In The Lie, we meet Jane Hughes, a seeming do-gooder who works at an animal shelter and lives a relatively quiet life. But it seems that her past is about to catch up with her, because someone knows who she used to be, and why she has worked so hard to flee from her past. Five years ago, Jane went to Nepal with her three best friends–and only two of the came back. The other woman sold her story to the papers and dragged Jane through the mud. Jane is terrified that she’ll lose her job and her boyfriend, but as the story unfolds it seems that she may be in even more immediate danger.

The Lie demonstrated considerable growth from Taylor’s previous book, Before I Wake, and I found it noticeably better than many entries in the Gone Girl genre. Glad I read this one.