidence in the case of a teacher accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. As both Sadie and Robin struggle to fit in, they soon find out that being given the cold shoulder by their peers is the least of their worries. Many difficult topics are dealt with, including bullying (both children and adults), child abuse, grooming, victim blaming/shaming, psychological abuse, sexual harassment in the workplace, women's careers derailed by parenthood, etc.

I really enjoyed the story and was anxious to find out what happened next, but after about halfway, I started to get exasperated with Sadie. I know she had a lot going on, but she KEPT putting herself in awkward situations with the "mean girls" when it really wasn't necessary. The ending felt a bit rushed and slightly confusing as everything was explained, so I wish that had been fleshed out a bit more, rather than all the endless coffee mornings and bottle-of-wine evenings with the hateful mummies that seemed to take up the majority of the book. She had a job, while all the other parents devoted themselves to drama 24/7, so it was frustrating that she kept trying to jump in with them. Speaking of which, her employment and relationship situations weren't exactly clarified at the end of the book, either so I really wish everything had been tied up a bit better at the end.
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Tanya
5.0 out of 5 stars Good!
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024
A great psychological thriller that keeps you entertained. The school moms can be a great nightmare! It’s about motherhood, mental abuse, marriage, school competition and women at work.
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4.0 out of 5 stars An enjoyable book
Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2021
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This book is different from my normal mysteries because it centers around family and social life. It's sort of a mean mom's story who create mean girls. Or women wanting to live through their daughters and want too much, expect too much and don't much care what their daughters want. It's not good enough to do your best, you have to BE the best.
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k2reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Captiving & addicting
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2021
This is the second book I've read by Harriet Tyce and I am definitely a fan. I loved her debut novel, Blood Orange, and this latest book is just as captivating and addicting.

This book really captured my attention from the get-go and never let up. I love books where there are unlikeable characters and there are quite a few here. I also love books where I think I know where things are heading and I definitely had things pegged wrong, but that's ok because it just keeps me more engaged and my brain working overtime as I try to work out just how the pieces will fall together.

I loved that there were a few different threads happening in this book so it kept things moving along but it also made me want to read faster to get to the end to see how things in both would end up playing out. And I really did end up becoming equally invested in all threads.

The writing in this book is so smart and addicting...I just could not put this book down until I reached the end - and the last few chapters really had my heart pounding as we reached the final conclusion. If you have not picked this one up yet, I highly recommend it...it is definitely a thrilling, binge-worthy read.
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Ann
2.0 out of 5 stars I wanted to like this book, but
Reviewed in the United States on February 9, 2024
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I really wanted to like this book but I found the writer’s style didn’t engage me. The characters felt flat and the story went on too long. After several chapters I skimmed most of it and probably missed the point of it all.
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Anniefitz
5.0 out of 5 stars It's very good, but...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 25, 2024
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It all seemed a bit obvious. The characters, the deeds etc. But very well written & it does suck you right in. It makes you want to read faster, but in the end, it was as you thought. Disappointed? No, it's still an excellent read.
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Julie Lacey
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 21, 2023
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This is another book that has been on my TBR pile for some time, and I’m glad I finally got round to reading it.
This is a great psychological thriller that definitely had me hooked.
Sadie and her daughter Robin move back to the UK after she splits up with her husband.
The only way this was possible was to follow her late mother’s instructions in her Will and enrol Robin in the all girls school that Sadie hated.
As part of this they moved back into her childhood home but things don’t go smoothly for Sadie and Robin.
Robin is shunned by the other girls at school and Sadie is made to feel very unwelcome by the other parents.
When the ring leader discovers that Sadie used to go to the school she changes her mind about her and then accepts her as part of the group.
Things start to improve for Robin but unbeknownst to her and her Mum, someone is trying to remove her from the group.
This is a gripping thriller that I really enjoyed.
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Gwendy P.
2.0 out of 5 stars don't bother
Reviewed in Canada on January 23, 2024
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I thought this was a big mess of a book, too many plots that - to me - didn't really have anything to do with each other. ie: the court case. The plot line with Sadie's husband I found pointless and ridiculous, just filler. The trope of the bitchy school girls' moms is overdone and so cliched, the moms being caricatures, like adult Mean Girls. I was at around the 80% mark in the story and really didn't even know what it was "about". And Sadie's daughter is missing and she still goes to work! WTF!!! The ending was anti climactic, and if the epilogue was supposed to be a big twist, it fell flat for me. A hard pass on this book
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Susieh.
5.0 out of 5 stars I couldn't stop thinking about this book after I'd read it!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2023
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I enjoyed Blood Orange by this author, I was hoping to enjoy this one too. Oh wow, I certainly did enjoy it. I like the " mums at the school gate" scenarios . This was done etremely well I thought. Added to this there was courtroom drama. Two different plot lines but both equally interesting and intriguing. I had my suspicions, well several suspicions as to who was guilty and who wasn't. A cracking ending that I could not stop thinking about.
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Diane
3.0 out of 5 stars No blood orange
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 9, 2021
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I'm giving this book 3 stars but finding it quite hard to review. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend blood orange as a must read, but certainly cannot do the same for this book. It wasn't boring but I found it very bitty, jumping from one thing to another. Lots of loose endings, no background or good character descriptions or reasons why....just seemed a bit of a jumbled plot.
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