First Lie Wins
Books | Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
4.2
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Ashley Elston
REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK | #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “This fast-paced read has everything you could want in a thriller: secret identities, a mysterious boss and a cat & mouse game that kept me guessing the whole way through.”—Reese WitherspoonEvie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job.Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job will be different. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes--especially after what happened last time.Because the one thing she’s worked her entire life to keep clean, the one identity she could always go back to—her real identity—just walked right into this town. Evie Porter must stay one step ahead of her past while making sure there’s still a future in front of her. The stakes couldn't be higher--but then, Evie has always liked a challenge...
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Author
Ashley Elston
Pages
352
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2024-01-02
ISBN
0593492919 9780593492918
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"Really great! Enjoyed every part of this!"
Skye Edelson-Bennett
"Woah now this is a thriller. Finished it in one sitting cuz I just could not put it down!!! "
Tram Ly
"Loved it!! Would make a fabulous Netflix series providing they stick to the story. Went in blind and glad I did! Different from the usual thrillers I read. Enjoyed. I would recommend not reading reviews just go for it! Makes the first reveal more of a wow factor "
Rhon
"Ooooh……Lucca is a secret agent/con artist for the mysterious Mr Smith, and she’s good at her job. This one is a really fun thriller with great twists. "
Jackie Davidson
"Oh the life of a Con - always thinking 2-3 steps ahead, determining who you can trust and where loyalties lie. Then, trying to separate the job from personal attraction and all with a few twists. Worth the read. "
Sue Iverson
"4.5 ⭐️ This was such a page turner and unique read for me. Evie is a con artist/secret agent type that has had many aliases over the years. During her current assignment she meets a woman who claims to be the person Evie was prior to her life of lies, and she is left scrambling for what it means. I enjoyed the present day chapters interspersed with chapters detailing her past aliases and how she got herself in this situation. A couple times I got mildly confused but in the end I found the book exciting and hard to put down. "
CeeCee
"So good!! A must read!"
Dasha Kiryushina
"I loved what it ended up being about! 50 pages in with that first reveal I was hooked! Definitely enjoyed this. "
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Amanda C
"My main takeaway from the story was the clever ending. Still, to get there we had to take a lot of side quests. I think the time jumping was meant to be a way to build intrigue but it severely slowed down plot progression. So things were happening yet nothing was happening.
The first Lie was an interesting concept I had never thought about. And if you know anything about me to see from a different perspective is the greatest gift I can receive from a book. Unfortunately, all the characters were surface-level. That made it impossible to connect with them. Still, I was impressed with how well Evie read each situation.
So in the end I just don't think the story was for me. It was easy to guess a couple of things. Evie never got into a bind in her jobs so a little unbelievable. While I did enjoy parts they were few and far between. World-building and character depth are a big deal for me. The end was clever the story itself was just okay."
Ashley
"I hadn’t read a “dark and twisty” book in awhile and this one was the perfect one to get back into them with! I didn’t see the ending coming and really enjoyed it."
Melanie Schmitz
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