What I Saw and How I Lied

About This Audiobook

Judy Blundell’s *What I Saw and How I Lied* is a sun-drenched noir draped in the innocence of postwar America—except innocence is just a veneer. Evie Spooner’s stepfather returns from WWII with a new Cadillac and a headful of secrets, and their Florida vacation quickly curdles into something darker than sunburned skin and tropical drinks. The prose crackles with the tension of a family teetering on the edge of a cliff they didn’t see coming, and Blundell’s knack for hiding truth in plain sight makes every page a slow-motion unraveling. It’s a coming-of-age story where the adults are the real wolves in sheep’s clothing, and the betrayals sting harder than any sunburn.

The audiobook’s sharpest asset is Caitlin Greer’s narration, which nails the precarious balance between teenage naivety and creeping dread. Greer’s Evie is wide-eyed but not wide-eared—her voice drips with the kind of youthful curiosity that makes her eventual disillusionment hit like a gut punch. The production is crisp, with Florida’s heat practically radiating through the speakers, but it’s Greer’s ability to pivot from playful to petrified in a single breath that turns this into an audio experience worth your time.