First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston

 

Title:  First Lie Wins

Author:  Ashley Elston

Narrated by:  Saskia Maarleveld

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Length: Approximately 9 hours and 16 minutes

Source: Checked out with Libby through the Kewaunee Public Library.  Thank-you!

If you had to move somewhere to start a new life with a new identity, where would you move?  I’m not sure myself, I’d prefer somewhere that has four seasons.

Evie Porter has a new relationship with a great new boyfriend, Ryan Sumner.  She moves in with him and life is going well . . . until it isn’t.  Evie Porter is a fake identity and Ryan is the mark.  Evie must keep on her toes to follow her boss, Mr. Smith’s, instructions as her last job didn’t end well.  As this job goes sideways, will Evie survive?

My thoughts on this novel:

·       The novel flashes between contemporary times and Evie’s past identities to show how she gotten where she is now.

·       I loved this book . . . but I especially loved not knowing what was going to happen next . . . . so I don’t want to spoil anything with a lengthy review.  It had a lot of twists and turns.

·       This story was riveting.  I couldn’t stop listening to the audiobook!  It made me want to keep listening even as I arrived at my destination.

·       I would love to see this as a movie.

·       I enjoyed how Evie was a morally grey con artist that I was rooting for. 

Overall, First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston was a fascinating suspense thriller that I couldn’t put down.  I highly recommend it to all the thriller lovers out there.