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The Stories You Tell

A Mystery

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“Lepionka is setting a high standard for crime fiction.” —Booklist (starred review) on What You Want to See

The Stories You Tell is Shamus Award-winning and Anthony and Macavity Award-nominated author Kristen Lepionka’s heart-pounding third novel that will keep readers on the edge of their seats with her signature twists and mile-high stakes.

A late-night phone call is never good news, especially when you’re Roxane Weary. This one is from her brother Andrew, whose evening was interrupted by an urgent visit from Addison, a hip young DJ and one-time fling, who turns up at his apartment scared and begging to use his phone. She leaves as quickly as she appeared, but now Andrew is worried–especially when Addison never makes it home and her friends and family demand to know where she is. As the police begin to suspect that something may have happened to her, and that Andrew is involved, Roxane tracks Addison’s digital footprint as she goes deeper and deeper into the events preceding her disappearance. Meanwhile, a cop is found dead on the opposite side of town, leading to a swirl of questions surrounding a dance club whose staff–which includes Addison–has suddenly gone AWOL. As Roxane struggles to distinguish the truth from the stories people tell about themselves online, it’s clear that the mystery of Addison’s whereabouts is just the beginning.

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Acknowledgments

 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks, as always, to my readers. You’re why I do this. It means the world when someone tells me they love Roxane Weary, and I’m so fortunate that I get to keep telling her story. I’d especially like to mention my book club ladies—you’re the best!

My writing career wouldn’t be possible without my wonderful agent, Jill Marsal, who wasn’t afraid to take me on as a client even though I’m really bad at phone calls. Huge thanks to her for all of her work on my behalf. I’d also like to thank Jerry Kalajian.

Daniela Rapp is my editor, and I can’t thank her enough for believing in me as a writer and for always finding ways to make the story better. I’d also like to thank everyone at Minotaur Books, especially Sarah Schoof, Lauren Jablonski, and Alison Ziegler.

The team at Faber is wonderful as well—thanks to Angus Cargill, my editor for the UK edition of the book, who pointed out that two of the names I’d first chosen for characters herein were, respectively, the names of a prominent UK car service and a serial killer, and that I should probably change them. (I did.) I’d also like to thank Lauren Nicoll for her great work on publicity.

Thanks to Dana Kaye, Julia Borcherts, and Meredith Liepelt for their publicity efforts in the US.

I was lucky enough to be honored with a Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel in 2018 for my (and Roxane’s) debut, The Last Place You Look. Huge thanks to Private Eye Writers of America and everyone who makes the organization and the awards possible, especially Robert Randisi. So many thanks to the amazing crime fiction community for reading, reviewing, and recommending my work. I’d especially like to mention Eric Beetner, Matthew Turbeville, and Kristopher Zygorski for going out of their way to be supportive.

To the real Michael Dillman: thanks for letting me use your name, and I hope seeing it in print gives you a thrill.

To my Pitch Wars family: you set all of this in motion, and I can’t thank you enough. Shout-out to Kellye Garrett, who’s so talented and generous that it’s not even fair.

Thanks to my dearest friends who put up with having a neurotic writer (and the related, even scarier creature, the neurotic writer on deadline) in their lives: Megan Brandstetter and Doreen Vanunu.

Thanks to Ernie Chiara for always being willing to read my work (and for acting like I’m way smarter than I am).

Thanks to my parents, Kevin and Eileen Lepionka, who have got to be seriously tired of hearing the “book talk” that I give at events by now, but who still come anyway. I love you.

Finally, thanks to my partner Joanna and our cats, Snapple and Spenser. The three of them are always here for me when I’m done writing about murder and need a dose of something sweet.



On Sale
Jul 9, 2019
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Hachette Book Group
ISBN-13
9781250309365