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The Five Year Lie

A Domestic Thriller

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The Five Year Lie

Written by: Sarina Bowen
Narrated by: Kathleen Early, Gary Tiedemann, Jason Clarke
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“I devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.”—Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell

“An expertly woven story of love, revenge, and murder. In a world where so many books feel so similarthis was a refreshingly unique read and an addictive blend of love and mystery that I couldn’t put down. This is storytelling at its finest and I can’t recommend this book enough.”—AR Torre, New York Times bestselling author of Every Last Secret

Bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen’s debut thriller, about one woman’s search for the truth after receiving a text from her deceased ex.

She thought it was love. Then he vanished.

On an ordinary Monday morning, Ariel Cafferty's phone buzzes with a disturbing text message. Something’s happened. I need to see you. Meet me under the candelabra tree ASAP. The words would be jarring from anyone, but the sender is the only man she ever loved. And it's been several years since she learned he died.

Seeing Drew’s name pop up is heart-stopping. Ariel’s gut says it can’t be real. But she goes to the tree anyway. She has to.

Nobody shows. But the text upends everything she thought she knew about the day he left her. The more questions she asks, the more sinister the answers get. Only two things are clear: everything she was told five years ago is wrong, and someone is still lying to her.

The truth has to be out there somewhere. To safeguard herself—and her son—she’ll have to find it before it finds her. And with it, the answer to what became of Drew.

For fans of Laura Dave and Julie Clark, but with a heart-stopping romance that only Sarina Bowen can execute, The Five Year Lie is a spine-tingling thriller that will have you guessing until the very end.

©2024 Sarina Bowen (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers
Domestic Thrillers Psychological Suspense Fiction Thriller Heartfelt
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Loved this!

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I went into this book completely blind. I bought this randomly when it was recommended to me on audible and I’m so glad I did.
What a read! This book gave me all the feelings from being on the edge of my seat with suspense, feeling the heart break of lost love, to in tears with a mother just trying to protect her when she’s got nothing left. As a fellow single mama I connected with Ariel and kids have always been my weakness. A mother’s strength to protect her child is incredible.

The narration on this was perfect. Jason Clarke is always a favorite audio narrator of mine and can do no wrong. I could listen to him all day 😍 Kathleen Early did a good job of bringing Ariel to life in my ears.

Am I a little more freaked out about surveillance cameras and this trend of at home cameras, most definitely. But I think that’s part of why I loved this book so much because though we expect them to keep us safe, who is really paying attention to where those videos go and the people who could get access to them.

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Lots of twists

The narration was good, story was good. The overuse of “Baby” was rather annoying. Otherwise I enjoyed it.

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Terrible male narrator

The male voice was so bad it was distracting. Sounded like a cheap radio commercial. The kids voice was bad as well and inconsistent.
Story was dull dragged out much longer than necessary without much content.

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An excellent listen overall

The story was well crafted and paced nicely. I didn't particularly like the male narrator, particularly when performing the love making scenes, when it was just creepy in my opinion.

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Only a few hours in and .....

I will continue to listen to this book, but so far I am finding it slow and the narration is off for all three narrators. They sound like they're just reading a book without any feeling. It feels flat.

With so many good narrators out there I'm surprised that these narrators were picked for this book.

I'll up date when I finish listening. If it gets better, I I will change my rating.

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A good mystery and a tender love story

Very captivating. I didn’t want to put it down and yet I didn’t want it to end either.

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Sarina Bowen’s first thriller

I thought this was a great representation of Sarina Bowen’s writing style putting a toe into another genre.
The back and forth between 5 years ago and now was really effective storytelling. I liked how she lead us to suspect multiple different characters and even in the flashbacks, the reader didn’t know the identity of the bad guys.
Although bad things happen to people in this story, it didn’t read as ‘scary’ more like a ‘who done it’.

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Loved this book

Couldn’t stop listening, kept my interest all the way through! Is been awhile since I found a good book so was excited to have found this one!!!

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Interesting, but predictable.

Warning: the little boy’s voice sounds like Caillou, it’s so bad. It was an easy listen-you know sometimes and abundance of characters and backstories can be complicated on an audiobook, this one is not like that.

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