An Honest Lie

Written by Tarryn Fisher

Narrated by Lauren Fortgang

‘I’m going to kill her. You’d better come if you want to save her.’

Lorraine — ‘Rainy’ — lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote, moody, cloistered in pine trees and fog, it’s a sanctuary, a new life. She can hide from the disturbing past she wants to forget.

If she’s allowed to.

When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls’ weekend in Vegas, she’s prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn’t come back to the hotel room.

And then Rainy gets the text message, sent from Braithe’s phone: someone has her. But Rainy is who they really want, and Rainy knows why.

What follows is a twisted, shocking journey on the knife-edge of life and death. If she wants to save Braithe — and herself — the only way is to step back into the past.

This gut-punch of a thriller can only have sprung from the fiendish brain of Tarryn Fisher, one of the most cunning writers of our time.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperAudio
• Release date: May 4, 2022
• ISBN: 9781867252894

Tarryn Fisher

Tarryn Fisher is the #1 New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of fifteen novels. She is best known for her bestselling novels Never Never, The Wives and The Wrong Family. Born in South Africa, Tarryn now calls Seattle, Washington home, where she resides with her husband and children. She writes primarily in the romance, thriller, and new adult genres and specializes in writing villains.

Reviews for An Honest Lie

[yourotherleft_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Artist Rainy Ives moves from New York City to the Pacific Northwest both to be with her new partner Grant, but also to escape the last tendrils of her dark past. On isolated Tiger Mountain, Rainy struggles to fit in with Grant's friends, a slightly catty group that doesn't easily welcome outsiders. Nonetheless, Rainy manages to cling to the edges of the group. Feeling like she doesn't fit in, she is more than a little surprised when they invite her on a Las Vegas girls' weekend. With some pressure both from the women and from Grant, Rainy finally agrees to go, but, for Rainy, a trip to Las Vegas is more than just an awkward social event, it's a return to the very doorstep of the place that houses her worst memories. When her friend Braithe disappears in Vegas, the only way to save her is for Rainy to slip back into the life that she was so desperate to leave behind.Fisher has penned a page-turning thriller that unfolds in two timelines weaving Rainy's childhood memories with the friends' weekend of light Las Vegas debauchery until the two finally intersect with Braithe's disappearance. Braithe's bizarre behavior leading up to her vanishing adds still another dimension to the mystery. Rainy is a sympathetic character and An Honest Lie is a fast-paced and satisfying story of her finding her strength and the redemption of facing down her childhood demons one last time.

[geauxgetlit · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I enjoy Tarryn Fisher’s fast paced thrillers and An Honest Lie, was another great read for me by her.

I am so fascinated by cults and what could possibly lead them there; however, in this book the reason this mother and daughter showed up was unlike many others. I wasn’t sure what type of cult it was, because it was very similar sounding to many polygamists compounds.
Summer as a child growing up thought her mom was a fool for disrespecting the leader and the man who saved them. However, she soon realizes that may have been a mistake.

Told in two different timelines from Summer’s childhood to now as a renewed version of herself taking a girls trips with her boyfriends friends wives.

[rmarcin-630843 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Rainy has reinvented herself. She is an artist, and lives with her partner, Grant in Washington State, having moved from NYC for him. After a year, she still feels detached from his friends, although they continue to include her. When the women friends ask Rainy to go on their weekend to Las Vegas, she declines, because she has a past that she hasn't shared with Grant, and there are only bad memories for her in Vegas. On this weekend, her friend, Braithe doesn't return to the hotel. Rainy receives a text that someone has Braithe, and it is up to Rainy to save her. Doing so will force Rainy to face the past that she has tried so hard to forget. There are parts of the novel that are tension filled, but I was hoping for more. I find it sad that women can't be friends honestly - without the background shenanigans!

[mrsmommybooknerd7 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

#FirstLine ~ At the end of the highway sat an old town, not completely dead, but on it s last breath.I really enjoyed this book. This is the first book I have read by Fisher and I was really anticipating it because I see her and her books EVERYWHERE! I was not disappointed. It was very engaging and I loved the past/present way the book was laid out. I think that helps to provide breadcrumbs to the reader by providing tiny bits of information throughout. There were very satisfying twist and turns, which added to the fun of this book. I highly recommend this awesome story!!!

[twink_2 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An Honest Lie is Tarryn Fisher's new novel. The title had me taking a second look...I liked the juxtapose of the two words.Rainy has moved to Washington state be with her boyfriend. She's happy with just her own company, but is making an effort to make friends - for Grant's sake more than hers. She reluctantly agrees to go on a Vegas weekend with 'the girls'. Rainy has her reasons to stay out of Vegas, but ultimately goes with them.It is here that Fisher splits her story into a then and now narrative. Then takes us back to young Rainy (aka Summer) who was a member of a cult. Fisher provides us with her own take on cults and their leaders. I do think the whole cult angle has been done so many times that it's hard to come up with anything truly fresh. The now thread amps things up when of the group going missing. Could the two past and present intersect? And how?I did enjoy Rainy as a lead character. She's a survivor, smart and capable. The supporting players in the 'now' are somewhat cliched - it seems there's a mean girl and peer pressure no matter where you go. In this case it's Tara. Again well depicted - you can't help but dislike her. Taured - the leader of the cult - is also written that way. His dialogue, manipulations and actions will infuriate you. As they're meant to do. There are a few 'good' characters, such as Violet.There is indeed a meeting of past and preset, which I will leave for you to discover, so as not to spoil it for you. There are a few plot devices that require the listener to suspend disbelief, but just go with it. As well, I'm not sure the 'my man' thread worked for me.I chose to listen to An Honest Lie. The reader was Lauren Fortgang. She did a great job. She enunciates well and her voice is pleasant to listen to and the pace of speaking was just right. Fortgang has come up with voices that really suit the characters. The voice for Rainy suited her strength. Tara? Oh, the perfect mean girl tone and inflections. And a suitably sinister one for Taured. Fortgang captures the tone of Fisher's book and presents it very well. She captures the action, the emotions and situations of the plot. Her voice has movement, instead of 'just reading'.

[fredamans · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

As with The Wrong Family, the beginning of the book is what I felt I had to push through to keep reading. I'm not a fan of dual timelines, and it's what she seems to love to write. If you keep going past the confusion, you start to understand the story and then it takes this twisted spot inside your brain. You go on this wild, page turning ride of pain and suffering mixed with wanting a fairytale ending, and BAM! I tell you, when I read that last paragraph, I got choked up!!! Yup, I'm psycho or something, but I literally felt the same thing Summer/Rainy felt.So in the end, I loved the story!The beginning is why it's not 5 stars from me. Still, I urge you to read it! It's awesome!4.5/5