The Lies They Tell
Pearl’s father says he wasn’t drinking the night the house burned down, he says he was doing his job, it was just a typical night but, on his watch, the Garrison property went up in flames. Surprisingly, there were no leads in this case so everyone pointed their finger at her father. There was one lone survivor, a boy named Tristan, who now lives inside his own little world.
Pearl wants to get to the bottom of what happened the night of the fire and it seems the only way to do that is to befriend Tristan. Pearl believes her father when he says that he was not under the influence the night of the fire. Since that night, her father finds refuge at the local tavern or at home, with a bottle in his hand. The town that he once called home has now turned their back on him. I felt that Tristan had an air about him which I found annoying but Pearl had other objectives and she worked her way into his circle. She needed the truth to get her own family back on track.
This novel wasn’t the thriller that I thought it would be but it was enticing. There were times in the novel though where things slowed down but later they did pick back up. The more I read, the more “I” wanted to know the truth behind that night as something felt out of place. Tristan was somber, and who wouldn’t be after losing everything they had in a fire, but there was something about him I didn’t like. I liked Pearl as she was determined to get to the bottom of this terrible crime. Her father had now become an alcoholic and an embarrassed member of the community. I thought the ending was interesting, it definitely tied everything together.
I received a copy of this novel from a Goodreads Giveaway- thank you to the publisher and to Goodreads.
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