Book Review: The Lies We Tell by Jane Corry

Title: The Lies We Tell
Author: Jane Corry
Genre: General Fiction (Adult) | Mystery & Thrillers | Women’s Fiction
Publisher: Penguin (17 Jun. 2021)

Buy Link: Amazon

Description

‘Everything I love in a book’ LISA JEWELL
‘Leaves you asking – what would I do? Jane Corry’s best yet’ BA PARIS

Sarah always thought of herself and her husband, Tom, as good people. But that was before their son Freddy came home saying he’d done something terrible. Begging them not to tell the police.

Soon Sarah and Tom must find out just how far they are willing to push themselves, and their marriage, to protect their only child . . .

As the lies build up and Sarah is presented with the perfect opportunity to get Freddy off the hook, she is faced with a terrifying decision . . .

Save her son . . . or save herself?

Review

How far would you go to protect your son?

The Lies We Tell examines this exact question when Sarah and Tom’s son comes home telling them he has killed someone. Each has different ideas on what to do and it leads to Sarah run away with Freddy to protect him.

Throughout the book, we have the perspectives of both Sarah and Tom, from when they met to the present day. They both kept secrets about themselves from each other, why they kept the secrets, how they were both so very different from each other and how they drifted apart.

I really enjoyed reading the back story between Tom and Sarah, their differences in parenting styles and other things and what their secrets were.

As we get towards the end of the book it got even better when more things come out and I was totally invested in it. I felt I knew the characters really well by that point.
The ending tied everything up.

I am so glad I picked this up, it kept me reading until late and night and hooked me from the first sentence.