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Ridley Jones has been living a lie. A mysterious package showed up on her doorstep one morning and the beautiful lie she used to call her life was over. Suddenly, everyone in she knows feels like a stranger. She has no idea who's on her side and who has something to hide—even her new lover, Jake, might have disturbing secrets of his own.

Now she's determined to find out the truth, even if it means risking her life. Ridley embarks on a breathtaking pursuit where every choice she makes sets off a whirlwind of consequences that are as frightening as they are shocking.


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9780307388995
ISBN: 0307388999
Label: Vintage
Manufacturer: Vintage
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 464
Publication Date: 2008-04-29
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date: 2008-04-29
Studio: Vintage


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CUSTOMER REVIEWS:

Customer Rating:
Summary: Are You My Daughter?
Comment: Are You My Daughter? With those four words Ridley Jones easy going, nice safe life comes crashing down all around her.

After enjoying her 15 minutes of fame for saving a toddler from certain death by taxi on a NYC street, Ridley Jones finds that there is a downside to all the publicity she receives as a hero. One of them is a picture of a man, a woman and a little girl with the mystifying question scrawled across the bottom. After thinking it is some sick joke Ridley decides to confront her parents, who reassure her that she is indeed their child. But there is a nagging doubt at the back of her mind. When Ridley meets her new neighbor, the very appealing Jake Jacobson, she tells him her story. Offering to help her find out if there is any truth to her doubts Ridley and Jake begin a roller coaster search for the truth that confronts all the Beautiful Lies we often live with without even knowing they are lies.

I enjoyed this suspense mystery very much. It was nicely paced, well written and kept me guessing until the end. I have the sequel Sliver of Truth already. A very good and entertaining read that doesn't take the easy way out by tying everything up in a neat bow, lots of loose ends and questions remain. High recommend.

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Summary: Family secrets like you can't imagine...
Comment: It all started when Ridley saves a little boy from being run over in the middle of the street. That fifteen minutes of fame - are going to cost her like you wouldn't believe.

A grainy photo and the words: "Are you my daughter?" are shoved under her door, and this starts the entire train of destruction. Everyone she knows has been lying to her, from her parents to her brother, her ex-fiance and friend, Zach and his mother, Esme. Even her deceased Uncle Max lied to her. Everyone is telling her that, because of her act of bravery, it's bringing crazies out of the woodwork, but for some reason, that doesn't ring true for Ridley, and she becomes determined to find out why.

And it seems that the only one she believes she can trust is Jake, a man who recently moved into her apartment building. After a little research, Ridley learns that the woman in the photo, Teresa Elizabeth Stone, had been murdered in 1972 and her 18-month-old daughter, Jessie Amelia Stone, went missing. It was believed that Christina Luna, father of Jessie, had murdered her and disappeared with the child. With Jake's help, she gets in contact with the man who sent her the photo, Christian Luna. He'd found Teresa's body that night, and Jessie missing, and he ran, knowing that he would be a supsect, for Teresa had a restraining order on him, and he'd been banging on her door, drunk as a skunk, earlier that night.

But as Ridley is talking to him in the park, he's shot dead beside her, rifle shot to the head.

Lies upon lies tumble, and Ridley becomes even more determined. Whether or not she is Jessie, she's going to find out what happened over thirty years ago. Who killed Teresa Elizabeth Stone? And what happened to Jessie?

I'd had high hopes. I'd heard such good things about this author that when Crystal suggested this book as a Buddy Read, I jumped on it. I think we both may be regretting the idea.

It's not that it was a bad book. The action was superb, the mystery was great, the plot thick, the lies, deceit and twists ties the reader up in knots. The characters have you wondering, but the main character, Ridley... oh, boy, where do I start?

You can tell she grew up in a bubble of her parents love and money. Naive, she knows about bad things in the world, but she really had no idea. Reading about it is one thing, but being involved is another, and her eyes are being opened rather drastically, rather quickly. But the rambling... OMG, the rambling! It screams FILLER! It may give you an idea about the kind of person she is, how she grew up, yada, yada, yada, blah, blah, blah, but enough is enough! At one point, she even jokes that we might be upset at her rambling but that there's a point to it. I'm sorry, but there was stuff rambled about that had no bearing to the story whatsoever. The rambling drove me crazy, and I even had my husband look at me funny when I yelled: "Get to the point, already!" Not once, but three times.

And while I did feel that spark, that click between her and Jake, the relationship hit high really quick... too quick. First the sex (which is painfully really nothing to gossip about whatsoever,) then the I love you's inside a week? Are we really supposed to believe that? Sure, I felt that connection, but the rest went way too fast. Sorry, Ms. Unger, but readers of the suspense/thriller genre are not that naive.

And the ending - perfect set up for a second book. And honestly, I wasn't happy... Not. One. Bit. Way too many unanswered questions, plus we still don't know who actually killed Teresa Stone. Now I feel like I'm being forced to pick up the second book, Sliver of Truth, in order to find out. To me, that screams: guaranteed sales. From an author's and publisher's stand-point, that's awesome. From a reader's stand-point, a huge load of B.S. At this point, I'm not sure if I'll pick up Sliver of Truth. I feel cheated, and I don't like feeling cheated.

I can't say it was a bad book, cause it wasn't - not to me, anyway. But it wasn't the greatest for me. Do I recommend it? *shrug* The choice is yours.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Impressive Debut Novel
Comment: Overall, I did enjoy this book quite alot (audiobook). It was different from the other authors I have been reading. I enjoyed the audiobook's reader (Ann Marie Lee) as I think she did a good job especially with the protagonist, Ridley Jones. The book, in general, had good characters and the storyline kept me on my toes and guessing but I did figure out the primary mystery of the book quite easily.

What kept this from 5 stars? Not overly excessive but just a bit too much descriptive romance for me. Romance is a genre that I don't read and when a mystery has more than I feel is needed then I have to knock it down a notch.

I am listening the the sequel SLIVER OF TRUTH now so I definitely recommend BEAUTIFUL LIES by Lisa Unger.

Customer Rating:
Summary: AWESOME BOOK, GREAT AUTHOR!!!!
Comment: Lisa Unger is a wonderful new author. Her characters are so real. Beautiful Lies is a page turner. I read it and the sequel in 3 days (much to the delight of my spouse since I didn't move off of the couch). I can't wait until her new release.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Off to such a good start... what went wrong?!
Comment: Initially, it was pretty good - definitely a different style and voice for the narrator of a thriller, but it became a rather tired tale very quickly. The plot was predictable, with a solution lacking a basis in solid facts. Overall, it read more like a romance novel than a thriller. It was hokey, unimpressive and used unoriginal characters and relationships. All in all, I was rather disappointed. The most interesting thing was that the adoption motif of _Brothers & Sisters_ carried through to this book.

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