An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher
An Honest Lie
Thriller
Graydone House
April 26, 2022
Kindle, Audio, Paperback, Hard Cover
“I’m going to kill her. You’d better come if you want to save her.” Lorraine—“Rainy”—lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote, moody, cloistered in pine trees and fog, it’s a sanctuary, a new life. She can hide from the disturbing past she wants to forget. If she’s allowed to. When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls’ weekend in Vegas, she’s prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn’t come back to the hotel room. And then Rainy gets the text message, sent from Braithe’s phone: someone has her. But Rainy is who they really want, and Rainy knows why. What follows is a twisted, shocking journey on the knife-edge of life and death. If she wants to save Braithe—and herself—the only way is to step back into the past. This seething, gut-punch of a thriller can only have sprung from the fiendish brain of Tarryn Fisher, one of the most cunning writers of our time. Looking for more great reads by Tarryn Fisher? Don't miss The Wives and The Wrong Family.
An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher
A suspenseful psychological thriller that is nothing short of stunning. With equal parts harrowing and frightful, and a deep psychological dive into a metamorphosis of a survivor.
As it is a difficult premise a reviewer can find themselves in. When they feel so deeply for a book they just finished. I will do my best to explain the artistry that is Tarryn Fisher’s An Honest Lie.
In the beginning there were a group of gals landing in sunny Las Vegas…
Rainy is set to go on a trip with what one might call the Real House Wives of Tiger Mountain. A group of women she has had to play nice with for over a year now. Rainy has relocated from New York to live with her current boyfriend Grant in Tiger Mountain. Because this group has known each other for years, Rainy understands she must play nice, keep her head low, while the prying eyes of the gal group analyze her every word and actions.
After great hesitation on Rainy’s end she agrees to go on a trip to Vegas with the bunch. Her attempt to truly show that she wants to anchor in what her and Grant are developing, and become a permanent fixture in this future they are building together. But what originally caused Rainy to hesitate and initially reject the girls trip invite was a deep rooted and gruesome past that she ran from in the very city of Las Vegas a lifetime ago.
A thriller that insights an inward glance at religion and control.
As the synopsis explains, Rainy finds herself on a mission that took over the fun girls trip. She must save one of the women in the trip, Braithe. In exchanging her own life for Braithe’s, Rainy must take full control of her past trauma. Push through the debilitating and haunting mindsets many survivors face and win. Facing the difficult task as a cult survivor that endured years of mental abuse is no easy feat.
Penning a feminist letter for all survivors.
An Honest Lie carries a burden that can be shocking and horrific to most. Tarryn Fisher has never shied away from guttural stories that insight self reflection. Once one can read through the twist and turns that honestly made me keep some lights on at night. The heaviness that is trauma, in all shapes and sizes that it comes in. That weight is carried by Rainy in this book. In a way I can see the allegory in this and it is an astonishing tale. Tarryn tipping her hat to the many woman who have gone through, are dealing with, past abuse. These woman in stories have always been Fisher’s muse. That perseverance ignites her and she spilled all that inspiration sublimely in An Honest Lie.
An Honest Lie by Tarryn Fisher is a true suspenseful psychological thriller. The enumerated details and complex plot made for a vivid scene in my mind. This is for thriller fans that like an intense plot and like the exploration of complicated female relationship.
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Carla is a born-again bookworm originally from Puerto Rico. Becoming a mom is what drove her back into the love of reading. Starting with the love of Romance books but now she enjoys any epic tales that are well written. She’s a mom of three, a wife, and resides in Central Florida. Hurricane news doesn’t scare her but finding out a second book in a series doesn’t come out for another year will send her into a real panic. Sending her chocolate and another great book works best to support her through such times.
