Oh what a tangled web we weave when we.....LIE... and this is all full of them... those impulse little white lies that you say without thing all the way to the major ones...
Interesting concepts and ideas.

The more I read, the faster I read. This is one of those rare books that gets almost to the end and then comes around and smacks you right in the head, thinking “how did I not see that coming”? It’s the lies, the little things, that come back to bite you when you least expect them to. What’s a lay-about to do when he needs to impress? Why, lie of course. And when caught in that lie? Why, lie again. The beginning of the end, except she has him figured out and uses his lies against him to perpetrate not one, but two crimes, and guess who gets the blame? The liar of course. So who is worse? Just go read it already!

Paul meets Alice through Andrew, one of his old acquaintances. Paul decides Alice is his next meal ticket and starts to woo her. Alice invites Paul to go on holiday with her, her kids, and Andrew and his family. While in Greece 10 years earlier, a girl went missing, and that tragic event has adversely affected Alice. The memories of the girl's disappearance, along with new events, disrupt Paul's plan for romancing Alice.

This story is told from Paul's point of view. Paul is a scoundrel. He is a self-absorbed, worthless, unemployed womanizer who takes advantage of people to get his own way. So, basically, he's not a likable character. In fact, there aren't really any likable characters in this book.

The plot builds slowly, very slowly. Nothing exciting happens. Then, things start to pick up and it gets more interesting. It was pretty obvious where the story was headed, but still an entertaining read.

A clever, well-written psychological thriller. Good for fans of slow paced thrillers with unlikable narrators, like Girl on the Train.

Lie With Me by Sabine Durant, will make you doubt your next boyfriend or girlfriend.
Are they telling you the true or are they lying to you.
This novel has a strong female lead with a less that dashing young new boyfriend.
With these people you can never believe what they.
But, you will never believe the unsatisfactory ending!
Definitely a FIVE star read!!
I can't wait to read the next one! I've enjoyed this one tremendously.

I read Lie With Me over Christmas break until I had to put it down before I hated everyone in my family as much as I hated everyone in this book. Lie With Me is full of unlikable characters, but the main character, Paul is downright offensive and nonredeemable. The first 2/3 of this novel is slow and plodding, with a pickup in the last one hundred pages that I suppose should make up for it, but I hated Paul so much that I didn't care what happened to him.

How one lie can turn into many lies. Paul thinks he is being impressive and clever when he start telling little lies one after the other, will those lies catch up to him? I liked this book, a vacation to Greece at his girlfriends vacation home, is the setting for this book, and a surprise ending.

I loved this book. I think we have all know someone like Paul Morris, a conceited, self-centered, moocher, sponger male who thinks he is "God's gift to women." He is the one who is always "short of cash" when it is time to pick up the tab. He is the one who is always there to eat and drink at everyone's expense. Paul meets Alice, a lawyer, and he decides that since he has lost his house sitting job and has to move back with his mother, he is going to move in with her. He is invited to go to Greece with her and a group of people that she knows, including Andrew another lawyer, who Paul knows remotely. Things really happen in Greece with lots of twists and turns and a great ending.

I don’t like to do this but I DNF.

Every author has a style. They may excel at character development, plot, dialog, etc.. Every reader has preferences. They may prefer plot over character, certain genres over others, or they may be open to just enjoying the act of reading. When an author and a reader connect it is a joy to read. When they don’t it can be painful. Lie With Me was a painful read for me. Sometimes the main character in a book is dislikeable. Paul started out as an ass. That’s okay. Bad people exist along with good. Having a difficult character can work quite well. But after a while Paul became annoying, then pathetic in his behaviour. I stopped caring what happened to him. The real downside for me was that there were no characters I cared for. Didn’t like, didn’t dislike, I just didn’t care. That’s when I knew I had to put this down.

One thing I did appreciate was Sabine Durrant’s choice of language for Paul. There is a prentiousness in word choice that fit his character well. Using words that have added depth when a simpler word would have sufficed fit Paul well. It took me 3 tries to read Ayn Rands”Atlas Shrugged”. If I revisit “Lie With Me” and change my opinion I will update my review.

My Thanks to Mulholland Books, Sabine Durrant, and NetGalley for my copy in exchange for my honest review.

I received what I believed to be an advance copy of this book from NetGalley in return for a fair review. However, upon completing the book, I see that it was actually published in 2016, so perhaps this is a second release from a different publisher?

In any event, I love psychological thrillers/suspense novels, but I did not like Lie With Me at all. Plot wise, it is about a thoroughly unlikeable character, Paul, who successfully sold a book when he was just out of university but who has done nothing worthwhile in the past 20 years. He has no money, few friends, and no home when he runs into a former classmate he hasn’t seen in the past ten years. What follows is an introduction into a small group of like-aged friends who have money and good jobs and who vacation every year in Greece. The suspense comes into play in the form of a ten year old murder of a young girl in Greece and a current day rape. To me, the plot was so contrived as to be completely unbelievable. Paul is the only primary character who is developed at all, and he appears to be developed only to make him despicable to the reader. The other characters — Alice (Paul’s love interest), Andrew (Paul’s former college classmate), Tina (Andrew’s wife), and all of their children — are never truly developed, only to the point that the reader won’t like any of them. Because of the lack of character development, the book’s climax is not at all believable. The timing of it all just didn’t ring true to me. Very disappointing. I would generously give it 1.5 stars.

I just could not get into the book! Sorry! The characters were not the type that I felt comfortable with.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for a free digital ARC of this book. This book is true to its title description. The reader won't be disappointed when reading this book.

So happy I got this book to read from Net Gallery, When I started this book I expected a story about Mystery, but chapter after chapter it was long narratives. By chapter 16 I was still not all in the story, but shortly after the entire story starts to unravel in the last 2 chapters. Other than that, unfortunately it was slow and the framing story has been done so many times, it did not leave me in shock when it was starting to reveal. In the end, I did love how you realize the author is writhing a bibliography about what happened to him. And it shows that the little lies you tell, no matter how small, you never know how they can effect you in the long run.

Paul Mason is our narrator and a liar. Not only that, he is a drinker, a womanizer and a failure who, in his late thirties, is moving back home. His story is one that includes romance, travel, deceit, and death. The novel is difficult to put down with its interesting cast of characters who we recognize, empathize with, yet don't particularly like. The author provides detailed descriptions of both London and the Greek island of Pyros and shows the life on this Greek island including the interaction with tourists and natives. One could feel the summer heat of Greece and the soggy, cool weather of London. The author's writing style pulls the reader along, making us want to find out what happens next and wondering if Paul will figure out where he is being led. It is certainly worth the time.

Slow plot development at times. Mildly suspenseful. The "twist" was predictable.

I really enjoyed this book!!! I couldn’t put it down. It kept dangling pieces of information that had me wondering and guessing the whole time I read it. The character development was great, I found myself interested in each one of them and where the story would take them. I wasn’t sure how it would end, but it definitely surprised me a couple of times! Good read! I’d definitely recommend it!

I just could not get into this one. Only read to chapter 5- did not like the main character.

REALLY slow build up. So slow I almost gave up on this. But as I neared the last hundred pages, the light bulb came on and I began to understand why all early 'chatter' was necessary. Then I started thinking back....finding the clues that I thought were just back story, and like pieces to a puzzle-everything clicked.

You're not going to like the narrator of the story, Paul Morris. You're not supposed to. He's self-absorbed, arrogant, boarish, and a first rate snob. But he's also washed up, financially broke, and lonely.

This is his story to tell.

It might take a while to get to the point, but it's worth the wait...

ARC provided by NetGalley

I found myself wondering why I was wasting my time reading this book-The main character didn't seem to have any redeeming qualities. Not only could he justify any kind of abhorrent behavior, but he didn't even have to think about his lies, they just came naturally. The other characters weren't much better. The twist at the end wasn't much of a surprise; I'd already decided that they were all evil.

Great read! Looking forward to reading more by this author! Highly recommend!

I am quite enthralled with this book. So many twists and turns. Definitely about playing with your mind!
A read that shows what you say, even in silliness, can and will be used against you.
Lying sure gets the main character in trouble. It also gets him to take a long hard look at all the people he has used, lied to, manipulated, and stolen from. Things he didn't really think mattered. In tje long run, at the end of the day, what you say and do can determine how and where you spend your life.
Excellent! 5 Stars