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The Lies He Told: A Gripping Psychological Suspense Kindle Edition

by Valerie Keogh (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 876 ratings
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One cheating man. Four angry women. One crime of passion. “A gripping and very entertaining” thriller from the bestselling author of The Perfect Life (Once Upon a Time Book Review).

Successful Misty is happy living with her perfect boyfriend until he tells her he is leaving.

Elegant Gwen is excited about the new man in her life until she discovers he’s been lying to her.

Angry Babs has the love of her life lured away, first by Misty then by Gwen, and she wants revenge.

Long-suffering Dee is a wife who takes her wandering husband back every single time.

When the lives of these four women collide, the results are deadly.

One thing is for certain, the consequences of lying will be murder . . .
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Valerie Keogh was born in Dublin, qualified as a nurse and then studied English in University College Dublin gaining a BA in English and a Masters in American Literature. She moved to the UK several years ago where she lives with her husband, Robert, and cat, Fatty Arbuckle. She enjoys writing both crime and psychological thrillers. When she’s not writing, Valerie loves to travel. You can follow Valerie on Twitter: @ValerieKeogh1 Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/valeriekeoghnovels/

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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B09C6LQDPT
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Bloodhound Books (July 26, 2021)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 26, 2021
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1569 KB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 282 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 876 ratings

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Valerie Keogh

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Valerie Keogh is the best-selling author of The Nurse. She lives in Wiltshire with her husband and a huge black cat, Fatty Arbuckle. She grew up reading Agatha Christie and initially wrote crime novels - she now writes psychological thrillers.

The Little Lies was shortlisted for the Crime Fiction Lovers Award 2021

Valerie has a BA in English and an MA in American Literature.

She is currently published with Boldwood Books.

Order of publication:

Deadly Sleep (2016)

Twisted Power (2016)

Bitter Business (2017)

Wicked Secret (2018)

Secrets Between Us (2018)

The Housewife 2019

The Dublin Murder Mysteries (2020)

The Three Women (2020)

The Perfect Life (2020)

The Little Lies (2020)

The Lies He Told (2021)

The Couple in the Photograph (2021)

A Taste of Deceit (2022)

The Lodger (2022)

The Widow (2022)

The Trophy Wife (2023)

The Librarian (2023)

The Nurse (2023)

The Lawyer (2023) (previously published as The Deadly Truth)

The Housekeeper (2023)

The Mistress (2024)

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4.2 out of 5 stars
4.2 out of 5
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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Suspenseful and Clever
Reviewed in the United States on January 7, 2023
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An epic page turner that doesn’t disappoint. 4 angry women versus a lying con artist. Highly suspenseful and clever, with stunning twists and revelations. Looking forward to reading more from this author.
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Janet
4.0 out of 5 stars do not lie
Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022
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Great book and would recommend . This story had me guessing a lot. Thought I had it all figured out, but not until the very end was the truth told!!
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VALERIE REDD
5.0 out of 5 stars Eye-popping, twisted narrative that I could not put down!!
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2023
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One of the best psycho thrillers I've read. I enjoyed that it had NO gross, violent, vulgar language, but kept my🤗 attention from cover to cover.
Congrats to Ms. Keogh!!!
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Pheadra Farah
3.0 out of 5 stars Okay
Reviewed in the United States on January 18, 2022
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This was an okay read but could have been much better as the premise for a great story was there.
Toby is a gigolo. He has been married to Dee for 20 years and been faithfully unfaithful to her for as long as she can remember. He chooses his mistresses based solely on the financial gain he stands to benefit from them. In each instance he leaves his wife and daughter and moves in with the lady of the moment but gives his wife the contact number of where he is staying. Bizarre!
In this tale there are besides the investigating police duo, 4 main female characters- Dee, plus three of Toby's mistresses. Babs, Misty and Gwen all suffer because of Toby's outrageous behaviour but also because they are willing doormats. Unfortunately all 4 women come across as decidedly stupid which lost the story a star. The ending was also unlikely, which lost it a further star. 3 stars
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JAGs Mom
5.0 out of 5 stars Got me going backwards!!
Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2021
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I really loved reading this book. I was hooked early, and I love when something happens that makes me go backwards in the book, assuming I did not remember it correctly!! The different POV from each woman was great. Wish there had been 1 or 2 from victim's perspective, just to confirm just how shallow actually were!!! Thank you for this wonderful experience
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4.0 out of 5 stars A Crime of Passion
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2021
THE LIES HE TOLD is a cozy crime novel by Valerie Keogh.

A crime of passion. One cheating man. Four angry women.

Toby had been living with his girlfriend, Misty, a bestselling author, at her house for the last three months. Then out of the blue he tells her he doesn’t love her anymore, and is leaving. Misty with her approaching deadlines, long hours and time apart, had thought he understood the requirements and demands of her job. They had met at a publicity affair and five weeks later he moved in with her. So now Misty is single and alone again. Her sisters are happy that they had broken up. Misty and Toby had been happy together…her money …and his style.

Babs, a physiotherapist and Toby’s ex-girlfriend of six months, shows up at Misty’s and assaulted her after the love of her life had been lured away by Misty. Toby had told Misty that Babs is “emotionally fragile”.

Then another woman, Gwen, a wealthy owner of an art gallery, shows up at Misty’s, looking for Toby, who never showed up at her place. Gwen had known him for two weeks. Toby told Gwen he was living with his sister, so spent his days with Gwen, while she was writing and returned back to Misty in the evenings.

All three women brought in a good salary.

Toby was charismatic, sexy…but a taker …a con artist who liked to live the rich life on other people’s money.

But then Toby’s wife, Dee reported him missing. They had been separated for the last year but still stayed in daily contact.

Toby had lied to all the women in his life.

One thing is for certain, the consequences of lying will be murder…

This well-written novel is packed with lots of twists and turns, with a brilliant ending.

Many thanks to the author and Bloodhound Books for my digital copy.
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Jen Bakes
5.0 out of 5 stars Sleep-aide Read
Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2021
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Perfect read for bedtime when you need a few pages to knock you out… nothing very interesting or exciting…but okay enough to plow through as a sleep inducer til you’ve finished it and won’t remember a thing about plot or characters.
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Alice Shrewsberry
3.0 out of 5 stars Reads slot say
Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2021
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A good mystery slow moving ..but it had unexpected twist and turns . And, since it was free on kindle it’s a good deal
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Hannah Sian
5.0 out of 5 stars Yet another amazing read!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 11, 2023
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Loved everything about this book! Poor Misty. Lots of twists and turns and I couldn't wait to read more every night before bed! Onto the next! 10/10 as always
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Peter Dare
4.0 out of 5 stars Upwardly Mobile
Reviewed in Spain on August 6, 2021
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A man becomes romantically involved with a number of women. He moves from one to another when he seas an opportunity for a richer target. This leads to old flames with jealous tendencies and regrets wanting revenge for the humiliation caused. I enjoyed the story but could have done with less of the descriptions of breakfasts and coffee etc.
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marg mc
5.0 out of 5 stars Page turner
Reviewed in Australia on January 18, 2023
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I loved this book
Loved everything about it, a great read.
My favourite so far of this author. Great characters
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Gretchen
4.0 out of 5 stars lies he told
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2021
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The lies he told was such a great book to read full of twists and a fun who done it
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5.0 out of 5 stars The lies he told
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2023
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Wow Valerie Keogh continues to impress with yet another page turning thriller!
Highly recommend this sensational author. As I complete each book I purchase the next!
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