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Sweet Little Lies Audiobook Summary

In this gripping debut procedural, a young London policewoman must probe dark secrets buried deep in her own family’s past to solve a murder and a long-ago disappearance.

Your father is a liar. But is he a killer?
Even liars tell the truth . . . sometimes.

Twenty-six-year-old Cat Kinsella overcame a troubled childhood to become a Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police Force, but she’s never been able to banish these ghosts. When she’s called to the scene of a murder in Islington, not far from the pub her estranged father still runs, she discovers that Alice Lapaine, a young housewife who didn’t get out much, has been found strangled.

Cat and her team immediately suspect Alice’s husband, until she receives a mysterious phone call that links the victim to Maryanne Doyle, a teenage girl who went missing in Ireland eighteen years earlier. The call raises uneasy memories for Cat–her family met Maryanne while on holiday, right before she vanished. Though she was only a child, Cat knew that her charming but dissolute father wasn’t telling the truth when he denied knowing anything about Maryanne or her disappearance. Did her father do something to the teenage girl all those years ago? Could he have harmed Alice now? And how can you trust a liar even if he might be telling the truth?

Determined to close the two cases, Cat rushes headlong into the investigation, crossing ethical lines and trampling professional codes. But in looking into the past, she might not like what she finds. . . .

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Sweet Little Lies Audiobook Narrator

Jane Collingwood is the narrator of Sweet Little Lies audiobook that was written by Caz Frear

Caz Frear has a degree in History & Politics, and when she’s not agonizing over snappy dialogue or incisive prose, she can be found shouting at Arsenal football matches. Her first Cat Kinsella mystery was Sweet Little Lies. She grew up in Coventry, England, where she now lives. 

About the Author(s) of Sweet Little Lies

Caz Frear is the author of Sweet Little Lies

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Sweet Little Lies Full Details

Narrator Jane Collingwood
Length 11 hours 57 minutes
Author Caz Frear
Category
Publisher HarperAudio
Release date August 14, 2018
ISBN 9780062850676

Subjects

The publisher of the Sweet Little Lies is HarperAudio. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Mystery & Detective, Women Sleuths

Additional info

The publisher of the Sweet Little Lies is HarperAudio. The imprint is HarperAudio. It is supplied by HarperAudio. The ISBN-13 is 9780062850676.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

Goodreads Reviews

Miriam

July 30, 2017

Wowza! What a cracking debut novel "Sweet Little Lies" is! I defy anyone to start reading this and not be hooked after the first few pages. Cat Kinsella was always a daddy's girl. When 17 year Maryanne Doyle goes missing in the summer of 1998 Cat's dad denies ever knowing her. However, Cat knows he's lying after seeing him flirting with Maryanne and giving her a lift while she was hitch hiking. Cat's relationship with her dad is never the same again. Whilst working as a DC in London eighteen years later, Cat is involved in the investigation of a murdered woman found near her father's pub. When evidence begins to link the death to Maryanne, Cat can't help but have doubts about her father again. Could he be a murderer?Children are so trusting and believing of grown ups, so it's quite understandable that Cat felt the way she did after her father denied knowing Maryanne. But with unbreakable family bonds, can Cat come clean about what she knows about her father and will she ever forgive him for originally lying to the police? There's a tremendous storyline to this book that has quite a disturbing main plot to it but it's a superbly crafted police procedural with some interesting and well portrayed characters. Cat is particularly compelling, so natural and human you can't help but like her. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend "Sweet Little Lies", you'll be glued to the pages and won't be able to put it down.I can see why this book won a Richard and Judy competition - it's a brilliant debut novel written by Caz Frear, a refreshing new author with boundless talents and excellent writing skills. A well deserved 5 stars.

James

November 26, 2018

At the center of this excellent debut novel is a twenty-six-year-old London police woman named Cat Kinsella. Estranged from her family, her father in particular, she lives alone in a tiny room, devoting her life to her work as a homicide detective while she's haunted by developments that occurred eighteen years earlier when she was a child on vacation with her family in Ireland.While on that vacation, Cat and her older sister, Jacqui, struck up a friendship with a budding teenage girl named Maryanne Doyle. Just before Cat's family left Ireland, Maryanne suddenly disappeared, never to be seen again. Cat knows that her randy father, a tavern owner and a minor fixer for a crime boss, had been with Maryanne just before she disappeared, although her father steadfastly denied it when the family was questioned by the police in the wake of Maryanne's disappearance. In the years since, Cat has been tormented by the fear that her father may have had something to do with the girl going missing. This has been the source of a great deal of tension between her and her father, even though she has never really articulated her suspicions to him.Fast forward to the present day when a young married woman named Alice Lapaine is found strangled in London, not far from the tavern that Cat's father still operates. Cat's team is assigned to investigate the case, and initially the victim's husband looks like an excellent suspect. But Cat is stunned when the investigation reveals that "Alice Lapaine" is really none other than the long-lost Maryanne Doyle.Cat knows that she should immediately come clean with her supervisors about her link to the victim, especially since the body was found so close to her father's establishment. But no one else on the team makes the connection and Cat struggles to maintain the secret while she attempts to unravel the twin mysteries of where Maryanne Doyle has been all these years and how she's wound up murdered now.This is a very dark and moody story, part psychological suspense novel and part police procedural. Cat Kinsella is a complex and interesting protagonist, and Frear expertly weaves a complex plot that offers up one surprise after another. The settings are very well done. My only concern about the book was the huge coincidence that would have the long-gone girl, Maryanne Doyle, turn up dead and Cat Kinsella be assigned the case. ("Of all the gin joints in all the world...")Still, that's a minor complaint, and I really enjoyed this book a lot. I see it's billed as "Cat Kinsella #1," and I very much hope that we will not have to wait long for #2. This is a fresh and unique character, and I can hardly wait to see where Frear takes her next.

Malia

November 11, 2017

Even though it feels like it took me FOREVER to finish this book, I rather enjoyed it. It was clever with good characterization as well as a compelling plot. It was not as fast-paced as I had expected it would be, but never boring either. I am a fan of mystery books (or books in general) that are really about the characters and the way their story weaves into the plot as a whole, which very much was the case in this one. It reminded me a little of Jane Casey's books, both in terms of the style and the story. So if you, like me, are a fan of her books or Tana French or Nicci French, you should give this one a try. I can see it becoming a series and I will definitely keep and eye on this author in the future!Find more reviews and bookish fun at http://www.princessandpen.com

Amy

August 23, 2018

Nothing really excites me more than when I read a debut that knocks my socks off, and Sweet Little Lies was one hell of a stunning first novel. It’s mostly a police procedural with a psychological thriller feel to it and it’s also part dark family drama which made for a combination I couldn’t get enough of.Cat is a detective who has made her job her life, nothing earth shattering there, but the complexity with which Frear developed her made her a standout character, the type I won’t soon forget. Her past is intriguing, especially her relationship with her father and trying to decide if her memories from her childhood related to her current case was so fascinating. You have the recollections of an eight year old child, isnshe even remembering things exactly as they happened or is it all muddled up with time and age? A constant guessing game and one that I totally failed, Frear delivered in the end and totally pulled the wool over my eyes.This does require a tiny bit of patience for readers who only enjoy fast paced narratives, I love a good old slow burn when the payoff is worth it and it totally was here. Just when I thought things were all wrapped up with a neat bow Frear shook me up again and delivered a new shock, she’s GOOD not only at characterization and plotting one hell of a story but also at writing, plain and simple. There’s some sardonic humor and wit sprinkled in to a mostly sharp style, a lethal combination that gets me every time. I see Goodreads says this is the first in a series and I couldn’t be happier, I would love to read more about Cat!Sweet Little Lies in three words: Assured, Cunning and Authentic.

Sandra

January 09, 2020

Sweet Little Lies is my first audio book for 2020. The story was aptly set in London over the Christmas period. DC Cat Kinsella is quite new to the job of DC and had a bit of a tough time during a previous case she worked on. Reluctantly she has agreed to seek help from a therapist. Just before Christmas, a body of a woman is found in Leamington Square gardens near to the public house her estranged father runs. After days of investigating they get a tip off that there is a link to an old case, eighteen years previous, a young girl called Maryanne Doyle disappeared. Maryanne Doyle once lived in Mulderrin, Ireland. The same village Cat’s grandmother lived and the same village she spent a summer, with her mother, father and siblings when she was 8 years old...... and the same summer Maryanne disappeared! Does Cat know more than she realises and can she unravel the complex web of truth and lies? Good plot with a satisfying number of twists and well developed characters. The audible version was narrated well.

Crime by the Book

January 06, 2019

4.5/5 stars for this masterful procedural from a talented debut crime writer. There’s something about the tried-and-true police procedural that always keeps me coming back for more—and finding an author who can write a police procedural in as fresh, modern a way as can Caz Frear is a genuine treat. Read my full review on the CBTB blog! http://crimebythebook.com/blog/2018/9...

Lisa *OwlBeSatReading*

July 20, 2017

Here's a slightly different than normal review. Because this is a very different from normal police procedural crime novel.I won't go through the synopsis because you can read it for yourselves, but I recommend this to ALL MY FOLLOWERS WHO LOVE BRITISH CRIME.ThoughtsWow! Was this really a debut?How can a 'first timer' be this good?How long did it take to establish such awesome characters for a first book? Very impressive.Is Caz Frear writing another?And if so, when?This doesn't read like a debut.It must of took some long and deep thought processes to create all these incredible people in the story.I loved everyone for so many different reasons.The intricacies of the whole story were simply complex, if that makes sense.I love Cat Kinsella.I need more of this kind of stuff.Ok, the above ramblings needed to be off-loaded, because I absolutely loved this book! I'd reached page 46, and was thinking, this could be an average crime-mystery police procedural read. But then there was this;'Prepping the incident board are man-mountain DS Pete Flowers and blade-thin DC Craig Cooke - aka the Feast and the Famine.' That alone, made me grin so much! So inventive! Characters that are given a personal and humorous persona from other characters POV's before we even know them properly. I like that. I like that A LOT.Caz Frear is a brilliant writer. She really attached the characters and story to my nosyness. I felt as though these people were so real! It gripped me quickly. There was mystery a-plenty, and I was hooked from about page 50. That is good going for me, I can tell you.I absolutely loved this all the way through. And heading towards the very satisfying conclusion this little beauty of the New Years Eve scenario just grabbed me and had me nodding in agreement;'I've never subscribed to the cult of New Years Eve. Never grasped the fascination. All that reflecting on the past and hoping for the future always strikes me as a profoundly bad idea when you've been poisoning your body for seven days straight, and your nervous system's shot to pieces by marathon-style boozing and energy-sapping grub'.Oh how bloody true. I couldn't agree more. Cat Kinsella, will you be my friend?A very deserving 4 stars out of 5.I'd like to thank Readers First and the author, Caz Frear for the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review

pelaio

April 01, 2020

Me ha gustado, está francamente bien. Además, cosa rara, me ha caído bien la detective Cat Kinsella y también el sargento Parnell, y hasta la jefa Steele jajajajaja. Como he visto por ahí que hay además otro libro que le sigue a este, el 2º de la serie, (Corazón despiadado) alla que voy a por él. Recomendable. Pd: me he despistado y le había puesto 2 estrellas, son 4 estrellas. Mil perdones 🤗

Chandra

August 14, 2018

3.5 stars, rounding to 4 for Goodreads.I always love the father/daughter dynamic in books since I have a very close relationship with mine. This one isn't as loving, but still the bond is there - even if Cat does know her father is lying about the disappearance of her friend and is now suspicious about the death of another woman. This is slightly different than most police procedurals as we have a team that actually works well together without any misogynistic undertones and there are more dynamics in side stories as we switch from past to present timelines. I will say that at times it ran really slow for me and I would find myself putting it down without any real manic desire to read more. However, I am glad that I stuck with it as it did get better as I continued along.There are a few revelations that come about as the story proceeds but nothing that makes you gasp or is all that surprising. I think the pacing has something to do with this as it slowly unravels for the reader. I did enjoy that this is told straight through Cat's eyes and there's no flipping of POVs.An absolutely solid debut that divides it's story between family conflicts and the investigation in itself.

ABookwormWithWine

April 11, 2021

If you are in the mood for a slow burn police procedural with a kickass female lead, look no further than Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear. This is a debut novel to boot, and I was very impressed by both the mystery and Frear's writing. I thought the whole thing had a very slow burn quality, but as I listened to the audiobook I didn't mind one bit. I LOVE police procedurals, and you definitely get all the things that come with one in this book. I really liked Cat and found the dynamic between her and her dad very intriguing, as well as how the murdered woman ended up tying in with her family. There isn't anything too gory in this book either, so if you aren't a fan of a lot of violence or gore, this is a great one to try. The audiobook is very well done, as narrated by Jane Collingwood. It is just under 12 hours but let me tell you, it goes QUICK. I found myself completely immersed in the investigation and loved the way Collingwood brought Cat to life for me. She narrates every book in the series and trust me when I say I am A-OK with it! I had no idea who the killer would end up being and was very surprised by the ending. Both who the killer was, and some intrigue involving Cat and her family totally shocked me. I really appreciated that Frear didn't inundate the reader with all of Cat's backstory, even though you definitely still get to know her a bit. Sweet Little Lies was mostly about the case, and what a case it was. So glad I finally picked this one up, and I am excited to see what book 2 brings me!I received a complimentary copy of this book. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.

Encarni

March 13, 2022

Este libro llevaba tiempo detrás de leerlo, me lo recomendaron, lo propuse para una conjunta y salió, así que, como dicen, la ocasión la pintan calva. Es el primero de la serie de la agente de la policía Cat Kinsella, una joven con traumas y que se lleva mal con su padre. Esta investigación hará que vuelva a verlo, que dude de él y hasta ahí puedo contar. El título le va bastante bien a la historia. El asesinato de una mujer desatará la trama de esta historia que hará ver que no es oro todo lo que reluce y que hay cosas que es mejor hablarlas antes de que se enquisten. Me ha gustado el desarrollo de la historia, la descripción de los personajes, algunos anodinos, otros no tanto como parecen y otros a los que te gustaría tener en tu vida. Una historia que me ha entretenido bastante y me ha hecho querer seguir con la serie.

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