Lie to Her
by Mehrisa Mex
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Despite years of treatment,
twenty-one year old Lydia still struggles with trauma from being attacked as a
teenager. House-bound with anxieties and haunted by ghostly visions, she soon
comes to suspect her psychiatrist husband, Myles, of sabotaging her
recovery.
Her pursuit of the truth uncovers secrets more terrible than she ever imagined and it soon becomes clear that nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted – not even herself.
Her pursuit of the truth uncovers secrets more terrible than she ever imagined and it soon becomes clear that nothing is as it seems and no one can be trusted – not even herself.
Excerpt
She drew out a baseball bat from the cupboard and gripped it
tightly. Then she swung it at the camera on the landing until she was sure she
had destroyed it.
She thundered down the stairs and knocked out the one in the hallway. She then went about smashing the one in Myles's study. She was out of breath by the end of it, but also completely exhilarated.
Good girl.
Now out of view of any detectable surveillance camera, she went over to his desk drawer, which was locked. She hoped the gun was still in there and she tugged on it on the off-chance that it was a bad lock. No such luck.
With her hands shaking from the adrenaline, she pulled the hairpins out of her jeans pocket and laid them out on the desk. Her eyelids fluttered as she surveyed them. What was she thinking? She couldn't do this.
You've done it before a hundred times.
"That was years ago." Her days of picking locked liquor cabinets were long past her.
You can do this. Or, I can do it for you.
"No, wait."
She bit the soft end off one of the hairpins and pulled it apart while bending the rounded end of another pin into a lever. She pressed the lever hairpin into the lock cylinder and with the other one, she began to work on shifting the spring-loaded internal pins into their required position.
At any moment, it would all be over. The doors of the house would fly open and people would come crashing in to get her - the unstable fugitive, the runaway lab rat.
She thundered down the stairs and knocked out the one in the hallway. She then went about smashing the one in Myles's study. She was out of breath by the end of it, but also completely exhilarated.
Good girl.
Now out of view of any detectable surveillance camera, she went over to his desk drawer, which was locked. She hoped the gun was still in there and she tugged on it on the off-chance that it was a bad lock. No such luck.
With her hands shaking from the adrenaline, she pulled the hairpins out of her jeans pocket and laid them out on the desk. Her eyelids fluttered as she surveyed them. What was she thinking? She couldn't do this.
You've done it before a hundred times.
"That was years ago." Her days of picking locked liquor cabinets were long past her.
You can do this. Or, I can do it for you.
"No, wait."
She bit the soft end off one of the hairpins and pulled it apart while bending the rounded end of another pin into a lever. She pressed the lever hairpin into the lock cylinder and with the other one, she began to work on shifting the spring-loaded internal pins into their required position.
At any moment, it would all be over. The doors of the house would fly open and people would come crashing in to get her - the unstable fugitive, the runaway lab rat.
About The Author
Mehrisa Mex writes mystery-thrillers, neo-noir and international
crime. She often appears in her own imagination lit in the chiaroscuro style of
film noir and narrating thoughts to herself in moody, hard-boiled tones.
Giveaway
Be sure to check out each stop on this blitz for additional chances to win.
March 19th
March 20th
March 21st
March 22nd
March 23rd
March 26th
March 27th
March 28th
March 29th
Natural Bri ~ Review
March 30th
Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi, thanks for having 'Lie to Her' (and me!) on your blog today! It's dark and twisty fare - hope readers will enjoy it.
ReplyDeleteI will definitely be reading this one :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on the book. Thanks for hosting the giveaway. I hope that I win. Bernie Wallace BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDelete