None Of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (2023)
Now here's a perfect recipe for a domestic psychological thriller....
Two women.....a chance meeting......dark secrets......and murders. It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood.....
At a restaurant, two women randomly, briefly meet, discovering they share the same birthday. They couldn't be more different.
Alix Summer, a well known podcaster, lives an upperclass life of wealth and comfort. Josie Fair lives a lower middle class existence with a husband much, much older than she. A husband and a sad life she's eager to jettison and begin anew.
What a terrific idea for a podcast, which is the concept Josie pitches to Alix......the story of Josie breaking free from her dreary, unhappy marriage.
Alix agrees, not knowing what a Pandora's Box of dysfunction, mystery and murderous violence she's opened......because Josie and her family carry with them all manner of disturbing histories......
And some people involved won't be coming out of this alive.....
For domestic thriller fans, this one will suck you in till the last page and the final ironic twists. Not as fast paced as I usually prefer, but the characters are deeply drawn and you can't stop reading as Alix and Josie's lives start to spiral out of control......
As for the truth of what's really going on?
Well, that's for you to find out if you're in the mood for a page turner that peels off what's going on with that slightly strange family who live down the block.....4 stars (****)
And watch out for folks who claim, "I just want to speak my truth...."
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