Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera

I listened to the audiobook for Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera, narrated by January LaVoy and Will Damron over the course of three days. It was so good that I kept wanting to listen to it, so I took the dog for extra long walks and vacuumed the floors more than necessary.

Lucy returns to her Texas hometown for her grandmother's birthday party, even though everyone in the town thinks she killed her best friend Savvy five years ago. But there's a podcaster, the smug Ben Owens, who is currently airing a podcast about Savvy's death and Lucy says she'll help him, even if it reveals that she is the actual killer. 

The book alternates between scenes told from Lucy's point of view and scenes from the podcast. In the audiobook, the music choice for the podcast scenes was SPOT-ON. The first time I heard the music, I reached for my phone to fast-forward because I hate podcast music. LOL. 

If I had read this, I might have thought "perfectly fine thriller," but the audiobook really made this book for me. The narrators did such a fabulous job with all the voices for all the characters and I can't stress to you how perfect I though the music was. I feel like this is an example of an audiobook improving on the book.  I kept trying to find a few minutes here and there to listen to this. No notes. 

5/5 stars

Lines of note:

Sometimes you meet a girl who is just like your soulmate. Not in a romantic way, but in a friend way, which can almost be more intense. You could tell that Savvy and Lucy were in one of those intense friend soulmate relationships. (timestamp 1:34:09)

Bestest Friend and I joke a lot that it would be easier if we were lesbians because then we could have just gotten married and that would have made our lives a lot easier. Alas. I love and adore my husband, but if forced to pick him or Bestest Friend at knifepoint, I'm not sure either of them would be happy with the choice I would make.

She's one of those women who can do an effortless messy bun and I dislike that about her. (timestamp 5:51:51)

The way this narrator said this line made me guffaw. Yeah, how can some people look like that when they're barely put together?!

Hat mention (why hats?):

Large men in cowboy hats gawked openly at me. (timestamp 6:35:05)

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Do you have a book that you think is sheer perfection in audiobook format?