This Is Why We Lied by Karin Slaughter

For GBI investigator Will Trent and medical examiner Sara Linton, McAlpine Lodge seems like the ideal getaway to celebrate their honeymoon. Set on a gorgeous, off-the-grid mountaintop property, it’s the perfect place to unplug and reconnect. Until a bone-chilling scream cuts through the night. Mercy McAlpine, the manager of the Lodge, is dead. With a vicious storm raging and the one access road to the property washed out, the murderer must be someone on the mountain. But as Will and Sara investigate the Mc… Read more.

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Trigger and Content Warnings

  • Rape recounted
  • Incest & child sexual abuse
  • Domestic violence
  • Alcohol & drug abuse
  • Graphic blood & injury depiction and autopsy scene
  • Murder
  • Poisoning