The Five Year Lie

A Domestic Thriller

By: Sarina Bowen

Narrated by: Kathleen Early, Gary Tiedemann, Jason Clarke

Length: 12 hrs and 41 mins

Publisher's summary

“I devoured this book in one day, and I guarantee you will too.”—Julie Clark, New York Times bestselling author of The Last Flight and The Lies I Tell

“An expertly woven story of love, revenge, and murder. In a world where so many books feel so similar—this was a refreshingly unique read and an addictive blend of love and mystery that I couldn’t put down. This is storytelling at its finest and I can’t recommend this book enough.”—AR Torre, New York Times bestselling author of Every Last Secret

Bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen’s debut thriller, about one woman’s search for the truth after receiving a text from her deceased ex.

She thought it was love. Then he vanished.

On an ordinary Monday morning, Ariel Cafferty's phone buzzes with a disturbing text message. Something’s happened. I need to see you. Meet me under the candelabra tree ASAP. The words would be jarring from anyone, but the sender is the only man she ever loved. And it's been several years since she learned he died.

Seeing Drew’s name pop up is heart-stopping. Ariel’s gut says it can’t be real. But she goes to the tree anyway. She has to.

Nobody shows. But the text upends everything she thought she knew about the day he left her. The more questions she asks, the more sinister the answers get. Only two things are clear: everything she was told five years ago is wrong, and someone is still lying to her.

The truth has to be out there somewhere. To safeguard herself—and her son—she’ll have to find it before it finds her. And with it, the answer to what became of Drew.

For fans of Laura Dave and Julie Clark, but with a heart-stopping romance that only Sarina Bowen can execute, The Five Year Lie is a spine-tingling thriller that will have you guessing until the very end.

©2024 Sarina Bowen (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers

I don’t always leave a review but I LOVED this book!

Balance between suspense and other things. You will not want to put this down. Highly recommend!

Whodunit

Lots of twist and turns as the story goes. A whodunit, suspense, psychological thriller that had my undivided attention

GREAT Read🎉

Fast Paced, logical consequences, fractured families, OD's, and a Love Story to boot! Pulled me in from the start - couldn't stop.

Better than I expected

I had kind of avoided this one because the title didn’t seem that engaging but after reading the reviews I decided to give it a try. I am very glad I did. It was very good

Engaging, great narration, suspenseful

This audiobook was so much better than I expected it would be. The pace was perfect and the characters well detailed. The narrator for the female lead captured the emotions of her character so well that she had me actually crying at one point.
I don't think I have ever had that happen with an audiobook before.

Kept me on the edge of my seat

This is a great book, it left me wanting more at the end. Hope she writes a sequel.

Great start

This book was amazing. What a great start to a new genre for Sarina. Sarina's writing and storytelling skills are top notch. This audiobook kept me up until 3am. I was about to stop the story and go to sleep, until the bus trip. There is no way I could have stopped the book at that point. The narration was great and the storyline was very captivating. I laughed and cried. The only thing missing was sex. Sarina knows damn well that this book needed a sex scene. Fading to black is not her style. I really hope that her future thrillers won't be so vanilla. I'm used to spice from her. Other than that, the book was fantastic. I am very tight with my credits. I do not used them loosely, but this book is definitely worth a credit. You will not be sorry.

Amazing book

I really loved this book, it was a really different from most of SB books. But that just goes to show she is that good and can write anything and it still will be amazing.
Total recommend to ready. Narration was top notch too

This would make a good movie!

Enjoyed this book very much! Twisty turny oh my! And LOVE Kathleen Early as narrator.

Great story, amazing narration

This book legitimately ropes you in pretty quickly. I wanted to save some of the book for a trip, but I was unable to do it. I finished in 3 days. Kathleen Early is the best narrator, I found this book because I searched for her. She also narrates the whole Grant county and Will Trent series so if you end up liking this, I highly recommend those books on audio next!

I hope this author does more thrillers!