Lies He Told Me is a hardcover thriller novel by James Patterson and David Ellis, published by Little, Brown and Company (Hachette Book Group) on September 30, 2024. Running 384 pages, it is set in the fictional town of Hemingway Grove, Illinois.

Marcie Bowers is a former big-city lawyer who now practices family law in a quiet small town alongside her husband David, who owns the local pub. When David jumps into Cotton River to save a drowning stranger, he becomes a celebrated hero — his face broadcast on every news outlet. But the sudden media spotlight begins to unravel carefully kept secrets, forcing Marcie to ask whether the man she loves is the devoted husband and father she believes him to be, or something far more dangerous.