THE NIGHT SHE LIED
BY LUCY DAWSON
NARRATED BY RACHEL ATKINS
Published: 16th November 2023
BOLINDA AUDIO
Every family has secrets. Would you kill to keep yours?
It’s midnight in the hospital when Jude’s phone rings, interrupting her precious 15-minute break. When she sees it’s her 70-year-old mother, Margaret, she braces herself for the usual complaints. But her blood runs cold at four words that will change everything … ‘something terrible has happened.’
Margaret has been accused of an unspeakable crime committed 20 years ago. She insists she’s not guilty, and begs Jude to help her prove it. But as Jude is drawn into the dark secrets of her family’s past, she starts to question whether her mother is really as innocent as she claims to be.
Soon, Jude realises what happened 20 years ago is more entangled with her own life than she could ever have imagined. And as she stands face-to-face with her mother’s accuser, she knows the cost of protecting her family will be someone else’s life …
I’ve included the whole synopsis here because this is what made me want to listen to this audiobook. It sounded so promising, and I’m all for a slow burner, but this seemed to contain lots of chapters that didn’t really go anywhere.
Margaret was well written as a thoroughly unlikeable character, but why the more affable Jude put up with her, I have no idea!
The narration was a saving grace, which kept me listening for far longer than I would have otherwise.
*Thanks to Bolinda Audio, Lucy Dawson and NetGalley for providing the audiobook; this is my unbiased review.
3 / 5
A slow burner that didn’t quite turn into a flame