The Darkest Lies

A Gripping Psychological Thriller with a Shocking Twist

By: Barbara Copperthwaite

Narrated by: Alison Campbell

A mother desperate for the truth. A daughter hiding a terrible secret.

Melanie Oak appeared to have the perfect life. Married to her childhood sweetheart, Jacob, the couple live with their beautiful, loving, teenage daughter, Beth, in a pretty village. Nothing can shake her happiness - until the day that Beth goes missing, and is discovered beaten almost to the point of death, her broken body lying in a freezing creek on the marshes near their home. Consumed with grief, Melanie is determined to find her daughter's attacker. Someone in the village must have seen something. Why won't they talk?

As Melanie tries to piece together what happened to Beth, she discovers that her innocent teenager has been harboring some dark secrets of her own. The truth may lie closer to home and put Melanie's life in terrible danger.

A completely gripping psychological thriller with a twist you won't see coming. Fans of The Girl on the Train, The Sister and Before I Let You In will be captivated.

©2017 Barbara Copperthwaite (P)2017 Bookouture

Well written, engaging but...

there are some seriously frustrating characters and scenes. I'm sure the author designed it so to evoke the reader/ listeners emotions because it will, unless you have a cold, dead heart.

The narrator did a fantastic job although, I did have to speed it up just a tad. It was not due to her reading slow just for some reason the recording is slow.

Recommend.

Twisted and Surprising

The Darkest Lies is a twisted and dark story with many surprising moments. It was pretty good, though there was a lot of repetition in scenes as recalled memories of the characters. The sub-plot was definitely shocking. I thought the main plot was easily solved, but was surprised that it was as parallel to the sub-plot as it was. Could’ve shortened the book had it not been so repetitive.

best book ever.

I loved it and hated it to be over. it was exciting and sad and made me smile as well.

Twist

I saw the twist right from the beginning so I was a little disappointed but the story is worth listening to if this is the genre you like

edge of my seat

fell in love with the characters grin the start. twists and turns that kept me guessing!