A Year of Lies: A gripping psychological thriller with a shocking twist

Written by Shelby Shaw

Narrated by Virtual Voice

Length

5h 33m

Rating

4.0 (33 ratings)

A hidden identity. A violent past. A killer who knows her better than she knows herself.I live by routines.Locked doors. Controlled schedules. Predictable days.Five years ago, I survived a violent attack while working as a real estate agent in Augusta. I escaped a man who should have been just another client—and I ran. I changed my name. I moved states. I rebuilt my life in Nashville, one listing at a time.I don’t talk about the past.I don’t revisit old memories.I tell myself survival was enough.Then a client is murdered at one of my properties.Then a colleague vanishes.Then another woman disappears.Suddenly, the police are asking questions I don’t want to answer. Questions about my past. Questions about gaps in my story. Questions that suggest I’m not telling the whole truth.Maybe I’m not.Because the deeper I look, the more unreliable my memories become. Familiar events feel distorted. Important details don’t align. And someone is watching me—someone who knows intimate truths about my life, my fear, and a night I can barely remember.The women around me are dying.The killer is closing in.And the truth I buried to survive is no longer willing to stay silent.I believed I escaped the worst night of my life.I was wrong.Tropes:Unreliable Female NarratorReal Estate Agent Suspense💀 Killer Among UsWorkplace Murder InvestigationGaslighting Psychological ThrillerBuried Trauma MysteryMentor-Protégée RelationshipSmall Town Dark SecretsThe Showing is a psychological thriller featuring escalating twists, buried trauma, and a deeply unsettling ending that lingers long after the final page.