The Perfect Lie: The addictive and unmissable heart-pounding thriller

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What an explosive start to a novel with a husband plunging to his death from an apartment building, over four floors down. Although my heart went out to the man’s wife Erin, I was immediately suspicious of this situation, my alarm bells were ringing – loud! I had so many questions in the opening stages of this book and these doubts also continued for the duration of the story. Spain takes a slow drip approach to her novel, gradually dropping clues, revelations and surprising moments for the reader to jostle with. As I worked to solve this puzzle, I thought I had made some important in-roads, but Spain would issue yet another game changing clue that would throw my theories completely into oblivion. The opening chapter is about as intense as a book gets and then via 3 time lines we get to the reason for the opening chapter, having ‘past past’,

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She dedicated The Perfect Lie to 'the Irish diaspora, who were far from home when Covid entered our lives'. Still, I have been wanting to read something by this author who has not been readily available in the U.S. until more recently, and I am glad that I have sampled her work, and look forward to reading more. Talking of characters as is expected with a Jo Spain novel they are perfect for the story and range from likeable to loathsome Anytime, I find myself tempted to skim, and wanting the book to end, I round down-so, despite the original premise and engaging start-I went with 3.5 ⭐️ rounded down. So mystery #2 is what do Lauren and Ally have to do with Erin? Not telling, but it is important. I did feel that these sections were a little long winded and repetitive in places, hence the 'only just short of the full five stars' rating.It opened the world for me. It's almost like the Freemasons; once you've got one show made, your name is out there. I'm now in the position now where I am battling away work." Over this time, Erin unravels the truth of Danny’s life. She thought she knew him and knew their life inside out but it was all a perfect lie. Overall, I love Jo Spain’s books and this one is no exception. It’s very gripping, hard to put down, keeps you guessing and you certainly don’t want anyone to interrupt you while you are so engrossed!! She is currently on-set in Dublin for the filming of her new eight-part thriller, Harry Wild, starring Jane Seymour. The Grammy and Golden Globe-winning actress plays a recently retired English professor who cannot help but take an active interest in the criminal cases assigned to her police detective son.

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past’ and ‘now’ in alternating chapters does keep you rapt to the detail but still a couple of times I had to focus and get the characters rightly placed and in the right time zone Analytical thinking skills have helped with character plotting and psychologies. And whilst I have explored Irish history, social and religious issues, it's politics with a small 'p' and people can probably absorb it better in a crime fiction novel." But Erin has friends, some of them new friends, that come to her aid after Danny's death. With the alternating timelines things are very confusing although I did figure out a lot of what was going on before the halfway mark. Still, I enjoyed seeing how the story played out and I plan to investigate more of Jo Spain's work.

With crime fiction you already know that plot and pace are really important and that's what matters on screen."

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I loved the characters. Erin was quite likeable in her crusade against the police to find the truth. Karla, her lawyer, was such a pleasure to read and her courtroom scenes were some of my favorites.Overall, The Perfect Lie is an intricate, tortuous, ominous tale by Spain that I absolutely loved and which had just the right amount of twists, turns, and unexpected surprises to keep me entertained, satisfied, and on the edge of my seat from start to finish. The characters were believable, captivating, relatable, and overall likeable, especially Erin’s palpable grief which definitely tugged at my heartstrings. Having read Jo Spain before, this novel was written in her usual clear, concise, and enthralling style. Following a family tragedy, Erin moves to New York where she meets her husband, Danny. Now living in Long Island, she wakes up one day, expecting it to be like any other, and answers the door to Danny’s police colleagues. Danny then jumps to his death from the window of their fourth-floor apartment. 18 months later, Erin is in court for her husband’s murder.