A Review of the Book "To Tell You the Truth" by Gilly MacMillan

Title: To Tell You the Truth

Author: Gilly MacMillan

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Year: 2021

327 pages

From the Back: Lucy Harper's talent for writing bestselling novels has given her fame, fortune, and millions of fans. It's also given her Dan, her needy, jealous husband whose own writing career has gone precisely nowhere. Now Dan has vanished. But this isn't the first time that someone has disappeared from Lucy's life. Three decades ago, her little brother, Teddy, also went missing and was never found. Lucy, the only witness, helplessly spun fantasy and fantasy about Teddy's disappearance, to the detectives' fury and her parents' despair. That was the start of her storytelling - a talent she has profited from greatly.

    But now Lucy's a grown woman who can't hide behind fiction any longer. The world is watching, and her whole life is under intense scrutiny. A life full of stories, some more believable than others. Could she have hurt Teddy? Did she kill Dan? Finally, now, Lucy Harper's going to tell the truth.

    Cross her heart.

    Hope to die.

Personal Thoughts: The storyline goes so much further than what you'd expect upon reading the above summary. There's a exploration of denial, multiple personalities, mental health under duress. It's an amazingly woven story full of excitement and intrigue. It was quite well-written, despite the pieces here and there that reminded me I was reading an advanced copy. It was a fun and easy read, really quite enjoyable. I may seek out more of MacMillan's work.