The Weight of Lies: A Novel
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| Rating | : | 4.95 (848 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0713YD7ZM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 158 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-02-11 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this gripping, atmospheric family drama, a young woman investigates the forty-year-old murder that inspired her mother's bestselling novel, and uncovers devastating truths - and dangerous lies.Reformed party girl Meg Ashley leads a life of privilege, thanks to a bestselling horror novel her mother wrote decades ago. She's warned to leave it alone, but as the lies pile up, Meg knows she's getting close to finding a murderer. But Meg knows that the glow of their very public life hides a darker reality of lies, manipulation, and the heartbreak o
Become a Kitty Cultist - this is a page turner A page-turner that gets you first with the compelling concept of two books woven together. Meg is ready to boil over with a lifetime of impatience with unsatisfied love in her relationship with her mother when she is confronted with an interesting prospect: the opportunity to write a tell-all. Doing so means that she is compiling facts to unveil the mysteries of her own parentage at the same time that she reads, for the first time, the iconic murder mystery that gained her mother bestselling fame and wealth. For all the . Beth Wade said Gripping from the first to the last. I read this book in Gripping from the first to the last I read this book in 3 days, so that tells you how engaging it is. This thriller mystery had me at page one, where the only thing established is a seriously broken mother/daughter relationship. Meg isn't a character I identify with, but she felt very real- frustrated, drifting, and easy to emotionally manipulate. And that basically was the treatment of every character in the story- none of them were decent people, but they were all incredibly real. And of course, knowing that no one is what they seem only added to the mys. days, so that tells you how engaging it is. This thriller mystery had me at page one, where the only thing established is a seriously broken mother/daughter relationship. Meg isn't a character I identify with, but she felt very real- frustrated, drifting, and easy to emotionally manipulate. And that basically was the treatment of every character in the story- none of them were decent people, but they were all incredibly real. And of course, knowing that no one is what they seem only added to the mys. Southern Gothic at its best! Emily Carpenter has a gift for spinning spooky Southern tales of families gone wrong. THE WEIGHT OF LIES was beautifully (and creepily) crafted.The train wreck of a relationship between Meg and Frances Ashley was hard to look away from, and the snippets of Kitten that were woven into the story made me wish that I could read that in real life.I could not put this book down. The Weight of Lies kept me guessing until the end, and was well worth the night of sleep I lost reading it!