First Lie Wins
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“This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.”—Reese Witherspoon
“One of the best thrillers I’ve ever read... Amazing.”—Jesse…
Why read it?
2 authors picked First Lie Wins as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
A young woman begins to steal; she has no other way to support her starving and ill mother. When she’s caught, she’s given the fairytale choice of either jail time or service to a mastermind criminal. I’m a big fan of complex morality in a story, and I loved this twisted scenario—who is justified to commit a crime? How can a woman survive in a life of lies? And how can she eventually break free in a very unexpected way?
Because of the unexpected ways she responds to these three dilemmas, she became heroic in my eyes, and I cheered…
From Mary's list on badass women who don’t start out that way.
It’s going to be hard to write about this novel without giving something away, but I’ll try.
Only a robot could read the opening of this book and stop after that. Why? Because at the start, we see the main character, Evie Porter, creating the story that she will use to depict her past life. And, of course, we want to know her reason for doing so.
The suspense only grows as we continue to read. I am in awe of this book’s plot! Evie is a wonderful character, too, as she wanders through joy and heartbreak.
From Carolyn's list on that have a beating heart.
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