A review by amothersmusings1
Beautiful Liars by Isabel Ashdown

5.0

What is just so brilliant about author Isabel Ashdown, is her ability to write novels that are so very different from each other, with original style premises and unique characters in all of them. 

 

“Beautiful Liars” is a story predominantly focusing on female friendships, with additional themes of false identity, survivor guilt, loneliness and hidden secrets. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, finding it difficult to put it down and the alternative chapters from different view points, kept the ongoing events intriguing and addictive. 

 

It took me a while to understand Martha’s character, her solitary nature and suspicious back-story made her a bit of an enigma but she grew on me and by the end of the book, the empathy I had for her (and for another of the characters) was extensive enough to actually feel sorry for her. The events in her teenage life affected her adult behaviour quite dramatically and between Martha and another character, it becomes understandable why they are damaged souls. 

 

As a character driven, psychological thriller, “Beautiful Liars” is a first class read and having a feel, very much like a first in a series, I’d like to think we’ll see Martha Benn with a new cold case for her (and Toby!) to investigate in the very near future. 

 

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