What I Saw and How I Lied

Reader reviewed by KK

The main character of this book is Evie, a 15 year-old girl who matures very quickly throughout the book when she comes to realize her parents are not the people she thought they were. When her stepfather Joe returns home from the war, he announces to the family that they are going to Palm Beach on vacation, which seems slightly strange to Evie. A lot of shady things happen while they are on "vacation." Joe, Evie's stepfather makes a business deal with the Grayson family, another couple staying at the hotel, and Evie falls in "love" with an ex-GI that Joe happens to know. Ironic right? Especially there is the fact that Joe does not want Evie or her mother spending time with Peter, the ex-GI. There is a terrible secret that Evie wants to discover, and needs to when everything begins to fall apart. This book contains murder, love, and deception.