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First Lie Wins

By: Ashley Elston
Narrated by: Saskia Maarleveld
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Summary

The No. 1 New York Times bestseller, Sunday Times Thriller of the Month, and Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick 2024. Soon to be a major TV series.
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You meet a stranger at a party. She looks like you, sounds like you. Even has your name...

Everything she is about to tell them is a lie...

Evie Porter has everything a girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a picket fence, a fun group of friends.

The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist.

First comes the identity. Once she's given a name and location by her employer, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it.

Then the mark: Ryan Sumner.

The last piece of the puzzle is the job. For Evie, this job feels different. Ryan has gotten under her skin and she's started to picture another kind of life for herself - one where her boss doesn't pull the strings. But Evie can't make any mistakes. Because the one thing she's worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to - her real identity - just walked right into this town. A woman, who looks just like her, has stolen her name - and she wants more. As Evie's past begins to catch up with her, can she stay one step ahead to save her future?
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'This has everything you could want in a thriller... I did NOT expect that ending' REESE WITHERSPOON

'The best cat and mouse suspense I've read. I'm still breathless' LISA GARDNER

'I devoured it. Absolutely brilliant' HEIDI PERKS

'Unexpected and pacy. A brilliant central character' HARRIET TYCE

'An absolute CRACKER of a book' RACHEL ABBOTT

'A clever, high-stakes now-you-see-me-now-you-don't thriller' A J FINN

'Clever, twisty, and suspenseful. Kept me on my toes right up to the end' DIANE CHAMBERLAIN

'Gripping. I loved every minute' MARY KUBICA

'Smart, fast-paced and twisty... kept me on the edge of my seat' MEGAN MIRANDA

'Will consume you... I devoured it' JULIE CLARK

'The most suspenseful game of deception I've ever read. Brilliant' ELLE COSIMANO

©2024 Ashley Elston (P)2024 Penguin Audio

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A must read

Right up until the last line I was hooked….so many twists and turns. I don’t want to spoil it but my last thought as it finished was 'wow I didn’t see that coming’!

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Great twist.

One of the best books I’ve read in a long time. Couldn’t stop listening. Great twists that you don’t see coming.

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Gripping, fun and clever

So enjoyable with clever and unpredictable twists and turns throughout. Listened in less than 24 hours! The protagonist is a very likeable antihero.

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Didn’t put it down

Great fast paced cat and mouse kept me guessing and then my jaw dropped when the twists were revealed!

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I wanted to love it…..

It didn’t blow me away. Having heard how amazing it was and seeing the squillions of five star reviews, I expected more. It was okay; okay storyline, good enough narration but was somehow lacking.

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I couldn’t stop listening !

Great listen very unexpected twists and turns. I really enjoyed it. Loved the narration too!

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so many twists

not my usual kind of book but I loved it l. so glad I gave it a go!

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Great twists and turns

Great twists and turns - had me really guessing until the end. Great twists and turns - had me really guessing until the end.

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Disappointing

This started out so well and i thought it was going to be a great story of twists and turns in it. But sadly for me that was not the case it got very silly and so unbelievable. Not sure what the Author was trying to achieve in this book but for me it just got very silly and jumping all over the place trying to build up suspense which in my humble opinion failed.The Narrator did an ok job with trying to build up suspense again i don't think this Author is for me .

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Lots of twists

Narrator was great story had lots of twists and turns but also quite predictable. Main character well developed and likeable.

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