One More Lie – ARC Book Review

My friends and I gather on the beach to celebrate the long summer ahead. Watching campfire embers dance into the inky sky, I don’t think I’ve ever been happier. Until a scream pierces the night. The next morning, we find shy newcomer Pippa on the beach, sandflies gathering on her lifeless body…

I told the police I didn’t see anything that night. I was young, scared, and full of guilt. I heard my friends telling the same story. It’s a lie that has haunted me ever since.

Now, twenty years later, on the anniversary of Pippa’s death, another one of our group is found dead. As we gather once again to say goodbye, I know it can’t be a coincidence. I look around at the tear-stained faces of my old school friends – people I thought I could trust – a protective hand on my growing belly. The police are asking questions again, and I have an impossible decision to make.

Do I tell one more lie, or confront my worst nightmare; that one of us is a killer, and one of us is next…

A group of friends goes out for a summer beach camp to celebrate for the summer. That night, there was a scream and the next morning, a body of a girl named Pippa was found by the sands. The friends stick to their story citing that they didn’t really know what happened and the police rule the death as accidental. Now twenty years later, another one of the members of the group dies. Again the friends tell the same lie but someone knows that they have been lying or a long time.

This was an interesting fast-paced thriller. The story is told in the POVs of Becky and Emelia and later on Jack. Becky suspects her husband Richie might be responsible for Pippa’s death twenty years ago and Emelia too suspect her own husband for Pippa’s death as well. Becky and Emelia knew that one of members of their group is responsible for Pippa’s death. The book is a page turner and there are some twists and turns along the storyline. The writing was great, putting the reader on the edge of the story. The ending was quiet unexpected.

Overall, this was an interesting unputdownable psychological thriller that will keep you up all night–worth 4.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.