SHE’S WATCHING YOU
BUT WHO’S WATCHING HER?
From the bestselling author of Dead North, a tense, claustrophobic psychological thriller perfect for fans of Lucy Foley, Claire McGowan and Clare Mackintosh.
I bend down to the stone, and Simon bends beside me. In my left hand, the hand he isn’t holding, is Donna’s fish. Donna’s blue plastic fish. I hold it tight, for one final moment. And then I let it go.
Meet Polly. Meet Emily. Meet Belinda.
They’re all me. My name is Lisa and I’m an identity thief. If I’m not inside your system stealing your money, I’ve probably already stolen it. I’m your friend. I’m a thief. I’m gone.
I’m in control.
Only now, the tables have been turned. I’m in danger. My son is in danger. And I don’t know where that danger’s coming from.
Any friend.
Any enemy.
Any stranger.
Anyone from the past I’ve been trying to outrun for years.
NOBODY CAN BE TRUSTED.
oel Hames lives in rural Lancashire, England, with his wife and two daughters, where he works hard at looking serious and pretending to be a proper novelist.
After a varied career in London which involved City law firms, a picture frame warehouse, an investment bank and a number of market stalls (he has been known to cry out “Belgian chocolates going cheap over ‘ere” in his sleep), Joel relocated from the Big Smoke to be his own boss. As a result, he now writes what he wants, when he wants to (which by coincidence is when the rest of the family choose to let him).
Joel’s first novel, Bankers Town, was published in 2014, and The Art of Staying Dead followed in 2015. The novellas Brexecution (written and published in the space of ten days following the UK’s Brexit referendum, with half of the profits going to charity) and Victims were published in 2016 and 2017 respectively.
Joel’s website can be found at http://www.joelhamesauthor.com, where you can find out more about the writer and the books, and sign up to his email newsletter. If you want to know what Joel has planned for the future, what he thinks right now, or just stalk him a little, you can find him on Facebook at facebook.com/joelhamesauthor or Twitter at @joel_hames. Joel has never seen the word “Joel” appear as frequently as it does right here, and wholeheartedly approves.
In this book, we meet Lisa, who may be Penny or Anna or any number of other personalities she has created, and she has created them to defraud other, unsuspecting people, from their hard-earned money. She is a loving mother who had a tough upbringing but aside from that there isn’t a lot you can be sure about her.
The story provides a number of twists and turns and when it takes a sinister turn, Lisa finds herself in hot water with the police but who is doing this to her and why? There is some great insight into the characters paranoia and the efforts she makes to find out who is causing her problems, how and why but can she work it all out in time?
While she hasn’t made the best choices in life you come to see why she has made them. Interestingly told and in a different format to many other books, I found this hard to get into at first, but I am glad that I persevered, it got much better throughout and by the end I felt sorry for ‘Lisa’ while rooting for her I was on the edge of my seat and didn’t see how it played out at all.
A gripping book with some dark twists and turns, I would definitely recommend it!
Thank you to TBC The Book Club and the Author for a free advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
| Title | The Lies I Tell |
| Author | Joel Hames |
| Series | N/A |
| Format | eARC |
| Page Count | 372 Pages |
| Genre | Mystery & Thrillers |
| Publisher | Ffs Publishing |
| Release Date | 9th June 2020 |
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