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An alcoholic TV reporter investigating a series of murders begins to lose her grip on reality in this gripping psychological thriller. Alex South is a high-functioning alcoholic who is teetering on the brink of oblivion, her career as a television journalist hanging by a thread following a drunken on-air rant. When a series of murders occur within a couple of miles of her East London home, she is given another chance to prove her skill and report the unfolding events. She thinks she can control the drinking, but soon she finds gaping holes in her memory, and wakes to find she’s done things she can’t recall. As the story she’s covering starts to creep into her own life, is Alex a danger only to herself—or to others? Perfect for fans of Fiona Barton, BA Paris, and Clare Mackintosh. Praise for I Never Lie “A real page-turner with a flawed modern woman at the heart of it. Jody Sabral knows the business of news gathering and of constructing a great crime novel.” —P. D. Viner, author of The Last Winter of Dani Lancing “Suspenseful and chilling, it really grabbed me from the first page!” —Lisa Hall, author of Tell Me No Lies “A compulsive, easy read that I sped through.” —Christina McDonald, author of The Night Olivia Fell “A great read. I loved the layout of the plot and the way the story unravelled itself. The characters were very relatable.” —Elisabeth Carpenter, author of 11 Missed Calls “A distinctive and gripping thriller that rushes towards a truly unpredictable finale.” —The Sun
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Great use of the unreliable narrator(s). The novel is narrated by Alex, a ‘functioning' alcoholic who continually deludes herself that everything is OK despite her memory losses and the diary enteries of another alcoholic Alex was connected with. It's the kind of novel where you don't know who to trust. Alex's interior monologue about drinking is extremely convincing. There is not a great deal of investigation going on, it's mainly a psychological thriller.