# Why Men Lie

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- Book: [Why Men Lie](https://www.bookquiver.com/linden-macintyre/why-men-lie) ([Why Men Lie.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/linden-macintyre/why-men-lie.md))
- Authors: [Linden MacIntyre](https://www.bookquiver.com/linden-macintyre)
- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-4813-033-7
- Published: 2012-09-13
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Effie Gillis is a history professor teaching at a major university. She is also a survivor - of a troubled childhood, two failed marriages and numerous relationships which, for the most part, ended badly. Now, out of her past, arrives a man who is familiar and yet mysterious; mature, wise, and full of youthful energy. His presence is a reassurance, but he also carries with him an aura that is menacing. Slowly she becomes dependent on a relationship that's rich in truth and promise - but doomed by the lie that gave it life. Drawing on both minor and major characters from his two previous novels, The Long Stretch and The Bishop's Man , Why Men Lie is a story of longing, love and loss in middle age.