Tell Me All Your Lies by L.A. Detwiler

 

Tell Me All Your Lies by L.A. Detwiler

 Publishing:  June 4, 2024 – self-published

 

Reason I chose to Read this Book: I read a number of this author’s books.  I loved “The Diary of a Serial Killer’s Daughter”, and others I’ve found good, but sometimes lacking.  She seems to be a hit and miss with me.

 

Tell Me All Your Lies by L.A. Detwiler  is a psychological thriller about a boy who becomes a killer with the help of his mother.

First, let me thank NetGalley, and the author, for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.

 

My Synopsis:    (No major reveals, but if concerned, skip to My Opinions):
Elliott Clairmont loved his mother, as any child should.  She taught him everything, from math to art appreciation.  Her lessons also included reading tarot cards, and serial killing.  He learned the dark side of his mother, and found that it may also be within him.

Lucy Clairmont murdered the first man in their small Paris flat when Elliott was only three. From time to time, there were others that never left the apartment under their own steam.  Elliott helped to dispose of those bodies.

When Elliott is twelve, his beloved mother is murdered, and Elliott is left to find out his true history on his own.  He travels to the US, where his mother was born,  only to find more lies and deception. He is determined to create his own legacy….something to leave behind.

 

My Opinions:
This was a complex, dark tale, told by Elliott, and through his journal entries. There are a few chapters told by one of the victims, and by the detective who chased Elliott.  

I actually felt sorry for Elliott throughout the book, as his up-bringing and life left a lot to be desired.  His mother was a nightmare that he loved whole-heartedly.  But choices were made.

The book looks at nature vs nurture, family morals, and the legacy each person leaves behind, and how they want to be remembered. 

There was an interesting twist near the end that was quite good.  The writing was also good.

Overall, it is a somewhat depressing book, with an ending that did nothing for me.  Although this was not one of my favorites by this author, it had it’s moments.  

 

Read:  June, 2024

 

Favorite Quotes from Tell Me All Your Lies:

“Every family is a woven fabric of tales. They are threaded together by anecdotes of loss, of hardship, of triumph and dreams. The family crest adorns the quilt that they are all a patchwork piece of. Each generation hangs their hat on the hook above the quilt. They try to make it better, to mend the tattered edges and holes left by the adversities of those who went before them. Every family wants better for their offspring. Every family longs for a more regal story to tell.”

“There are no good or bad cards.”

“There are only a series of choices and decisions, layers of histories that when woven together, make a collective whole.”

 

L.A. Detwiler

About The Author:  L.A. Detwiler (Lindsay) is an American author who also taught high school English in Pennsylvania.  She is now a Communications Specialist, and writes in her spare time.  She has written several romance novels, but is now trying her hand at thrillers – and succeeding.  She lives in Hollidaysburg PA with her husband Chad, 5 cats, and a Mastiff.     *** Photo Taken from GoodReads

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I have also reviewed this book on GoodReads:   https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6554061411

Have you read it?  Do you plan to?  Tell me your thoughts…do you agree or disagree with my assessment?  These are only my opinions – and it would be a boring world if we all thought the same.  Either way, I’d love to know. 

 

 

 

 

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