Review: Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear

Sweet Little Lies by Caz Frear
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Cat Kinsella is a Detective Constable with the Met based in London.In the early hours of the morning she is called to the scene of a murder in Islington.The body of Alice Lepaine has been discovered not far from the pub that is run by Cat`s father.

Since she was a young girl Day had suspected that her father had some involvement with the disappearance of Maryanne Doyle.When evidence links Alice to the still missing Maryanne Cat`s fears resurface.Determined to find out what happened to Maryanne back in 1998 Cat begins to dig into the case.But the problem with looking into the past is you might not like what you find.

The story is voiced entirely by Cat and is mostly set in the present day but there is also some chapters that are set in 1998.Cat is a flawed,multi layered,complex character who had her witty moments but could also be quite selfish and childish at times.She was also rather paranoid especially when it came down to how she was perceived by DCI Kate Steele.Was this because she had never trusted her father and Kate was a figure of authority just like a father is?. It would have been interesting to know what Kate's perspective was on Cat as a police officer and also why Cat`s brother Noah treated her with so much distain.I really like the team that Cat worked with,they were well established and worked well together,there was no interdepartmental jealousy or back stabbing like you get in a lot of police procedural thrillers.

As with real life cases the facts and discoveries of the investigation are revealed slowly and although there was the odd unexpected twist I personally thought the story dragged at times.It was very well written,the characters were realistic and I did enjoy the book enough to finish it.Maybe my interest in police procedurals is waning at the moment and I need to have a break from them for a while.

Many thanks to Bonnier Zaffre for a arc of this book via netgalley in exchange for a honest review

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