Book Review for All The Lies We See by Christina McDonald

 

Jess Lambert #3

All The Lies We See by Christina McDonald

Published:  July 7, 2026 by Intrigue Ink Publishing

Genre:  Mystery Thriller

 

Taken from Goodreads:  Framed for murder. A viral video proves it. The case she abandoned after her daughter died could save—or destroy her, from the USA Today bestselling author of The Night Olivia Fell.

Detective Jess Lambert is days away from the trial of the woman accused of killing her daughter when she wakes in a seedy hotel room with no memory of how she got there. On her phone is a viral video showing Jess calmly shooting the woman in cold blood.

As the footage spreads and her own department closes in, Jess has no choice but to run. Someone has engineered her downfall, and the only way to survive is to uncover who’s turning her past into a weapon. Desperate to clear her name, she follows the only lead she has—an unsolved case she abandoned after her daughter died that now holds the key to who set her up.

But the closer Jess gets to the truth, the more she realizes it may not be enough. Because when people prefer the lie, even reality becomes irrelevant.

 

My Thoughts:  The Jess Lambert series is one of my favorites.  I like that the characters are consistent throughout the series but each book is its own mystery with an ending that closes that mystery.  

All the Lies We See is a book that is full of deep emotions.  Not only about the case that Jess is in the middle of but with the loss of her daughter, the feeling of being responsible for that death.   The mending of relationships is also a big part of this book.

I am hopeful that there will be more Jess Lambert books.  It is a series I always recommend when asked for a thriller recommendation.

Thank you to the author for a copy of the book from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.

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Meet the Author (taken from herwebsite):  CHRISTINA MCDONALD is the USA Today and Amazon charts bestselling author of These Still Black Waters, Do No Harm, Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell (Simon & Schuster/Gallery Books), which has been optioned for television by a major Hollywood studio. She lives in London, England with her husband, two sons, and their dog, Tango.