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Never Lie

  • 328 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2022
  • 9 editions

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1 About this book

Newlyweds Tricia and Ethan are searching for the house of their dreams. But when they visit the remote manor that once belonged to Dr. Adrienne Hale, a renowned psychiatrist who vanished without a trace four years earlier, a violent winter storm traps them at the estate… with no chance of escape until the blizzard comes to an end.

In search of a book to keep her entertained until the snow abates, Tricia happens upon a secret room. One that contains audio transcripts from every single patient Dr. Hale has ever interviewed. As Tricia listens to the cassette tapes, she learns about the terrifying chain of events leading up to Dr. Hale’s mysterious disappearance.

Tricia plays the tapes one by one, late into the night. With each one, another shocking piece of the puzzle falls into place, and Dr. Adrienne Hale’s web of lies slowly unravels. And then Tricia reaches the final cassette. The one that reveals the entire horrifying truth.

  • Thrillers
  • Mystery
  • Mystery Thriller
  • Crime
  • Psychological Thriller

2 What to expect

A psychological thriller with a snowed-in setting: newlyweds viewing a remote house once owned by a psychiatrist who vanished are trapped there by a blizzard. The story moves between the wife's discovery of the doctor's taped patient sessions and the time before the psychiatrist disappeared. It is short and quick, built on secrets and reversals, with more interest in surprise than in character.

Good for readers who want: a thriller and a mystery.

3 About Freida McFadden

Born 1980

Freida McFadden is a physician who has penned multiple bestselling psychological thrillers and medical humor novels. Freida’s work has been selected as one of Amazon Editors’ best books of the year, she is the winner of the International Thriller Writers Award for best paperback, and she is a Goodreads Choice Award winner. Her novels have been translated into more than 45 languages.

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