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    Lying Next to Me
    Lying Next to Me
    Lying Next to Me
    Audiobook11 hours

    Lying Next to Me

    Written by Gregg Olsen

    Narrated by Karen Peakes, Scott Merriman, Katie Koster and P.J. Ochlan

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    About this audiobook

    No matter what you see, no matter what you’ve heard, assume nothing.

    Adam and Sophie Warner and their three-year-old daughter are vacationing in Washington State’s Hood Canal for Memorial Day weekend. It’s the perfect getaway to unplug—and to calm an uneasy marriage. But on Adam’s first day out on the water, he sees Sophie abducted by a stranger. A hundred yards from shore, Adam can’t save her. And Sophie disappears.

    In a nearby cabin is another couple, Kristen and Connor Moss. Unfortunately, beyond what they’ve heard in the news, they’re in the dark when it comes to Sophie’s disappearance. For Adam, at least there’s comfort in knowing that Mason County detective Lee Husemann is an old friend of his. She’ll do everything she can to help. She must.

    But as Adam’s paranoia about his missing wife escalates, Lee puts together the pieces of a puzzle. The lives of the two couples are converging in unpredictable ways, and the picture is unsettling. Lee suspects that not everyone is telling the truth about what they know—or they have yet to reveal all the lies they’ve hidden from the strangers they married.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateMay 21, 2019
    ISBN9781721334100
    Lying Next to Me
    Author

    Gregg Olsen

    #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Gregg Olsen has written more than thirty books, including Lying Next to Me, The Last Thing She Ever Did, and two novels in the Nicole Foster series, The Sound of Rain and The Weight of Silence. Known for his ability to create vivid and fascinating narratives, he’s appeared on multiple television and radio shows and news networks, such as Good Morning America, Dateline, Entertainment Tonight, CNN, and MSNBC. In addition, Olsen has been featured in Redbook, People, and Salon magazine, as well as in the Seattle Times, Los Angeles Times, and New York Post. Both his fiction and nonfiction works have received critical acclaim and numerous awards, including prominence on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Washington State officially selected his young adult novel Envy for the National Book Festival, and The Deep Dark was named Idaho Book of the Year. A Seattle native who lives with his wife in rural Washington State, Olsen’s already at work on his next book.

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    • 5/5
      OMGosh great storyline! I hope to find more by this author. While there were some slow parts - what I call fillers - this book is well worth your time!

      2 people found this helpful

    • 5/5
      I highly recommend this book! Great story and characters! I did not see the twist coming! Narrators were amazing as well!

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      Truly enjoyed this book. Kept moving from start to finish

      1 person found this helpful

    • 2/5
      I finished this book just so I could give it an honest review. It's horrible. The characters are so awful, and trust me, I love a good well thought out villain with such a backstory that the reader finds themselves emotionally attached, but there's none of that here. The entire cast of characters are shallow, narcissistic, and just overall not likeable. The only moderately likeable character is a dumb as rocks investigator who claims to have good intuition with people. The plot twist was fine, average I guess, but still pretty loose and just not believable. I do not recommend.

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    • 5/5
      This was a good book, wasnt expecting the surprise twist.

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    • 4/5
      An excellent read. Captivating from the start with many twists to keep the reader guessing.
    • 4/5
      Lying Next To Me is a phycological thriller based on that very thin line—we all know exists—between love and hate and what can happen when narcissistic, selfish, immoral people cross paths. Wow. The roller coaster ride starts with a young wife and mother's abduction, bringing Detective Lee Husemann and Zach Montrose to investigate. The missing woman's husband, Adam Warner, turns out to be an old friend of Lee's who has a complicated past. When the woman's (Sophie's) body turns up in the waters of Hood Canal, Lee tries to look past her old crush on Adam and do her job, except Adam's a good liar and easy on the eyes. Still, don't be too quick to judge Adam. Everyone else connected to the case is a pretty good liar too. Unpredictable and suspenseful, this book grabbed me from the first page and didn't let go.
    • 3/5
      The narrators did a good job, and the plot was decent. Intriguing, even. But I figured out the ending halfway through, and though there were some minor surprises, everything played out as I thought it would. Not always a bad thing, but I was hoping for a good twist.
    • 4/5
      Decent read. Well organized in that each chapters is in the perspective of each character in the story. Ends fast.
    • 3/5
      Start off slow. I needed a minute get into it. It definitely got better towards the end. Not bad if you have nothing else to read.
    • 5/5
      This is the first book I’ve listened to by Gregg Olsen and I may have found my next favorite author! Loved the mystery and it kept me guessing who did it for a long time into the book. I’ll listen to another audiobook by Olsen and hopefully it will be as good.
      I felt I really got to know the main characters and sometimes I loved them or felt sorry for them - then later on....not so much.
      I also enjoyed the narration of the book - easy to listen to.
    • 5/5
      Really well written..thoroughly enjoyed everything this story offered.. well done
    • 4/5
      Definitely not my favourite, but it was decent. Will try a few more of his.
    • 5/5
      It’s unpredictable. You cannot guess who’s the culprit! Awesome listening!
    • 5/5
      Very good, well rounded book. Kept me interested the whole time!
    • 3/5
      This was a twisty thriller with a lot of mystery. Well written with an engaging storyline that keeps you guessing. I really like a storyline that’s told from each characters point of view. Unfortunately I found the characters very self absorbed and really unlikeable except for Lee who I really liked. At the beginning your gripped but the pace is very slow throughout and could be repetitive at times. I liked the change in narration for different characters as it really helped with the flow.
    • 2/5
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      Adam & Sophie Warner & their daughter are vacationing in Washington State’s Hood Canal for Memorial Day weekend. But while Adam & his daughter are out on the water, he sees his wife being abducted by a stranger. A hundred yards from shore, Adam can’t save her. And Sophie disappears.

      In a nearby cabin Kristen and Connor Moss unfortunately don't hear or know anything about Sophie’s disappearance. But for Adam Warner, at least there’s comfort in knowing that detective Lee Husemann is an old friend of his.

      As Adam’s paranoia about his missing wife escalates. Lee suspects that not everyone is telling the truth about what they know—or they have yet to reveal all the lies they’ve hidden from the strangers they married.

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      This was an average “suspenseful” read for me. I wasn’t invested in any of the characters, because frankly, I disliked most of them. Lee is pretty much the only likable character in the entire cast.

      The storyline is told with four POV’s, Adam, Kristen, Conner and Lee. Most of these characters who were “wronged” and could possibly go so far as to murder. But who did what and how did they do it?

      I figured out the who before the story revealed it. The only thing that I didn't know was how it was all done. And their explanation didn't really shock or surprise me. It was really just meh.

      Adam's final words do nothing but add more confusion to what was, in my opinion, a hard to follow tale with too many stories at once.

      This book in my opinion was very slow & long-winded, with too many inner dialogues that become repetitive and boring. I'd say you can pass on this mediocre suspense thriller. However, if you enjoy long drawn-out, whodunit, revenge stories with unlikeable characters then go here ya go.
    • 4/5
      Good book with a lot of unforeseen twists and turns
    • 5/5
      Great story teller, I usually can figure things out but this one had me stumped until the end
    • 4/5
      This was a good read, but I did figure out the “whodunit” with a good bit of the story still to go - and that is not usually the case with me. It was still satisfying to get to the end to verify that I was indeed correct.
    • 5/5
      It really had me guessing til well into the book which is rare these days I really enjoyed all the different characters involved.
    • 5/5
      Very Very Good! Kept me wondering until the end! A must read!
    • 3/5
      Not bad, worth an easy listen & does keep you guessing.
    • 5/5
      Surprise ending. I thought I knew who, then another surprise.
    • 5/5
      Lots of twists. From alternate characters and points of view
    • 5/5
      5/5 Captivating, suspenseful, and fulfilling read. Even if you think you know what happened to Sophie Warner, Olsen will keep you guessing until the very last chapter. This would be a great screenplay thriller! You never know who you're sleeping next to at night.
    • 5/5
      This is a slow moving mystery and thriller that takes it’s time wrapping you up. It will convince you that you know the truth about the characters, only to realize you’ve been lied to…again. After all half the fun of reading mysteries is trying to figure out “whodunit” before the author reveals it. One of the other things that makes this a great mystery is the author fills the story with well-developed, unreliable narrators who lie to your face to throw you off the trail. That’s exactly what happens in this one. There is not one character in this book who can tell the truth. I usually like to have at least one character that I can depend on to not lead me down the wrong path but I didn’t get a single one here. These people are simply all really horrible people and any one of them could have committed the murder. I do like to be made to wonder “what the heck is happening” now and “why did he/she do that”…so I am happy to say Gregg Olsen did an outstanding job of doing that. So he gets 4.5 stars for his efforts.
    • 4/5
      This book starts off running and does not stop. A page turner from the first chapter to the twisted ending. These characters, the main two couples, Adam and Sophie Warner along with Kristen and Connor Moss, had me on a roller coaster of guessing what would come next or better yet what secret will be revealed in the next paragraph of the book! All is not always what it seems is the best way to describe these two couples. I kept flopping back and forth as to do I like Adam or despise him, at times it was hard to feel sorry for him that his wife is missing and at other times I thought this guy is missing the sensitivity chip.I have not read a twisted tale like this in a while and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it. What a WTF last chapter!If you enjoy mystery, thrillers and a WTF twisted ending then this book is for you.I received a free copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review
    • 4/5
      Review of advance reader eBookThe Warner family’s Memorial Day weekend vacation in a cabin at Hood Canal ends in tragedy when a stranger abducts Sophie Warner. Her husband, Adam, and their young daughter, Aubrey, are out on the water and, although Adam makes a supreme effort, he cannot row their canoe fast enough to reach the shore before Sophie is gone. The occupants of the two other cabins, a grandmother and her grandchildren on one side, a husband and wife on the other, saw nothing, but an elderly dog-walker on the beach saw the abduction. Why would someone grab the young mother? And will detectives Lee Husemann and Zach Montrose find Sophie before it’s too late?Most of the characters in this taut tale are self-absorbed and unlikable; readers will find little reason to sympathize with their situations. The story, told in flashback scenes by multiple narrators, employs unexpected twists and turns to move the story in unpredictable directions. Astute readers are likely to identify the final twist before its reveal late in the telling of the tale, but the ever-present tension in the unfolding story keeps the pages turning despite an annoying [and unnecessary] oft-repeated expletive that detracts from the otherwise skillfully-woven narrative. Highly recommended.I received a free copy of this eBook from Thomas and Mercer and NetGalley #LyingNextToMe #NetGalley