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The Perfect Lie
by Jo Spain
This thriller has a great opening chapter and equally satisfying last line, but the middle dragged quite a bit. Also, the premise is not as unique as I thought and left me feeling deliberately misled (which I'll explain at the end below).
I found the story and whodunit quite predictable (there were quite a few hints, plus a lot of been there done that in other books), so nothing really shocked or surprised me. One chapter (Las Vegas) in particular came across as wacky and out of place.
Nevertheless, it was a fun read and some of the characters (especially the female lawyer) were pretty awesome.
This drastically affected my expectations, reading experience and overall rating. This could have been a jaw-dropping and clever story, but all I felt after finishing it was that I had been deliberately misled with a non-factual and inaccurate blurb/synopsis/premise.
I was a huge fan of Dirty Little Secrets so this was quite the disappointment.
Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC of this book.
I found the story and whodunit quite predictable (there were quite a few hints, plus a lot of been there done that in other books), so nothing really shocked or surprised me. One chapter (Las Vegas) in particular came across as wacky and out of place.
Nevertheless, it was a fun read and some of the characters (especially the female lawyer) were pretty awesome.
Spoiler
The copy I read had the uncorrected cover blurb and synopsis i.e. ‘charged with HIS murder’. It’s just one word but makes all the difference as compared to the updated cover pictured here.This drastically affected my expectations, reading experience and overall rating. This could have been a jaw-dropping and clever story, but all I felt after finishing it was that I had been deliberately misled with a non-factual and inaccurate blurb/synopsis/premise.
I was a huge fan of Dirty Little Secrets so this was quite the disappointment.
Thank you to Netgalley for an ARC of this book.