When I'm promised a 'twisting new mystery' I'm straight away intrigued and ready to read that book. The premise of 'The Lying Game' was good, with four friends from secondary school bound together by a lie. 17 years on from that initial lie, four former school friends are called back together to address the repercussions of such a lie. The first few chapters promised a plot full of intrigue and mystery, but sadly that was where it ended. I found the storyline took a very long to get anywhere of interest, with a lot of additional details that didn't seem necessary. One of the characters had a young baby who was often written into the scenes, but this didn't seem to add anything to the story and we could have done without these details. You could tell quite early on where the plot was leading, but even as I got to about 80% of the way through I expected there was going to be an explosive plot twist. Sadly, the ending was so anti-climactic and didn't really amount too much. I finished this book thinking: 'Was that IT?!'. It was the book equivalent of asking someone a straight-forward question and getting a 20-minute long round the houses answer. As a short story this might have been nice and punchy with thrills aplenty, but for a full-length novel this really didn't do much for me I'm afraid.