The Night She Lied by Lucy Dawson

 The Night She Lied by Lucy Dawson-psychological thriller

Jude is a nurse who is working permanent nights due to her inability at the moment to sleep normally. At a café she meets Rik who also is a night owl, working from home, something to do with IT. Jude’s Mother Margaret calls her saying something is dreadfully wrong and hangs up which leaves Jude understandably worried. It turns out to be nothing, but leads into something more. Margaret has been accused of a historical sexual crime- an assault and cruelty of a groom from many years ago. Margaret insists to Jude that she is innocent and wants her to intervene to try and get the man to drop the case. Jude accidentally discovers the man involved is Rik, or Richard as he once was. When one thing leads to another both women are up to their necks in the situation. Can they prove their innocence and will Margaret's trump card come to light if it even real?

OMG! A read that suddenly grabbed me and made me think what on earth? An innocent woman seemingly doing her best for her mother is swept up and dragged along without knowing the full story as her mother is difficult to say the least and has only ever told Jude (and others) what puts her in a good light, something some of us can perhaps relate to. One sentence stuck with me “ a mother should make you feel safe”, sadly not always the case. A drama ending in a court case, which could irreparably change someone's life. A thrilling, gripping read I thoroughly enjoyed.

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Every family has secrets. Would you kill to keep yours?

It’s midnight in the hospital when Jude’s phone rings, interrupting her precious fifteen-minute break. When she sees it’s her seventy-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 twenty 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 twenty 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...

From bestselling author Lucy Dawson comes an insanely compelling page-turner perfect for anyone who tore through The Family Upstairs and Gone Girl.

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Author Bio:

Lucy Dawson has been writing psychological suspense novels since 2008, when her first bestseller – His Other Lover – was published. She writes full time from her home in Devon, where she lives with her husband and children.

Before that, she used to interview the likes of Steps and SClub7 for a living. Lucy is published worldwide and her works has been translated into numerous languages.