Listen For The Lie

A New York Times Bestseller
A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
An NPR Best Book of the Year
A Washington Post Best Thriller of 2024


"Listen for the Lie is a page-turner from the first sentence to the very last. In addition to being a world-class whodunit, full of carefully doled-out twists, Lucy is a terrific character, feisty and funny and, it turns out, brave as hell. It's great fun. Readers will rip through this one." -Stephen King

"Original and deliciously dark with a wicked sense of humor. An addictive page-turner that will keep you guessing until the end." -Alice Feeney, New York Times bestselling author

"A singular voice that explodes off the page, Amy Tintera's writing flashes with sharp comebacks and pointed commentary as she expertly knits her web of secrets and small town lies. Hands down the most fun I've had reading about murder." -Chandler Baker, New York Times bestselling author of The Husbands

"Amy Tintera's highly compelling voice grips you from the opening line and won't let you go. A delight from start to finish." -Alex Michaelides, bestselling author of The Silent Patient and The Fury

"Every so often, a book comes along that takes you for a ride--now buckle up, because Amy Tintera has written it. Listen for the Lie explores the cruelest kind of world through the eyes of a woman whose grit is only outmatched by her razor-sharp wit. This bitingly funny and subversive thriller is one of the freshest and fiercest you'll read this year." -Courtney Summers, New York Times bestselling author of Sadie

"Laugh-out-loud funny, thrilling and twisty, edgy and scary, but also surprisingly sweet. I loved it!" -Liane Moriarty, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Big Little Lies, Nine Perfect Strangers, and Apples Never Fall

"I read this in one sitting! Such a fun and engaging read, with an ending that blew my mind!" -Freida McFadden, #1 New York Times bestselling author

"Listen for the Lie is quite sexy, compulsively readable, and laugh-out-loud funny." -ShelfAwareness

"Readers will be hard-pressed not to wolf down this intelligent page-turner in a single sitting." -Publishers Weekly

"Smart, edgy, and entertaining as heck." -Kirkus

"The true-crime podcast hook will draw readers in, but it is Lucy's unique voice that will keep them turning the pages. An excellent takedown of small-town life and toxic masculinity." -Booklist

"Listen for the Lie is an edgy mystery novel whose true-crime storyline draws you in like 'Serial'." -The Washington Post

"This is the debut thriller by Tintera, whose previous books have been for young readers, and it's so assured that I can't wait to read more from her. Young readers' loss may be thriller lovers' gain." -The Minneapolis Star Tribune

"[A] sleekly satirical novel." -PEOPLE Magazine

"An entertaining and thoroughly modern mystery novel." -Washington Post || 28 Books to Read This Summer

"One of those totally engrossing reads that will have you looking up from your beach chair every once in a while to say, 'Oh, that's right. I'm at the beach.'" -Harper's Bazaar || 24 Best Beach Reads of 2024

"When a true crime podcast about the death of her best friend brings Lucy back home, she's forced to confront her memories - and clear her name." -US Weekly || Mystery Novels to Read on the Beach During Summer 2024

"A gripping whodunnit/feminist revenge story...addictively good." -Boston Globe, 10 Best Thrillers and Mysteries of 2024 So Far