The Perfect Lie

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A real page-turner with a brilliant mystery at its heart. Superbly written, cinematic and pacy! * Steve Cavanagh * Jo Spain is a brilliant, compelling storyteller. The Perfect Lie will pin you to your seat until you reach the last page * Jane Casey * Another twisty and intense thriller from the great Jo Spain that will keep you guessing until the final pages * Adrian McKinty * Without doubt my favourite Jo Spain book so far, and that's saying something - a fabulous page-turner that will keep you guessing and guessing * Cara Hunter * Grabs from the explosive opening chapter and pulls you in deeper with every page - a top-notch thriller * T. M. Logan * Jo Spain takes it to another level in The Perfect Lie. Intense, clever writing and packed with twists and turns. Loved it * Dervla McTiernan * The Perfect Lie had me completely fooled - such a brilliantly twisted plot that I just couldn't work out. And on top of that Jo Spain is still making us care so much about the characters. I loved this book and it deserves to fly to the top of the charts * Elly Griffiths * This is domestic noir at its best . . . will have you captivated from the very first chapter * M. T. Edvardsson * Chilling and all too plausible . . . with some expertly done twists * James Oswald * This book grabs you by the throat on the first page and holds you there until you are dropped like a stone on the last * Liz Nugent * From its killer premise to the jaw-dropping pay-off, The Perfect Lie delivers on every single level. Such a clear, confident voice drives the most compelling of plots. Be warned, once you start reading, you won't put it down again until you unravel the twisted truth. A sure-fire smash hit! * Caz Frear * It's so good that you will not want it to end * Daily Mail * With so many "oh my gosh" moments, this will have you absolutely gripped * Prima * A jewel of a thriller * Heat * Be warned: this book will keep you up all night! * Closer * A great page-turner * Bella * There's plenty to keep you guessing in this one, we would expect nothing less from thriller master, Jo Spain * STELLAR magazine * Thoroughly absorbing throughout * Daily Express * Braided together in flashbacks and flash-forwards, these three narrative strands deliver a drip-feed of revelations that work upon Erin like Chinese water torture, inexorably wearing away her illusions until all that remains is the defiance required to speak truth to power * Irish Times * A slice of suspense * Sunday Times Crime Club * Clear a few days in your schedule and pick this up - you won't want to put it down again * Irish Daily Mail * A superb suspenseful mystery for fans of gripping thrillers * Candis * Like a close-up magician, all the skill is in the art of distraction, in showing us what we want to see, and Spain pulls it off with style * RTE Guide * Delivers a brilliantly layered tale where nothing is as it seems and, like Erin, you're soon questioning absolutely everything * Sunday Independent * This is Spain's most complex novel to date but she is prodigiously inventive and as the pieces fit into place you will realise how elegantly it's all been plotted * NB magazine * There are shocks that feel visceral and delightful. All of them amount to one heck of a ghost train ride * Irish Independent * A page turner that will keep you guessing until the very end * Northern Echo * I like the pace of the book and the way the police work in terms of sourcing information, separating the red herrings, finding evidence - meaning I'd want to read the back catalogue of Roy's investigations * Belfast Telegraph * Well thought-out and cleverly written * Press Association * Entertaining and engaging * Irish Examiner * Will keep you guessing until the very end * Woman's Way * Just as you think you've got a grip on this twisty story, it goes off in another direction! * Good Housekeeping *