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Let Me Lie: The Number One Sunday Times Bestseller

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When Anna calls the police it is an answered by a retired police detective, Murray, who still works at the station at the desk for incoming calls, etc. Though he is no longer licensed to take on a case he has a suspicion about this one and decides that he can at least get some information to pass along to the detectives. He gets more and more involved and we learn a lot about his character and his own family life. His wife has been battling mental illness all of her life and has been in and out of hospital and psych wards throughout their marriage, he never gives up on her. I couldn’t help but love this character who, in spite of his own pressing problems, continues to try to help Anna. If you’d like to include a religious reading if your loved one’s funeral service, read our list of popular bible readings for funerals.

Anna is trying to come to terms with her family’s tragic past. You see, she lost both parents to suicide. Adding to the unbearable pain, it was only within 7 months of each-other. Both having taken their lives in the very same way. When your mother tells you that she really enjoyed the flower arranging class you sent her on for her birthday – even when she found it all a bit drawn out and tiring – she’s telling a lie to save your feelings. As that same person tells more and more lies, your ability to forgive and forget is likely to disappear.

But if you accept that we are all flawed creatures and that you’ve probably made mistakes and hurt people in the past (even if there were no lies involved), you stand a better chance of continuing the relationship.

For one, you might start to wonder whether these little lies are just the tip of the iceberg and that there’s much worse that you don’t know about. Or if your father has kept a life-threatening illness from you (he might see it as a way to protect you) and you find out about it, you’ll probably be more concerned about potentially losing him than you are about blaming him for the lie. Let Me Lie is well written, though each of the characters’ life seems a bit dull, except Murray’s. I like following Murray’s point of view. He’s such a gentle soul and very thorough at investigating. I like his relationship with his wife, even though she’s going through tough times. I like the unexpected twists and turns, though I’m getting a bit irritated with many recent psychological thrillers that I read where the focus is on “you never know what goes on behind closed doors.” The working up to the end is excellent especially when police zoom in on solving the mystery while the lie is unraveling. I recommend everyone to read this book, especially for the thrill towards the end! That’s part of the reason why these lies hurt so much. They are not really told for your benefit at all.I started reading Let Me Lie on 8/5/2018 and finished it on 8/16/2018. This book is a good read! I love Murray as soon as I read the part about him carrying a handkerchief around just so when a woman cry, he could offer that to her. Anna’s life is a bored to read mainly because she’s in a grieving process and feeling spooked at every turn due to the unexpected mail she received. I like how so many people could be the bad guys. I like uncle Billy’s love story. I’m glad the story change pace in the second half of the book because I was losing interest fast.

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