MY REVIEW
As most readers know,when you start reading the second book by a author who's debut book totally blew you away,there is always that fear at the back of your mind that their second book won't be as good.Well I thought Three Little Lies was just as jaw droppingly brilliant and gripping as Friend Request.
JULY 2005 : If Ellen and her best friend Karina had known the extent of the trauma and devastation the new family moving into the house opposite Karina`s would bring into their young lives,they would have stayed well away.But they soon finds themselves drawn into the glamorous,excessive lifestyle of the seemingly perfect Monkton`s and their beautiful god daughter Sasha.
But then the lives of Ellen,Karina,Sasha and the people around them are torn apart by a shocking event that occurs at a New Years Eve party being held at the Monkton`s house
Sept 2017 : Ellen and Sasha have been sharing a flat together in London,still struggling to move on from events from the past.Then suddenly one day Sasha mysteriously disappears.Frantic with worry Ellen begins a desperate search for her best friend,but she soon begins to discover that maybe she didn't know Sasha as well as she thought she did.Not everything was as it appeared all those years ago.The more secrets and lies Ellen uncovers,the more at risk her life becomes.
Because someone is watching....
Someone who will go to any lengths to keep the secrets from the past hidden forever.
The chapters of this enthralling tale of secrets,lies,friendships,manipulation,betrayal,obsession and abuse flip back and forth between the past and the present and are narrated by Ellen,Karina and Olivia Monkton.I can't say I liked Ellen very much,I suppose in the chapters set in the past her behaviour was excusable because she was young and naive.But in the present day chapters her constant refusal to accept that maybe Sasha wasn't the perfect person that Ellen thought she was became irritating at times.I felt so much sympathy for poor Karina and struggled to understand why she and Ellen had been friends especially considering how swiftly Ellen dumped her after Ellen became friends with Sasha.My favourite parts of this gripping book were the mystery and intrigue packed present day chapters which also had a prevailing sense of menace.Where was Sasha? Had she just ran away as everyone including the police insisted or had someone kidnapped her? If someone had hurt her,would they come after Ellen next?
Appearances can be deceptive,people are not always who they appear to be as Ellen soon discovers in this twisty,unputdownable thriller that had me hooked in from the first page,totally entranced by the tightly plotted,gripping story that was unfolding as I frantically turned the pages.The characters were realistic and vivid,the story was packed full of red herrings and misdirections and had a number of totally unexpected twists.Well worth far more than five stars,this book is definitely going to be on my list of my favourite reads of this year.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Laura Marshall grew up in Wiltshire and studied English at the University of Sussex.
After almost twenty years working in conference production, in 2015 Laura decided it was time to fulfil a lifetime's ambition to write a book, and enrolled on the Curtis Brown Creative three month novel writing course. Laura's debut novel, Friend Request, was an ebook number one bestseller and was shortlisted for both the Bath Novel Award and the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize 2016. Three Litle Lies is Laura's second novel.
Laura lives in Kent with her husband and two children.
www.lauramarshall.co.uk
@laurajm8
www.facebook.com/lauramarshallauthor
PUBLICATION DATE : 28 June 2018
PUBLISHER : LittleBrownBookGroupUk/Sphere
GENRE : Psychological Thriller
PURCHASE HERE....
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Three-Little-Lies-Laura-Marshall-ebook/dp/B076PCV4J2/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1516975440&sr=1-1&keywords=three+little+lies
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