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  • The Last Time I Lied

  • A Novel
  • By: Riley Sager
  • Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
  • Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (4,099 ratings)

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The Last Time I Lied

By: Riley Sager
Narrated by: Nicol Zanzarella
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Publisher's summary

In the latest thriller from the best-selling author of Final Girls, a young woman returns to her childhood summer camp to uncover the truth about a tragedy that happened there 15 years ago.

Two Truths and a Lie. The girls played it all the time in their cabin at Camp Nightingale. Vivian, Natalie, Allison, and first-time camper Emma Davis, the youngest of the group. But the games ended the night Emma sleepily watched the others sneak out of the cabin into the darkness. The last she - or anyone - saw of them was Vivian closing the cabin door behind her, hushing Emma with a finger pressed to her lips.

Now a rising star in the New York art scene, Emma turns her past into paintings - massive canvases filled with dark leaves and gnarled branches that cover ghostly shapes in white dresses. When the paintings catch the attention of Francesca Harris-White, the wealthy owner of Camp Nightingale, she implores Emma to return to the newly reopened camp as a painting instructor. Seeing an opportunity to find out what really happened to her friends all those years ago, Emma agrees.

Familiar faces, unchanged cabins, and the same dark lake haunt Nightingale, even though the camp is opening its doors for the first time since the disappearances. Emma is even assigned to the same cabin she slept in as a teenager, but soon discovers a security camera - the only one on the property - pointed directly at its door. Then cryptic clues that Vivian left behind about the camp's twisted origins begin surfacing. As she digs deeper, Emma finds herself sorting through lies from the past while facing mysterious threats in the present. And the closer she gets to the truth about Camp Nightingale and what really happened to those girls, the more she realizes that closure could come at a deadly price.

©2018 Riley Sager (P)2018 Penguin Audio
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Critic reviews

"Narrator Nicol Zanzarella depicts Emma's thoughts gently and in character. Her slow, almost eerie, delivery echoes the suspense of the story. An intimate tone in her voice enhances the listening experience and adds suspense." (AudioFile)

“The author delivers the kind of unpredictable conclusion that all thriller readers crave - utterly shocking yet craftily foreshadowed.” (The New York Times Book Review)

“Sager’s second thriller is as tense and twisty as [his] best-selling Final Girls (2017), but this one is even more polished, with gut-wrenching plot surprises skillfully camouflaged by Emma’s paranoia and confusion, the increasingly creepy setting, and a cast of intriguingly secretive characters.” (Booklist - starred review)

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So good, worth the read

I highly suggest giving this boom a chance it was so good. great shocking ending

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amazing story

This book was a great read! So many twist and turns, it kept you guessing until the end.

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Loved it

I found this book hard to put down. It kept my interest throughout with twists and turns. Just when I thought I knew where the story was going, it went another way. Is Emma crazy after all? Who killed the first set of girls? It didn’t turn out the way I thought. Narrator was excellent. Loved her voice. Loved the story.

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Ending was not expectesd

It would have been better for Emma to have figured out the real story rather than it come to her. Felt like the opportunity for her to pull together the clues was missed. Doesn't seem likely the person involved at the end had to explain their self. Sorry for the vague review but I don't want to spoil the story.

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Loved All of The Twists!

I loved all of the twists throughout the entire book!!! You weren't sure until it is revealed what happened to the missing girls from Dogwood cabin.

I enjoyed the narration. Nicol Zanzarella does a great job of conveying Emma's confusion as she tries to figure out what happened all of those years ago.

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Disappointed

Normally Riley Sager’s books are amazing but this book had all kinds of problems. I really couldn’t identify with the lead and the pacing was too slow for my liking. There were a lot of plot dead ends that seemed quite pointless and overall, it was a pretty painful read.

I gave it 3 stars cause the end was surprising and the premise of the story was interesting. This book had potential, but it read like an early draft that needed polishing. The performance was lackluster too. Kinda breathy and annoying. Don’t bother.

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Ok story, brain candy

If you want a brain candy thriller w not too much gore, it’s a good read. Story is engaging enough. Performance is great.

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Beware Lake Midnight

I absolutely love everything that Riley Sager writes. The suspense is there until the last word in the book. If you love a good, suspenseful mystery I highly recommend this book and any other by this author!

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I love Sager!

Story: This story wasn't as dark as the other two Sager books I read, but I really enjoyed it quite a lot. It wasn't a predictable book for me. Not that I don't like predictable books. I just really enjoy ones that leave me floored and shook. I can't explain it. Sager is really good at making you question everything you think.
Characters: I'm really bad with names and it's been a few days since I finished this book. I really liked the main character a lot. She had some suspicious qualities, but she wasn't really unreliable. At least not in an aggravating way. Her friend at the camp was pretty interesting too. Especially with all of her photography.
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Narration: Full stars! Fully recommend!
Final Thoughts: The more books I read by Sager, the bigger a fan I become. That didn't take much. He was already an impulse by before I even read any of his books! I can't wait to read other books by him!

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OMG !!! I couldn't wait to here more...

The Best of the Best...Wow this is the such a good book.,Can't wait for the next one he writes.

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