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The Lying Game

By: Ruth Ware
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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How much can you trust your friends?

The text message is just three words: I need you.

Isa Leigh drops everything, packs up her baby daughter and heads straight to Salten, where she and her three best friends attended prestigious boarding school Salten House. Only Kate still lives in the area, at the crumbling Tide Mill she inherited when her disgraced art tutor father vanished when she was just 17.

Each of the women is running from something, from an act that has haunted them for many years but which they have tried their best to bury: in work, in alcohol, in family, faith and routine. At school together, the girls used to play a game - the lying game - in which they competed to tell the most outrageous stories to fool tourists. But for some, did the boundaries between fact and fantasy become too blurred? And how much can you trust one another?

©2017 Ruth Ware (P)2017 Random House Audiobooks Crime Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Crime Game Exciting

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I expected a thriller, therefore action, speed etc. There is none here. A lot of self-analysis instead, a lot of inside thoughts, not vey bright. Maybe some readers like that but I don't. Ware's Woman of the cabin 10 is way better.

This is not a thriller

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes i would, its an easy read but with a good story

What does Imogen Church bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

she is a great narrator and every character she does is recreated very well throughout.

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

no

a page turner

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The narrator was fantastic and the story was amazing. Absolutely loved it, can't recommend enough!

Great

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These books are amazing! They keep you gripped from start to finish! Couldn't recommend this author enough!

Brilliant as usual!

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A good well written book with a couple of nice twists, some obvious clues which made me guess a couple of them but doesn't spoil the book. Resolves well by the end.
Narrator is excellent, clear speech and good accents which make it clear who is speaking.

A good listen

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Another brilliant story. A book about friendship, human fragility and forgiveness. I’ve listened to all of your books and I wait with anticipation for your next one. . .

Keep writing Ms Ruth Ware please

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Overall enjoyed the book, could have been shorter, an awful lot of backstory and it doesn't really get going until the last hour or so. Liked the character developments throughout though.

Takes a long time to get going

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My favourite narrator so I’m going to listen to anything with her. Ruth Ware is so good that one of her books not up to the standard of The Turn Of The Key is still a book well worth a listen.

Ruth Ware and Imogen Church my favourite pair on Audible

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loved this book great story from begining to end loved the characters felt like I was there would highly recommend

great book

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A good story, original and engaging. A little too drawn out in places and read too slowly by the narrator but I will listen to more by this author for sure.

Original and engaging story

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