Lie To Her
by Mehrisa Mex
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Synopsis
Despite years of treatment, twenty-one year old Lydia still struggles with trauma from being attacked as a teenager. House-bound with anxieties and haunted by ghostly visions, she soon comes to suspect her psychiatrist husband, Myles, of sabotaging her recovery.
Her pursuit of the truth uncovers secrets more terrible than she ever imagined and it soon becomes clear that nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted β not even herself.
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Enjoy the Excerpt
Lydia sprinted out of the lounge, through the kitchen-dining room, out onto the back patio and down onto the grass in her socked feet. Her heart felt like it had multiplied in her chest and was hammering along with all its replicas out of sync. When she turned back to the face the house, she saw the girl standing in the upstairs window, looking down at her. A second later, she was gone.
She had left her cell phone and everything else inside. She had nothing to protect herself with, so she hurried to the tool shed near the garage to look for her gardening shears. When she couldn’t find them, she grabbed the garden rake instead and headed to the gate with it.
When she got there, she undid the latch and threw the gate open. But she had only taken a few steps into the road outside when she felt a sudden vertigo descend on her. Various planes of her vision shifted and an icy-sharpness cut across the surface of her skin. She staggered back to the gate and inside the compound of the house.
It took her some time before she could stand up straight. She looked back at the house with dread. The irony of her situation was not lost on her β that she could no sooner go inside feeling this way than she could leave the perimeter of the house without risking another kind of panic attack. She was pitifully stranded.
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Author Mehrisa Mex
Mehrisa Mex writes mystery-thrillers, neo-noir and international crime. She often appears in her own imagination lit in the chiaroscuro style of film noir and narrating thoughts to herself in moody, hard-boiled tones.
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Mehrisa Mex will be awarding a $10 Amazon or Barnes and Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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Congrats on the tour and I appreciate the excerpt and the great giveaway as well. Love the tours, I get to find books and share with my sisters the ones I know they would enjoy reading and they both love to read. Thank you!
Thanks, James. Family of readers – fun! π
Mind games – this sounds intriguing.
Mind games aplenty! π
I enjoyed getting to know your book; congrats on the tour, I hope it is a fun one for you, and thanks for the chance to win π
Good luck with the giveaway!
Thanks for hosting!
Always a pleasure!
Sounds good.
Anxious58…glad you think so!
Hi, thanks for having ‘Lie to Her’ on your blog today. It’s a satirical psychological thriller and I hope readers will enjoy its twists and turns.
It’s my pleasure to share. And thanks for commenting. We are a chatty bunch here. LOL I hope your tour is a smashing success. You’re book sounds thrilling!
Second only to true crime reads, this genre is my favorite. I say I’m looking forward to reading often but I truly mean it and this sounds oh so good.
Delighted that you feel that way, Cathy. If you do get a chance to read it, would love to know what you think. It’s a debut novel and I think it’s safe to say I’ve never written anything quite so dark and twisted before. (Angsty teenage works naturally not included!)
My Twitter and Facebook links are included in the post. But you can also find me on Goodreads. Or just drop me a line at mehrisa.mex@gmail.com.
This sounds like a book I’ll enjoy reading!
Thanks, Victoria π
oh wow PTSD, anxiety, secrets and ghosts?? intense!
I know. Just the way we like them!
Sounds pretty exciting.
And I like that it’s also satirical. I enjoy some fun mixed in with the thrills.
This looks like a fun read. Can’t wait to read it.
What books are you interested in reading in 2018? Thanks for hosting the giveaway. Bernie Wallace
Love the cover and title. Does a great job of making me want to read it.
sherry @ fundinmental
I thought of you when I spotted this one, Sherry:)