An adaptation of Freida McFadden’s ‘Never Lie’ in the works at Netflix

[saintclaire87]

An adaptation of Freida McFadden’s psychological thriller ‘NEVER LIE’ is in the works at Netflix.

A newlywed couple finds a manor owned by a missing psychiatrist. Trapped by a blizzard, the wife discovers tapes of the psychiatrist's sessions, including one with a sociopath. pic.twitter.com/mpmnl2BXJk
- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 30, 2024

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[angriest_girl]

I find her books incredibly readable but kind of stupid. They’re like crime bubblegum books. She’s created her own little niche and she is raking it in - good for her. Still better than CoHo.

[champagnexdream]

Agreed but I'm still hooked lmao

[angriest_girl]

Oh, same - I’ve read heaps of her books. They’re just easy and you want to know what happens.

[spazzy06]

The wife stumbles upon and listens to some tapes of psychiatrist’s sessions and realizes that she might know one of the dangerous patients.

Is it the husband? It would be really lame if it was the husband.

[waxandstrings]

do you actually want spoilers?

[lizrocks]

Yes!

[waxandstrings]

[Spoiler (click to open)]basically the wife spends the whole trip secretly listening to the tapes that are all labeled with initials and the focus is heavily on a male patient that i think was obsessed with the doctor so you assume he killed her and it's about who he is, but there's also a couple other random patients tapes that get played throughout, including a woman who survived a killing during a trip with her friends at her cabin. in the end, the reveal is that the wife is the woman that survived the cabin murder but was actually the murderer all along and also killed the doctor and she came back with her husband to move the doctor's body because the house is being sold. there's some other players/details to the plot like a fake out patient being a stalker that she also killed and some blackmail and the doctor's bf or whatever but. the main reveal is the wife/pov character is the killer all along[Spoiler (click to open)]

[waxandstrings]

i enjoyed the book, even if i'm not sure how it all holds up after the twist/reveal. would make a good b movie i watch one netflix at random one saturday night

[saintclaire87]

Yep, it would be a good Lifetime movie if it wasn’t on Netflix.

[veracity]

I haven't read her books. I remember seeing this one around. Vaguely put off how often she publishes. Just feels super fast. Which you need to be a clever writer with thrillers and crime books. You can't handwave like some romances or cozy mysteries, where the stakes aren't so high.

[champagnexdream]

Yassss I am obsessed with Freida's books ngl. I think I liked The Locked Door the most so far but this one was pretty good. Just finished The Wife Upstairs which was decent too. Housemaid's series was good. I liked The Teacher a lot too. I'm reading The Boyfriend now. I got an advance copy :p

[arilicious]

I read the first Housemaid, The Coworker, Ward D, Do You Remember and The Inmate. The Housemaid I liked (I had heard comparisons of it to The Last Mrs. Parrish which it definitely had, but thankfully had a better ending since I LOATHED The Last Mrs. Parrish), Do You Remember was pretty good if a bit, well, forgettable (no pun intended), The Coworker, Ward D and The Inmate were all terrible and predictable though.

[champagnexdream]

That’s so funny you’ve read all the ones I haven’t yet! Maybe I’ll skip those three and pick up Do You Remember next