As a reader you are equally excited and intrigued to read either story which makes the book unputdownable. The second being the 'cliffhanger' sentences at the end of every paragraph - it's filled with things like 'no one can know what I did', 'if he only knew the truth.

It is Nancy’s mum’s birthday party, Nancy didn’t want to go, but her fiancé Alex had persuaded her, but then his flight got delayed.

The house in Devon has had its pasts and this one starts at the beginning of WWII through a wonderful back-and-forth style of telling the story, we are gradually led to fill in the gaps and to have the mystery solved. Both stories were equally captivating and as the story unfolds you begin to understand the different leads and how the stories intertwine. It focused more on the constant fear and spoke a lot about people's reaction to the massive change which was refreshing. this book had a wonderful story line that will draw you in from the beginning till the end, it was a great page turner that will have you up to to the early hours of the morning; I found this book very hard to put down once I started to read it.

While she is there she learns of two children who lived there during the war and begins to investigate. It’s pretty obvious she’s not telling the entire truth about what happened the night of her family tragedy, and there is something rather unsympathetic about her despite everything she’s been through. Nancy flees London after her Stepbrother Martin murders and sentenced a life in prison after murdering her parents. Than in the now time we have Nancy who is going through a lot of trauma and facing trauma from her past as she goes back to tall chimneys the house that Elizabeth use to run. We start this wonderful story with Nancy, after a family murder and her stepbrother Martin being convicted of the crime.This often hair-raising experience helped inspire her Sunday Times-bestselling psychological dramas, of which she has now sold over a million copies worldwide. Many of her ideas strike during morning dog-jogs along the beach followed by a dip in the sea - no matter how cold it is!

Following the conviction of her stepbrother Martin for their parents' murder, Nancy just wants to hide away from the world, but unfortunately neither Martin nor the rest of the world seems keen to let her be. Wow what can I say this book was amazing, it was a fast paced and kept me guessing throughout a perfect book for psychological thrillers fans alike! I really like the premise which starts by examining the implications of serious crime on the perpetrators family. Corry has given me lots to consider - especially the concept of emotional footprints that we leave behind in houses.My favorite part of this book was learning more about our MCs and how well their characters were developed. I would love to share more about things that happened in the story but the synopsis doesn't give much away, so neither am I. Everything I love in a book - Lisa Jewell, author of The Family Upstairs on The Lies We Tell You may also be interested in. When Alex – Nancy’s ex fiancé – arrives at her home, she begins to question whether he is telling the truth about their past relationship, and who she can believe.