The Lie in Our Marriage

By: Anna-Lou Weatherley

Narrated by: James Lailey

On a warm spring evening, guests gather in a perfectly manicured garden to celebrate Maggie and Len’s twenty-fifth wedding anniversary. Maggie leans against the apple tree, watching her fun-loving husband and darling children as her heart swells with pride. As the joyful party atmosphere disappears into the night, close by, the lifeless body of a young woman is pulled from a river.

Slipping upstairs to find the special gift for her adoring husband, Maggie stumbles across something else hidden amongst the dusty boxes of family keepsakes...

A printed pink silky scarf that doesn’t belong to her. She holds it up to her face, breaths in the sweet sickly perfume, it’s scent familiar, and tendrils of fear snake through her body. The scarf is stained with blood.

As Maggie re-joins the party and tries to ignore her churning stomach, she pours herself a glass of champagne to toast the man she’s enjoyed decades of happy marriage with. Then she catches a news flash of the local girl’s murder. She stares at the girl with the beautiful face, long ice-blonde hair and, draped loosely around her neck, Maggie recognises it instantly. She’s wearing the scarf.

An utterly addictive and twisty story about the complex web of secrets within a family that will have you racing through to the mind-blowing end. If you love Lisa Jewell, Gillian Flynn and Behind Closed Doors, you won’t be able to put this down!

©2023 Anna-Lou Weatherley (P)2023 Audible, Ltd

loved the twists and turns

nothing wrong it had a great pace and kept me engaged the entire time. Loved the narrator as well!

It was good but...

... I was so disappointed and pissed off about what happened to Len, that I couldn't enjoy the book as much as I did before the Len incident. I took a star off because I didn't like Len's outcome and because the author mentions pelvic floors too many times in her books, and this book was the worst with it. The author keeps talking about Maggie's pelvic floor. She mentions Maggie's pelvic floor at least 12 times, and I'm just tired of hearing about Maggie's or anyone else's pelvic- f******-floor already. PERIOD.

Amazing book in this fantastic series!

I have been waiting with bated breath for book 6 of the Dan Riley detective series to come out on audio, and I was not disappointed. It kept me on the edge of my seat for many hours. Not only is the storyline gripping and twisting and turning, but as always, the narrator is just fantastic.. please say there is a book 7??

I WANT MORE!!!

I’ve listened to all the books in the series and now I’m feeling lonely without Dan Riley. I can’t wait for the next one. Also, James Lailey deserves great accolades for his superb narration. He is truly one of the best I’ve ever heard.

sooo good

I love this whole series with the two detectives. This one is just as exciting, and it keeps you guessing. Narrator is brilliant as well.

It’s ok

Maybe it’s because I always go into a mystery knowing things aren’t going to be as they seem, but I guessed the murdered after just a couple hours of listening. Then I definitely knew I was correct 6 hours in. I kept listening, hoping for a twist, making me wrong. But I was disappointed. The book was fine.

Enjoyable listen

I particularly like this narrator - and the story was very good as well. I can usually work out who did it but I didn’t with this one. Very well written.

Narrator is Superb

I liked everything. Every single character was terrific. Story was credible.
Loved the ending too.

Never assume

Another great book in the series I enjoyed this book, even though it was a bit predictable. There were still Twists and turns to get you to the end. Worth the listen!

Keeps you very interested

Drama and suspense Lots of turns and twists Enjoyed it very much even though it was a British accent, it was easily understood