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A read-in-one-night suspense thriller narrated by a compulsive liar whose little white lies allow her to enter into the life and comfort of a wealthy married couple who are harboring much darker secrets themselves. For the millions of us still chasing those gone girls, this is perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell, Lucy Foley, and Laura Dave.

Sloane Caraway is a liar.

Harmless lies, mostly, to make her self-proclaimed sad, little life a bit more interesting.

So when Sloane sees a young girl in tears at a park one afternoon, she can't help herself—she tells the girl's (very attractive) dad she's a nurse and helps him pull a bee stinger from the girl's foot.

With this lie, and chance encounter, Sloane becomes the nanny for the wealthy, and privileged Jay and Violet Lockhart. The perfect New York couple, with a brownstone, a daughter in private school, and summers on Block Island.

But maybe Sloane isn't the only one lying, and all that's picture-perfect harbors a much more dangerous truth. To say anything more is to spoil the most exciting, twisty, and bitingly smart suspense novel to come out in years.

The thing about lies is that they add up, form their own truth and a twisted prison of a world. And in Count My Lies, Sophie Stava spins a breakneck, unputdownable thriller about the secrets we keep, and the terrifying dangers that lurk just under the images we spend so much time trying to maintain.

Careful what you lie for.

11 chapters

wow (view spoiler)[ I get a really bad feeling about this couple . . .it feels like they are trying to get her to like their daughter as much as them. Does she need a new heart? I can't help but wonder if they somehow found out this girl - they maybe need some kind of body part from her for their daughter. yikes

and wow, her lies - and her obsession over people (which I assume is what was with that girl in the salon). It's a bit scary. I can't imagine trying to keep likes like that all straight (hide spoiler)]

really good start!

Vicki, this one I'm reading with my book club so I won't be done for at least another week 😊😊

21 chapters

wow, this one took a wild turn

(view spoiler)[ wow, the daughter isn't sick (why is Jay going along with that lie then?)
and she knows about Sloane's lying and her odd behaviors with other friends.

Why would she want her life? Has she slid the trust money off somewhere? Why would she want sloane to have her grandmother's trust? Did I miss something?

and what's wrong with Jay? controlling? he cheats?
she has the money, I don't understand why she can't just leave him

and oooooh - is she going to kill Sloane? and Jay? Wow. (hide spoiler)]