A review by whenimreading
Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

adventurous dark funny mysterious fast-paced

5.0

What if the truth doesn’t matter?

It’s been five years since the mysterious murder of Savannah ‘Savvy’ Harper. Lucy is found with bruises and Savvy’s blood on her dress and absolutely no recollection of the night’s events. Most of the town of Plumpton, Texas assumes Lucy killed Savvy after a fight, but without a murder weapon and enough evidence, the case is never solved. Until a crime Podcast ran by Ben Owens shines new light on Savvy’s death. Resigned to be found guilty, Lucy comes back to town and slowly unravels what exactly happened that night. 

This was such a fun ride, great mystery and witty writing. I really liked Lucy from that first chapter, silly and funny in that morbid humor way. Lucy’s internal monologue was really hilarious at times, the quick jokes and dark humor are a plenty!

All the different characters and fast paced chapters made this book, and the mystery, a huge page turner. I’m usually a big fan of the podcast plot, as well as true crime documentaries so this definitely checks those boxes. While some may find this theme overdone or too predictable, I did not see that in this debut - it was just the right amount of crime to mystery ratio, and I think many people will binge this book just like I did!

Thank you to Netgalley and Celadon Books for the review copy.