Beautiful Lies

The book this week is called Beautiful Lies by Lisa Unger.  It is about a woman named Ridley Jones in her early 30’s. She is a journalist in New York and lives a privileged live; her father is a pediatrician and her mother is a busy stay-at-home mom. The only flaw to her family was her older druggie brother.  If she had slept in for just 10 minutes longer, her life would still be perfect. But she saves a little boy from getting hit by a car that changes everything.  A photographer filmed the whole event turning Ridley Jones into a media celebrity; her face was even on CNN.  Once everything dies down, she receives a package on her doorstep with a picture of a woman that looks like her holding a small baby and a note that says “Are you my daughter?” Curious, she asks her parents about it and they act like she’s foolish.  She then meets Jake, the metal sculptor that just moved in upstairs, she tells him about the note and picture because she feels like she can trust him. But can she?
  
 The next day, she finds another note. This time it says “They Lied.” Now she’s even more curious and can’t let all of this go.  Her parents and her ex boyfriend Zack tell her to drop it but she knows she just can’t.  After she witnesses a murder she has no choice but to follow everything that is happening and find out what is going on. The whole book leads her to new discoveries about her life and the people in her life. The small things Ridley ignored in the past now have an entirely different meaning. I’m sure the ending will surprise everyone. It did me.
 

Here is a small excerpt of the first chapter from Barnes & Noble:

"Ridley, please, don't do this." The voice echoes in the dark and comes from up above me. "We can work this out."

I don't answer. I know it's a trick. Nothing about this can be worked out now; we're all too far gone. There have been plenty of chances to close my eyes and go back to the sleep of my life as it was, but I haven't taken any of them. Do I wish now that I had? It's hard to answer that question, as the wraiths move closer.

"Six," he whispers.

"What?"

"You have six bullets left."

This book is a romantic thriller that will keep anyone on his or her toes.  It is described as a “nail-biter” and that’s definitely true.  The cons are :

• that it is predictable
• explicit

The pros are :

• that it will keep you interested
• it is exciting to read. 

You can buy the book here.

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