Published by Inkubator Books on June 5, 2022
Format: eARC
Source: Publisher
Pages: 392
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Everyone has a secret. But not like Alison’s.
Alison loves being a mother which is why she is finding it so hard to come to terms with the recent loss of her baby daughter. She still has her young son Adam whom she adores, but the grief is always there…
Everyone can see she is struggling.
And they don’t know the half of it. Alison has a terrible secret she has never shared with anyone – not even her husband, Dan. She knows if he ever discovers what she did, her family will be destroyed forever.
But someone seems to know, because Alison gets a sinister message. And then bad things start to happen – her website is hacked, her business is sabotaged, there’s a fire in her home… then more threatening messages.
Alison is in no doubt that someone means to destroy her by exposing her to the world. But who? And why?
Can she discover the truth before it’s too late? Or is the terror that fuels her sleepless nights about to become all too real?
Just One Lie - a gripping psychological thriller with a mind-blowing twist. Perfect for fans of Sarah Denzil, K.L Slater and Sue Watson.
Ooof my head hurts from this book, it has made it completely spin out of control! I spent so much time trying to figure out, who, what and why in this book, that I felt my head was spinning like Regan in the Exorcist! I was turned upside down and around and around.
I still don’t think I fully appreciated what was going to happen until I got to the end. There were so many red herrings and so many misdirections and it was just FANTASTIC!
I loved this storyline, well it was quite hard-hitting, maybe love is a bit strong but the plot, yes the plot I loved. I couldn’t imagine being put in the situation that Ali finds herself in. You are also given the complete feels of an unreliable narrator, and who doesn’t love one of them, it was just so fascinating to watch everything unfurl!
Ali slowly unravels in front of our eyes as she is trying to hide her secret. I mean, what a secret (When we find out) and gosh it’s a humdinger! Everything in this book just kept me on my toes! I haven’t read a book like this for so long. Where if I wasn’t lying down already when reading this, I would need a lie-down!
I was addicted to Ruth’s writing, having never read anything by her before I know I need to rectify that now! Her writing is just so tantalising, it’s addictive and very much the ‘Oh just one more chapter.’ I just needed to know what the frick was going on!
I mean, Jesus! I was just blown away, to be honest.
I was just fascinated by the slow unraveling of Ali. I couldn’t and didn’t trust anyone just as she didn’t. I suspected everyone! I think I accused every single character of something and including Ali.
However, only a small niggle, Ali did get a bit annoying at times, she repeated herself about her secret and Adam, and I was like yes, I know you have a secret and you are hiding something. However, it was still so suspenseful.
The chapters that are set “before” – eek these were so harrowing and cold! It was somebody I wouldn’t want to cross and then when it links to now…. well that was a reveal and a half and made me on the side of that character, well only a small bit.
I hate to admit it but I could understand to an extent their actions and reasoning, which I really didn’t expect, making it all very hazy! I really didn’t expect to fill like that after everything!
I loved that Ruth made up feel empathy and kind of sorry for the character. I mean they ruined themselves with their behaviour but at the same time, those feelings arose.
All I can say is, what.a.book!
Until next time xxx
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