Listen for the Lie

Content Warning: This section contains mentions and descriptions of violence and murder, domestic violence, sexual assault, substance addiction, trauma, and slurs and profanity against women.

Lucy Chase, an executive assistant at an investment firm in LA, is let go from her job. Her boss tells her the company is downsizing, but she knows it is because of a recent true crime podcast about her. As she is being escorted out, the security guard asks Lucy if she really did commit the murder; Lucy replies, “The truth doesn’t matter” (3).

Lucy’s best friend, Savannah “Savvy” Harper, was murdered five years ago. Lucy was found wandering around early in the morning with Savvy’s blood on her dress. While Lucy was never arrested, everyone in her hometown assumed she did it. Now, a podcaster named Ben Owens has dredged up the cold case for his podcast.

Lucy makes dinner for her boyfriend, Nathan, whom she knows has been listening to the podcast. Things have been fizzling out between them, but Lucy wants to keep it going as she needs a place to live.