None of this is True - Lisa Jewell

Description

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The nail-biting suspense from the addictive number one bestselling author.

'Twisty twisty twisty' Emily Henry
'A moody, slippery novel' Gillian McAllister
'A pitch-black fever dream of a novel' Ruth Ware
'One hundred percent brilliant' Clare Mackintosh
'Gloriously dark' Lucy Foley
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Celebrating her 45th birthday at her local pub, podcaster Alix Summers crosses paths with an unassuming woman called Josie Fair. Josie is also celebrating her 45th birthday. They are, in fact birthday twins.

A few days later, Alix and Josie bump into each other again, this time outside Alix's children's school. Josie has been listening to Alix's podcasts and thinks she might be an interesting subject for Alix's series. She is, she tells Alix, on the cusp of great changes in her life.

Alix agrees to a trial interview. Josie's life appears to be strange and complicated, and although Alix finds her unsettling, she can't quite resist the temptation to keep digging.

Slowly Alix starts to realise that Josie has been hiding some very dark secrets, and before she knows it Josie has inveigled her way into Alix's life - and into her home.

Soon she begins to wonder who is Josie Fair? And what has she done?

Review

I'm still reeling from this book.

I was drawn into this book from the first pages and never wanted to stop reading. Although a little like car crash tv at times I didn't want to know - but I did!

All kinds of things were racing through my mind as Josie and Alix both celebrating their 45th birthdays separately in a restaurant find out they are birthday twins. Not only are they both 45 but they were in fact born on the same day, in the same hospital.

Later on Josie puts herself forward as a subject for Alix's podcast and Alix agrees to the idea. In parts the story is told through the podcast and partly through a Netflix documentary, we gain glimpses of what happens next. This only made it all the more madly intriguing and resulted in me finishing this book within 24 hours.

As the story progresses and Josie worms her way into Alix's life it began to feel a little claustrophobic. What would you do in this situation? Just as I was fearing the worst it seems as if all is going to be ok and then the twists and turns begin.

I'm giving this book a solid 5 out of 5 stars. My thanks to netgalley for the ARC to review.

This book will be released on 20 July 2023.

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