I received Those Who Lie* by Dianne Jeffrey as an e-book from the lovely Jenny! Those Who Lie focuses on Emily Klein, a widow who may or may not have something to do with her husbands tragic death. As she tries to remember what really happened before the car accident, strange things stir up old memories.
Emily struggles to recover from her husbands death at first. Question arise. Is he really gone? She keeps seeing glances of him. But surely this is just the denial part of her grief? Her friends and family give her more reasonable explanations of what she sees, but Emily knows deep down something is wrong.
This book moves seamlessly from past to present to evolve the story even further. There’s multiple mysteries within the past which when solved will uncover the present puzzles. As her sister questions her mental health, her best friend assumes its grief and her mother and brother live with her to ensure she’s really okay, Emily tries her hardest to learn the truth.
I couldn’t put this book down. With so many different questions running through my head I just had to learn the answers. Emily’s past is used to taunt her. In subtle simple ways to full scale deja vu. The twist at the end was a shock, although hindsight did leave a lot of clues. Jeffrey really thought through the whole story line and how it fit together. I’d definitely recommend giving this a read.
