The Lies We Trade by Kristine Delano: Book Review

 **ARC received for consideration. All opinions are my own. 

The Book

A high-powered Wall Street career, a beautiful family in a quiet suburban neighborhood—she seems to have everything. Which means she has everything to lose.

Meredith Hansel should be having the best week of her life. After establishing herself as a portfolio manager at a prestigious Wall Street firm, she’s in the national spotlight for the innovative funds she created. But as Meredith prepares to celebrate, the plates she’s kept spinning for years begin to crash: Her strained marriage reaches a breaking point. Her conscientious teenage daughter acts out under mysterious pressures. Someone vandalizes her home with disturbing graffiti. And Betsey, her most trusted ally at the financial firm, goes rogue, and Meredith is forced to sign a restraining order against her.

Then her worlds collide when she receives a thumb drive and a cryptic note from Betsey threatening to reveal a secret that could have devastating effects on Meredith’s family . . . unless she can figure out what Betsey wants and deliver it in time.

As Meredith begins to dig into the data, however, she begins to suspect that it’s no coincidence her life is crumbling. That maybe what’s happening to her family is connected to what’s boiling beneath the surface at her investment company. Soon Meredith realizes there’s only one way to avoid taking the fall, and it all hinges on Betsey’s true motives. Was she really threatening Meredith or trying to warn her?

Great for fans of Colleen Coble, Laura Dave, Dani Pettrey, and Lisa Scottoline

Clean, high-stakes women’s domestic suspense with workplace secrets and family drama

A stand-alone Wall Street thriller

Includes discussion questions for book clubs

The Author

Kristine Delano is a former Wall Street executive turned award-winning author of domestic thrillers set in the high-stakes finance world. She hosts the We Talk Careers podcast and mentors women on work-life balance. When she’s not writing or reading, she enjoys scuba diving, playing games with friends, and chasing her family down the ski slopes of western Maine. Please connect with her on Instagram.

Book Review

I'll be honest, I know absolutely nothing about Wall Street or the finance world... but the story very quickly draws readers into that world, regardless of prior knowledge. And what a world it is--full of it's own share of drama and suspense. But it's not just her workplace that is bringing drama into Meredith's life! Struggles in her marriage and with her teenage daughter also kept me at the very edge of my seat as well. This was a complex story with a lot going on, that's for certain... while I admit it wasn't quite what I was expecting (and as a mom, there were some moments that I found really difficult to read), it was an intriguing story with twists I did not see coming. If you enjoy Christian domestic suspense and family drama, this is one worth checking out. 


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