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Sometimes I Lie: A psychological thriller with a killer twist you'll never forget
Alice Feeney
‘Marvellous’ A. J. Finn’A bold and original voice’ Clare Mackintosh‘A brilliant thriller’ Ali LandMy name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me.1. I’m in a coma2. My husband doesn’t love me any more3. Sometimes I lieUnnerving, twisted and utterly compelling, you won’t be able to put this thriller down. Perfect for fans of Behind Closed Doors, The Girl on the Train and The Woman in the Window.
ALICE FEENEY is a writer and journalist. She spent 16 years at the BBC, where she worked as a reporter, news editor, Arts and Entertainment producer and One O’clock News producer.
Alice is a Faber Academy graduate from the class of 2016. She has lived in London and Sydney and has now settled in the Surrey countryside, where she lives with her husband and dog.
Sometimes I Lie is her debut thriller and is being published around the world in 2017.
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First published in Great Britain by HQ in 2017
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Ebook Edition © March 2017 ISBN: 9780008225360
Version: 2018-06-28
For my Daniel. And for her.
My name is Amber Reynolds. There are three things you should know about me:
1. I’m in a coma.
2. My husband doesn’t love me any more.
3. Sometimes I lie.
Contents
Cover (#ufd6d8fe8-d31e-5018-9962-698095000a6b)
About the Author (#uf30e591f-3fd1-53a0-b356-d9774fadd24e)
Title Page (#u0807bb62-ef06-5833-ac22-92ddce46dd51)
Dedication (#ue8af51ff-6926-56dc-9f27-d0c2bec8d2dd)
Now: Boxing Day, December 2016 (#ulink_ec989aaf-d8f6-5713-9045-dd1627493aeb)
Then: One week earlier – Monday, 19th December 2016 (#ulink_8a1fc797-2c07-5f4a-bf4e-1544c55ea4fe)
Now: Boxing Day, December 2016 (#ulink_cc5c86ad-03b6-5199-be32-863eea1b279a)
Then: Monday, 19th December 2016 – Afternoon (#ulink_4ac9cbc1-085f-57b0-89a5-7d944592bc33)
Now: Boxing Day, December 2016 – Evening (#ulink_78bda4c6-7a65-5ed6-8e4a-74f837e6f1dd)
Then: Monday, 19th December 2016 – Evening
Before: Monday, 16th September 1991
Now: Tuesday, 27th December 2016
Then: Tuesday, 20th December 2016 – Morning
Before: Thursday, 24th October 1991
Then: Tuesday, 20th December – Afternoon
Now: Wednesday, 28th December 2016 – Morning
Then: Tuesday, 20th December 2016 – Evening
Before: Wednesday, 13th November 1991
Now: Wednesday, 28th December 2016
Then: Wednesday, 21st December 2016 – Morning
Before: Saturday, 7th December 1991
Now: Thursday, 29th December 2016
Then: Wednesday, 21st December 2016 – Afternoon
Before: Saturday, 14th December 1991
Now: Thursday, 29th December 2016
Then: Thursday, 22nd December 2016 – Morning
Then: Thursday, 22nd December 2016 – Morning
Before: Easter Sunday, 1992
Now: Thursday, 29th December 2016
Then: Thursday, 22nd December 2016 – Evening
Before: Wednesday, 14th October 1992
Now: Friday, 30th December 2016
Then: Friday, 23rd December 2016 – Morning
Before: Friday, 30th October 1992
Now: Friday, 30th December 2016
Then: Friday, 23rd December 2016 – Afternoon
Before: Friday, 11th December 1992
Now: Friday, 30th December 2016
Then: Friday, 23rd December 2016 – Late Afternoon
Then: Friday, 23rd December 2016 – Early Evening
Before: Tuesday, 15th December 1992
Now: New Year’s Eve, 2016
Then: Friday 23rd December 2016 – Evening
Before: Friday, 18th December 1992
Now: New Year’s Eve, 2016
Then: Christmas Eve 2016 – Morning
Then: Christmas Eve 2016 – Lunchtime
Before: Saturday, 19th December 1992
Now: New Year’s Eve, 2016
Then: Christmas Eve 2016 – Afternoon
Before: Monday, 21st December 1992
Now: New Year’s Eve, 2016
Then: Christmas Eve, 2016
Before: Christmas Eve, 1992
Then: Christmas Eve, 2016
Now: New Year’s Eve, 2016
Now: New Year’s Eve, 2016
Then: Christmas Day, 2016
Then: Christmas Day, 2016 – Early Evening
Before: Thursday, 7th January 1993
Now: Monday, 2nd January 2017
Then: Christmas Day, 2016 – Early Evening
Now: Tuesday, 3rd January, 2017
Then: Christmas Day 2016 – Evening
Now: Tuesday, 3rd January 2017
Before: Sunday, 14th February 1993
Then: Christmas Day, 2016 – Night
Now: Tuesday, 3rd January 2017
After: Six Weeks Later 15th February 2017
After: Wednesday, 15th February 2017 – 04.00
Later: Spring 2017
Acknowledgements
Reading Group Questions
Extract (#u61ed6e08-f1ae-5777-9c56-a3f84c5e8ae9)
Copyright (#ulink_75eb7d02-8182-5139-a355-d85bff209aa8)
Now (#ulink_6ce802d8-8a75-588b-80f7-09697ebb4131)
Boxing Day, December 2016 (#ulink_6ce802d8-8a75-588b-80f7-09697ebb4131)
