This works better as commercial women’s fiction than as a thriller. The dead body doesn’t reenter the story until the end.

Wise skillfully fleshes out the three women as they go about their day-to-day lives, but she does little to develop the suspense. Meanwhile, Riki McFarlan develops feelings for Brandon, even though she has a boyfriend and struggles with her teaching job at a private school. With the financial burdens the family faces while Brandon tries to make ends meet as a bartender, Embry doesn’t want to reveal to Brandon that she’s once again pregnant. L Lie, Lie Again by Stacy Wise M Murder in The Reading Room (Book Retreat Mystery 5) by Ellery Adams N (The) Name of the Star (Shades of London, 1) by Maureen Johnson O One Last Breath ( Tara Mills Myster-Book Two) by Sarah Sutton P Puzzled 2020 by Ruth Q The Big Question (Hank the Cowdog, 60) by John R. Embry Taylor is a devoted wife to her struggling aspiring actor husband, Brandon, and mother of two. The tale is replete with domestic and relationship drama, but imbued with aspects of psychological thrillers, especially concerning Sylvia and her behavior. Sylvia Webb, a marketing professional, has a charming boyfriend she wants to have a child with, but he doesn’t seem to be over his ex-girlfriend. Lie, Lie Again is a fast-paced and engrossing tale that defies categorization in one specific genre. If they had said, “Oh, you’re going to that barn over there,” that would have been a much better indicator of “OK, this is where we need to be” versus us looking through the town part when it was more like in the country area.This disappointing standalone from Wise ( Maybe Someone Like You) opens with three young women staring at a body lying at the bottom of the stairs of their Southern California apartment complex. I feel like if we would have known that we were looking for a barn or a stable, that would have made it easier, but it was very hard for us to understand the locals and where we were going, let alone what we were looking for. And there is a language barrier and, I’ve said this before, I don’t feel like we even knew what we were looking for, specifically. Slow and steady wins the race and I always believe that’s true, because when you’re trying to get directions from somebody, they rattle it off and then you’re like, “OK, thanks!” and then you run off and I felt like a lot of times we were doing that and we didn’t really retain the information or didn’t really fully understand what they’d even said and that causes you to go find another person. I think a lot can be said for slow and steady. Kerri: But I think a big thing for us is that when you’re racing, you’re racing and rushing.

Lie lie again by stacy wise