Book description
Sophie Stava's Count My Lies presents a meticulously constructed psychological thriller that achieves remarkable narrative precision through its audiobook format. Sloane Caraway, a protagonist whose compulsive minor deceptions serve as both armor and entrapment, embodies the novel's central thesis: lies accumulate, forming an inescapable reality. Her fabricated identity as a nurse-born of a momentary impulse at a park-unwittingly secures her position as nanny to the seemingly impeccable Jay and Violet Lockhart, a couple whose Manhattan brownstone and Block Island summers mask profound darkness. This premise, echoing the intricate domestic suspense of Lisa Jewell and Lucy Foley, transcends mere comparison through Stava's razor-sharp execution.
The audiobook's strength lies in its masterful pacing, where each whispered falsehood resonates with escalating tension. Sloane's internal monologue, rendered with chilling intimacy in narration, transforms the listener's experience into an active complicity; we inhabit her anxious calculations as she navigates the Lockharts' gilded facade. Stava avoids melodrama, instead deploying subtle details-the precise arrangement of a child's toys, the unspoken weight of a shared glance-to build dread. The narrative's brilliance resides in its reversal: Sloane's lies are not merely narrative devices but the very framework through which the true danger emerges, revealing the Lockharts' secrets as equally calculated and perilous.
Crucially, the novel transcends the "gone girl" trope it evokes, focusing instead on the suffocating weight of performance within privileged spaces. The audiobook amplifies this through deliberate vocal modulation, where the narrator's calm delivery contrasts with Sloane's frantic internal state, making the reader's own breath catch during pivotal silences. Stava's prose, stripped of superfluity yet rich in psychological nuance, ensures every twist feels earned, never contrived. The phrase "careful what you lie for" is not a warning but the novel's core truth: the most dangerous secrets are those we construct to survive, and the most perilous lies are those we tell ourselves.
Count My Lies is not merely suspense; it is a forensic examination of identity, delivered with the unflinching precision of a legal brief. Its audiobook iteration transforms the text into an immersive psychological event, where the listener's trust is as deliberately manipulated as Sloane's. For connoisseurs of intelligent, twist-driven suspense, this work stands as a benchmark-a testament to how a single, well-placed lie can fracture a life, and how the truth, when finally exposed, is always more devastating than the fiction it replaces.
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience