The Last Lie: The gripping must-read psychological crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author
The Last Lie: The gripping must-read psychological crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author book cover

The Last Lie: The gripping must-read psychological crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Paperback – December 31, 2018

Price
$12.99
Format
Paperback
Pages
368
Publisher
HarperCollins
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-0008295127
Dimensions
1 x 5 x 7.7 inches
Weight
8 ounces

Description

‘A lip-smackingly twisted tale’ Heat ‘A tense and twisty domestic noir that oozes with intrigue. Perfect for devouring in one sitting’ Woman and Home Praise for Alex Lake: ‘A thoroughly entertaining, gripping read’ Cass Green, bestselling author of In a Cottage In a Wood ‘The very definition of a page-turner…a fast-paced, thrilling race to the end. Loved it.’ Sam Carrington, bestselling author of Saving Sophie ‘You’ll find it hard to fall asleep when the lights go out’ Evening Standard ‘A nail-biting psychological thriller … maintains high suspense to the very end’ Publishers Weekly ‘A fast-paced and highly suspenseful read that will leave readers looking over their shoulders’ RT Book Reviews ‘Superbly crafted…will keep you up all night’ Liz Loves Books ‘One of the best psychological thrillers I have read this year’ Rachel’s Random Reads ‘If I could only choose one word to describe this book, it would be WOW’ Novel Kicks ‘Very creepy indeed’ I Read Novels ‘Life is a frightening place in the world of Copycat’ For Winter Nights ‘Will have your pulse racing and your nerves frayed’ If In Doubt Read ‘Fabulous stuff!’ Northern Crime ‘Keeps you guessing with lots of twists and turns until the very last page’ Reading, Willing & Able ‘A brilliant, tense read’ Grab This Book ‘Hugely addictive, tense and chilling right from the first page, this is a fast-paced, edge-of-your seat reading from beginning to end’ Cosy Books ‘A highly recommended read for lovers of thrillers and mystery readers alike’ Booky Ramblings of a Neurotic Mom ‘To say that this novel is creepy is to underestimate the term, 'creepy'’ Jaffa Reads Too ‘I honestly loved every page’ Girl Vs Books ‘I really enjoyed this thriller and would definitely say it’s one to look out for’ Bookbum ‘A novel that gripped me from its opening paragraph … It certainly had me wanting more … An excellent novel’ The Welsh Librarian Book Description The gripping must-read psychological crime thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Alex Lake is a British novelist who was born in the North West of England. After Anna the author’s first novel written under this pseudonym, was a No.1 bestselling ebook sensation and a top ten Sunday Times bestseller. The author now lives in the North East of the US. Read more

Features & Highlights

  • The twisty psychological thriller from the
  • Sunday Times
  • bestselling author of
  • After Anna
  • and
  • Seven Days
  • Everyone lies…but some lies are deadly.
  • For Claire Daniels, life is good. She has everything she’s ever wanted – a career she loves, friends she can rely on and a husband who dotes on her. All she needs is to start a family of her own and things will be even better than good.
  • They’ll be perfect.
  • For Alfie, it couldn’t be more different. His life with Claire is built on a lie. A
  • lot
  • of lies. And she can never find out.
  • Because Alfie has plans for her. Plans which must never come to light. But lies have a way of taking on a life of their own, and when his do, the consequences threaten to destroy
  • everything
  • .
  • For him
  • and
  • Claire.
  • What readers are saying about
  • The Last Lie
  • ‘One of those books that
  • once you start you don't stop
  • ‘From the first page
  • I was completely hooked
  • ‘A wonderful
  • twist
  • ‘Absolutely
  • brilliant
  • from the start to the finish’
  • ‘The
  • characters are fantastic
  • ‘A
  • page-turner
  • extraordinaire;
  • ‘Totally
  • addictive
  • ‘I was
  • waiting with baited breath
  • wondering how it would end’
  • ‘A
  • compelling
  • narrative that keeps the reader turning the pages’
  • I could not put it down

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

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Most Helpful Reviews

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☆ THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS ☆

After 3 years of marriage to Alfie, Claire wanted to start a family. What she didn't know was that her husband had had a vasectomy. He had no intention of having children. They were the last thing he wanted. He'd had it done a year after they married, when she started talking about having kids. He didn't want her to find out. But, when she went to see a fertility specialist & discovered that there was no problem with her fertility, the doctor suggested that she should ask her husband to come in & have his sperm tested. Thinking Alfie would be on board, she scheduled an appointment for him to see the doctor. Uh, oh! The doctor would see his vasectomy scar & he would be screwed.

Claire lost her mum, when she was a teen. After her mum died, her dad spoiled her with extravagant gifts; a house, expensive vacations & a Range Rover. Alfie fell in love with the life she offered him. It was a life he could get no other way. He was a master opportunist. Her money changed everything. People looked at him differently, saw success, gave him respect. Before he met Claire, he drifted from job to job & from town to town, getting by on the proceeds from petty crime & the occasional more serious infraction. For a while, he stole from blind people who were easy to mug.

He underestimated just how much he would grow to hate Claire. Since the day he met her, he'd found Claire irritating but he'd assumed he could put up with it. The irritation had become dislike & the dislike had become hatred. When he was with her, he would pretend to be a loyal, faithful husband. And, when she wasn't around, he was up to no good.

He established a fake email address, a fake identity & a fake profile and went on hook-up websites looking for casual sexual partners. He had an affair with a woman who found out his true identity so he strangled her & threw her body in an abandoned quarry, full of water & very deep. He planned to do the same to Claire. But, things didn't go as planned.

Claire realized the man she loved had been lying to her. She had been so totally fooled. The humiliation, the disbelief - she felt nothing but rage. She found out that her husband had been cheating on her & that he had killed one of the women he'd been sleeping with. He'd been lying to her, since the day they met. Their marriage was a sham. But, in the end, she beat him at his own game & walked away free to have the life she wanted.
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Great Read

This book is told from the two different perspectives of a marriage. His of convenience and hers of tradition and love. Alfie grows to hate Claire so much that his commentary is hilarious.
This book is worth the read just for his observations alone. I found myself laughing out loud!
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Get an editor

Read online and found that I could not care about any of the characters towards the end whatsoever ever….it was mind numbing just end it. Where were your reviewers and editor? Good start and it fell apart…..
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Repetitive

This is the first book that I’ve read by this author that drags on.
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When people use lies, greed and manipulation in a relationship it always ends badly.

Very interesting story. It is easy to read and the author keeps you want to read more to find out "who dun it"
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WOW. Good book

This book was awesome. Couldn't put it down. Best thriller I've read in a long time.
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Boring

Not that good.
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Great book!

Couldn’t pit it down!
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Page Turner!

This is my first experience reading this author, and what a great one! This book was gripping from the first page and flowed very well. Wonderful, if not entirely realistic, story of revenge. It is a bit reminiscent of Behind Closed Doors and Gone Girl. The ending is not a “shock” or “twist” as is the trend of many domestic thrillers, but that was okay with me. I enjoyed the story even though I guessed the outcome. Great read!
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Suspenseful

Great read