~*The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Greene*~
I would like to start this review by thank Netgalley and the publisher St. Martin's Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.
For me though I really enjoyed this book and was going back and forth between a 3.5 stars to a solid 4 stars I ended up going with 3.5. Of course I gave it 4 as we are not able to give half stars! I also felt that the twists were enough to give it a 4 star rating.
One perfect May morning Susannah returns from her run to find a note on the door of her home that reads simply "I know who you are". Susannah is freaked out by the note and immediately calls her husband who is out of town on a business trip. When Max gets home he is not as upset by the note and ends up just dismissing it. Thinking that is the end of it and then something else happens. The husband of a couple that had dined with Max and Susannah recently dies in a terrible accident while on a run with Max. Shortly thereafter another note arrives simply asking "Did you get away with it?".
Told in third person we see both Susannah and Max's reactions to the notes and the secrets they both keep. The story flows well except that once in awhile things do feel a bit jumbled. The secrets and trying to discover for yourself who is the perfect liar does keep you glued to the pages. I read this novel pretty quickly so I would say that it is fast read. I think for m the thing that was hard for me was that I just could not get myself to really care about the characters much and for me that is something I really enjoy in a novel. I like to have someone to root for and here there was no one for me to care about. This is a very well written novel and I enjoyed it a lot. I will be recommending this to my thriller loving friends.
For me though I really enjoyed this book and was going back and forth between a 3.5 stars to a solid 4 stars I ended up going with 3.5. Of course I gave it 4 as we are not able to give half stars! I also felt that the twists were enough to give it a 4 star rating.
One perfect May morning Susannah returns from her run to find a note on the door of her home that reads simply "I know who you are". Susannah is freaked out by the note and immediately calls her husband who is out of town on a business trip. When Max gets home he is not as upset by the note and ends up just dismissing it. Thinking that is the end of it and then something else happens. The husband of a couple that had dined with Max and Susannah recently dies in a terrible accident while on a run with Max. Shortly thereafter another note arrives simply asking "Did you get away with it?".
Told in third person we see both Susannah and Max's reactions to the notes and the secrets they both keep. The story flows well except that once in awhile things do feel a bit jumbled. The secrets and trying to discover for yourself who is the perfect liar does keep you glued to the pages. I read this novel pretty quickly so I would say that it is fast read. I think for m the thing that was hard for me was that I just could not get myself to really care about the characters much and for me that is something I really enjoy in a novel. I like to have someone to root for and here there was no one for me to care about. This is a very well written novel and I enjoyed it a lot. I will be recommending this to my thriller loving friends.
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