Don't Ever Tell

Publisher's Summary

From the best-selling author of The Daughter and White Lies comes an enthralling psychological thriller unlike anything you’ve heard before!

Never make a promise you can’t afford to keep.... 

This is a story about Charlotte - a mother and a wife with the perfect job, the perfect life...at least, that’s how it looks from the outside.

But behind closed doors, the marriage is breaking, and Charlotte’s husband, Tris, doesn’t even know how much. He has no idea what Charlotte has planned for him, who she has found, why she has hired someone to pretend to be her. But he doesn’t have long to wait to find out.... 

©2019 Lucy Dawson (P)2019 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

5 stars

Lucy Dawson is an author I'm coming to be able to depend on to write a great thriller. It was original and fresh and after part one, there was no chance I was going to be able to put it down. I should have been asleep hours ago but it was so good that I'm up writing this review at 3:34 am. This should be a no brainer. It's worth the credit and then some.

I've listened to all her thrillers and haven't been disappointed yet. I'm already looking forward to her next release already.

14 of 14 people found this review helpful

Really different! In a good way!

I thought I had this storyline figured out and was so surprised by about the halfway mark. Not your typical mystery at all. Very smart. Loved it!!

7 of 7 people found this review helpful

Lucy’s best one yet!

I’ve read or listen to every one of Lucy Dawson’s books. This is actually my favorite. It’s wonderful! I couldn’t put it down and I listened for two days straight. I was even able to jog to it -
it was that interesting!!

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

Awful book!

I paid for this book. I sent a few back so I don’t want to do it again but I’ve listened for 2 hours so far and cannot tell you at all what it’s about. I hate this dumb English accent too. I don’t think I can suffer through another minute of it!

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Really good story .. ending fell a little flat

I really enjoyed the book. Definite twists and suspense that had me verbally going "oh my goodness" or "don't do it!" while not able to guess what would happen next. I did think after all the excitement that the ending would be just as thrilling, but it was a little too logical or matter of fact for me. Still a great read.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Sometimes revenge is messy...

Lucy Dawson writes great books. In this one, she's a bit sneaky. She opens up the plot a little at a time, so while you think you know the whole story, you really don't until near the end. The lead female characters were flawed and wonderful. I felt empathy for both, but especially for Mia. Charlotte was tougher to like, but I could definitely understand her need to punish her husband. Unfortunately, one can't plan for everything when concocting a nasty bit of revenge. The narration is excellent. I have enjoyed both narrators in other books and was thrilled to hear them here. I can't wait for more releases from Ms. Dawson!

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

One of my favorite

Wonderful imaginative plot idea that kept me fascinated and guessing what the final outcome would be until the last. Most I’ve figured out and feel disappointed that there was no surprise or ah ha moment at the end. Lucy Dawson brilliant as was the job the narrators did preforming it.
Sincerely,
Reg

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Lucy Dawson does it again<br /> <br /><br />

Brilliant and unsettling. Narration was outstanding. starting listening and I didn't stop until ended.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

don’t do it.

bummer. It just ends. ends as you expect. Tricks you into thinking there will be a twist or shock but no......

Good, but expected a little more

Good story, but the ending was a little flat. The climax of the book was about half way through.

Another Cracking Good Book from Lucy Dawson

Charlotte is struggling as a thriller writer, it seems that her best years as a writer may be behind her. The best years of her marriage to Tris may lie in the past as well.

Then Charlotte bumps into an actress called Mia at the Edinburgh book festival. Mia has a striking resemblance to Charlotte, only she is 20 years younger. Charlotte is inspired by a plan to boost her flagging career - a plan which promises to lead to a multi-million pound book deal.

I was totally hooked by this book. The quality of the writing by Lucy Dawason had me totally gripped, I felt I was there as the plot took its twists and turns. At about the 8 hour mark, it felt like everything was just about wrapped up, then off the story went again on a new tack. I couldn't wait to see where we were being taken.

Lots of good stuff around family relationships, parents, adopted children, grandparents, ex-fiances etc.

Quite a satisfying ending I thought...except what happened about the contractual commitment for the second book? That was a loose end I was waiting to have resolved but it never was. It had the potential to be somebody's downfall.

4 of 4 people found this review helpful

Sent back

Started OK but then dragged on and on.. Gave up listening to this boring story...

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Plot line reaches, twists, grasps nothing

Inconsistent characters. Plot full of holes. Writing tedious, turgid. I did not enjoy this book.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Good Grief

This author’s use of a previous novel seems lazy and this book drags on and on. I still have three hours left so I’m sending it back. Not for me.

Great Book

Loved this book from the start. Good characters and a very well thought out plot that kept me hooked. I didn’t see some of the twists coming and that was good, as well as the avoidance of a ‘typical’ storyline. Will look for more by Lucy in future.

The narrators did a great job too and made each character clear as the book progressed.

Surprise

I must say what a wonderful read it kept me intrigued right to the very end I loved the characters who became very real to me which doesn’t happen very often ,I really could think they were people I knew and could relate to So thanks fo bringing fiction alive for me

Great story with an odd ending.

Really good narration, great book but an odd ending. I couldn't believe it had ended. It was intriguing and built up to what I thought would be a nailbiter but no, it didn't deliver. A few unanswered q
uestions and a sense of beating let down.

Worth a listen

Worth a listen but nothing earth shattering. A slow build up to an interesting enough, but certainly not explosive, twist. A lot of questions seem left unanswered and some ideas are quite far fetched and unessecary, like what even was the point of them talking about Charlotte's Dads weird sub-plot which was entirely irrelevant?
All in all an easy and relatively enjoyable listen.

Dark with sprinkles of light

I loved tris as husband and dad, his love was searching. Charlotte was a bit of a mystery but nice. The plot was amazing, not predictable even when you think it’s transparent. Excellent. Now I hope to enjoy I sent you a letter by the same author.

Very good audio!

The story is easy to listen to, I love the narrator performance.
I enjoyed it and I would listen to other books of this author, although the story feels unreal and a little over the top, i listened solid for two days and my house is spotless ☺️