The Good Lie

At the beginning of the story, Gwen withholds information from the police regarding John’s treatment. Analyze the reasons she gives for making this decision. Is she more powerfully motivated to maintain his privacy or to safeguard her professional reputation? Use specific examples from the text to support your interpretation.

Consider Gwen’s interactions with Detective Saxe and compare these scenes to her internal thoughts about him. Is Saxe truly suspicious of her, or is Gwen’s narration inherently unreliable? Use specific textual examples to assess the degree to which Gwen projects her own fears and insecurities onto the situation.

Although The Good Lie is a psychological thriller, many of Alessandra Torre’s novels fall into the contemporary romance genre. How does her background as a romance author manifest in The Good Lie and supplement this darker narrative?