One Perfect lie

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Call Number: Mystery / Scottoline, Lisa, Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Scottoline, Lisa
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Mystery / Scottoline, Lisa	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Scottoline, Lisa	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Scottoline, Lisa	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / Thriller / General / Scottoline, Lisa	4-week checkout	On Shelf

"One Perfect Lie is an emotional thriller and a suburban crime story that will keep you guessing until you turn the very last page. On the surface, it tells the tale of the struggling single mother of a high-school pitcher, a shy kid so athletically talented that he's being recruited for a full-ride scholarship to a Division I college, with a future in major-league baseball. But the mother fears that she's losing her grip on her son because he's being lured down a darker path by one of his teammates, a secretly disturbed young man from an affluent family, whose excellent grades and fun-loving manner conceal his violent criminal plans. Add a handsome stranger who comes to town and infiltrates the high school, posing as a teacher but with a hidden agenda all his own. The mix becomes combustible when a beloved faculty member turns up dead as a suicide, in circumstances equally consistent with murder. Only then is the true identity of the fake teacher revealed, and the single mother finds herself engaged in a battle for the future, the soul, and the very life of her only son. One Perfect Lie is a riveting and suspenseful family drama, and by the time you close the book, you will realize that nothing was as it seemed at the beginning"-- Provided by publisher.

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Page Turner! submitted by mickplu on August 2, 2017, 8:09am This thriller was quite the page turner. Interestingly the author has the main character narrating the story (not unusual) but throws the reader a curve ball by at first hinting that his posing as a high school teacher/coach might be due to his being a criminal. Then, the reader discovers that no, the main character has gone undercover to prevent another bombing. There are his high school students and their families that add subplots/more suspense to the story. The climax is unrealistic but still entertaining. Scottoline weaves home-grown terrorist attacks, anti-fracking movements, medical insurance over-regulation, and deteorating families into the plot