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Zuky the BookBum (15 KP) rated Sometimes I Lie in Books

Mar 15, 2018  
Sometimes I Lie
Sometimes I Lie
Alice Feeney | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry
10
7.8 (17 Ratings)
Book Rating
<b><i>Nothing happens by accident.</b></i>

After being in a bit of a reading slump for a week or so, this is exactly the kind of book I needed to read to get my life back in order. This book is fast-paced, twisty & turny and overall fun to read. Thank you, Feeney, for getting me out of my slump with this terrific mystery thriller!

This is most definitely, one of the <i>best</i> thrillers I’ve read in such a long time. The writing style is superb, the characters are so well developed and complex (in a good way!!) and the twists in the plot come out of nowhere (again, in a good way)!

I loved each and every character in this. No one is originally as they seem and as the plot builds and builds around them, each person grows more and more complex. We suspect all of them for different things, so sure we’re right, and then all of a sudden, a new revelation appears and we’re shocked back into not knowing what the hell is going on. That's what’s so great about this novel, you think you’ve got it, you think you know what will happen next, but don’t be so naive! Just you wait and see what Feeney pulls out of the bag next.

As for the plot, I thought this was wonderfully unique. Having the perspective of Amber in a coma, telling us her story, was an incredible way to keep us “in the know” without actually knowing anything!

This is a seriously dark, but superbly written and executed novel. Any psychological thriller lovers out there? Well, you <i>must</i> pick this up in 2017!

<i>Thanks to Netgalley and HQ for giving me the opportunity to read this in exchange for an honest review.</i>
  
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Erika Kehlet (21 KP) rated Somebody I Used to Know in Books

Feb 21, 2018  
SI
Somebody I Used to Know
David Bell | 2015
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
***NOTE: I was provided a free copy of this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review***

Nick Hansen is a recently divorced social worker living alone with his dog Riley. His ex-wife is sure that he never stopped loving his college girlfriend Marissa, who was killed in a college campus house fire 20 years earlier, and that's one of the reasons that they are no longer together. On his way home from work one evening, he sees a girl in the supermarket who looks so much like Marissa that he is compelled to speak to her. As soon as he asks about her family, she turns and runs from the store. The following day, police arrive on his doorstep to ask him if he knew a girl who has been found murdered at a local hotel. They show him a photo, and it is none other than the girl from he market. Even worse, she had his name and address on a slip of paper in her pocket when they found her.

Wanting both to clear his name and to lay to rest his suspicion that this could somehow be Marissa's daughter, even though she would have been born after Marissa died in the fire, he enlists the help of an old college friend to investigate the girl's death.

This was a great thriller! I had suspicions about some things (which I can't mention because I don't want to spoil anything!) early on, but only suspicions. The author keeps things moving at a good pace, and I felt as invested in Nick's investigation as he was.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves a good mystery or thriller.
  
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Necole (36 KP) rated The Good Widow in Books

Oct 14, 2018  
The Good Widow
The Good Widow
Liz Fenton, Lisa Steinke | 2017 | Fiction & Poetry, Mystery
6
6.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
What would you do if you learned your husband but he died in a state he wasn't supposed to be in? What if you learned he was having an affair and he died with his mistress in an accident?
This book explores those two questions!!!
Jacks learns of her husband's secret affair when she gets a phone from Maui police telling her there had been an automobile accident and her husband James as died, but he wasn't alone. Then all of a sudden Nick pops up at her door, telling her that Danni was his fiancé and she is the woman that Jacks' husband was having an affair with.
Jacks is now coping with this secret!!! How is she going to handle it? How far will she go to uncover the answers to so many questions she has?
Well Nick decides that he and Jacks should take a trip to Maui and find out for themselves what the two were doing there!! Jacks agrees to go and the story starts to unfold!! What will they discover? What other secrets did James, Danni, Jacks and Nick have? And what twist at the end will leave you going OMG?
Guess you will have to read the book to find out!!!
The book was well written … It goes from Jacks before her husbands death to Jacks after the death as well as Danni's perspective which made the book intriguing. However, it was slow at times and because it wasn't the typical thriller I am used to, it didn't keep my interest until about midway. I couldn't understand how this was a thriller until the very end. It felt more like a chic lit mystery up until that point which is why I gave it 3 stars.