Her Deadly Truth: An addictive and completely unputdownable crime thriller filled with nail-biting suspense (A Sally Fairburn Crime Thriller Book 2)
Book Description
She stumbles into the street in a thin cotton nightdress, tripping in her haste to get away from her house. Her feet are bare, her movements frantic. “I have to get out of here,” she pleads. “He’s killing me.”
For weeks, Carolyn Tate’s suspicions that her husband is trying to kill her have been ignored—by her neighbors, her friends and even her family. But just two hours after her last attempt to make someone listen, her body is discovered.
Carolyn’s neighbor, ex-police officer Sally Fairburn, is determined to seek justice for her friend’s death. But although Carolyn suspected her husband, Sally finds no evidence he was involved. And Carolyn’s best friends are strangely quick to defend him…
Sally knows one of Carolyn’s friends, Lauren, is hiding something. She can see it in her tear-stained cheeks, averted eyes and tense shoulders: Fear. But just as Lauren’s finally ready to come clean, she is murdered in a brutal hit and run. Reeling from Lauren’s death, Sally is horrified to receive a series of dropped calls and anonymous flowers, leaving her with the unsettled feeling that she, too, is being followed…
Then, on edge but feeling closer than ever to the truth, Sally watches a stranger threaten her teenage son—a finger drawn across his throat. Her world stops. It’s not just Sally at risk—everyone she loves is in danger unless she finds the truth… Can Sally stop a brutal killer before more innocent lives are lost?
A gripping, addictive crime thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Greg Olsen and Melinda Leigh. Be prepared to sleep with the light on…
BLOG TOUR REVIEW
Review for 'Her Deadly Truth' by L.A Larkin.
Read and reviewed via NetGalley for L.A Larkin, Bookouture publishers and Bookouture anonymous
Publication date 16th June 2023.
This is the fourth book I have read by this author. I have previously read 'Widow's Island', 'The Safe Place' and 'Next Girl Missing' (First book in this series) which I would also highly recommend. It is also the second book in 'A Sally Fairburn Crime Thriller' series.
I was originally drawn to this book by its beautiful eye catching cover and its intriguing synopsis and title. The synopsis stated that this book is 'A gripping, addictive crime thriller, perfect for fans of Lisa Regan, Greg Olsen and Melinda Leigh. Be prepared to sleep with the light on…'. I am a MASSIVE fan of all of three of these amazing authors so am looking forward to seeing if this lives up to this statement. I am also a huge fan of L.A Larkin and if this is half as good as 'Widow's Island', 'The Safe Place' and 'Next Girl Missing' it is guaranteed to be a page turning read. I must admit I was also biased due to the publisher being Bookouture. I have yet to read a book published by Bookouture that I haven't enjoyed. Hopefully this won't be the first... Watch this space! (Written before I started reading the book).
This novel consists of 62 chapters. The chapters are short to medium in length so easy to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!
This book is set in Franklin, Tennessee, USA 🇺🇸.
This book is written in third perspective and the main protagonist is Sally Fairburn. The benefits of third person perspective are that it let's you see the bigger picture of what's going on and you get to know more characters more, what they are thinking and what they are doing. It feels like you get to see the whole picture and not miss out in anything.
Wow!!! Yet another fast paced, addictive, gripping shocking and page turning heart racer by this extremely talented author!!!
This book is extremely well written with extremely vivid descriptions that leaves you feeling the heat and leaves you with sweat dripping down your face. The cover, title and synopsis suit the storyline perfectly.
The storyline is action packed and very fast paced. Another heart pounding book by this amazing author that had me absolutely captivated throughout!!! In this suspense packed crime book we meet Sally Fairburn, who is an ex police officer, again. In this intense page turner Sally's neighbour Carolyn discloses to Sally that she thinks her own husband Matt is trying to kill her. Several days after Carolyn tells Sally this, Carolyn is indeed dead. Sally is trying to lead a quiet love working in a book shop but wherever she goes drama and disaster seems to follow her. Carolyn's death is extremely suspicious but because Sally no longer works in the police force there doesn't seem to be much that she can do. Sally is living with guilt feeling that she could have prevented Carolyn's death and she is determined to try and get justice for her. Sally's automatic first suspect is Matt but it looks like his grief is genuine. As Sally investigates and feels she is getting closer to the answers she is looking for she knows she is being followed and after her car and home get broken into will she find the killer before they get to her? Is Matt the real killer or is devastation genuine? Is her son Paul safe or has Sally put him in danger?
Grab this explosive book to get the answer to these questions and many more. Yet again, I just couldn't put this gritty and suspense packed page turner down and each and every time I promised myself one more chapter each one ended so I just had to know what happened next. Well it would have been just rude to have put it down so I read one more, then another until I had completely devoured it in one sitting just like I did with the first book in this epic series !!!! The storyline is multilayered with several plots going on and each one just as addictive and explosive as the next. Larkin weaved them all together perfectly and the ending was an explosive twist I would have never seen coming!!! It is getting alot harder to shock me but Larkin blew my mind with this one so a HUGE CONGRATULATIONS is in order!!!The storyline is filled with tension, family, heartbreak, fear, stress, suspense, twists and everything that will keep your heart pounding. Please tell me there are more books to come in this series!!! Like LOADS more!!!! There is no way you can torture us by just having two of these epic books and NOT creating more so I really hope your busy writing the next book in this series!!!
Another HUGE success by this amazing author!!! Clear your schedules as you will not be able to put this fantastic page turner down!!!
Although this is the second book in the series I would have had absolutely no problems reading it without the others. Any details or events that have previously happened are mentioned in just the right amount of detail to let a new reader know what has happened and yet not too much to bore a previous reader.
There was another wide range of strong, realistic and unique characters in this book. I absolutely loved meeting Sally again as I had become completely invested in her in 'Next Girl Missing'. She has had an awful past having suffered from abuse and lost her daughter but instead of wallowing in pity she is determined to fight for families to get their answers, as well as her own. She has gone from an abused wife to police officer to an advocate for victims. She stands up for herself along with those others who are victims. I love how empathetic she is as well as being such a fantastic and strong female lead. I loved when there are strong female leads in books being female myself I always seem to connect more to female leads. Sally is a mum like myself and even though she lost her daughter through suicide she still has her son Paul even though their relationship is frictional!!! I can definitely relate to this being a mum of three boys myself!! I have loved watching Sally grow in strength from the beginning of 'Next Girl Missing' to the end of this page turner and I just completely adore her personality. I really cannot wait to see her continuing to go from strength to strength and learn more about her in the next book in this promising series, hint hint Larkin 😉. I won't say any more as I don't want to give too much away but regardless of how you feel about each of the characters they all came together perfectly to make this a gripping and addictive page turner!!!
Yet another absolutely fantastic read LA Larkin!!! Congratulations on another huge success and here's to your next one 🥂 This is exactly why you are one of my favourite authors!!!
Make sure you read to the very end of the book to read the prologue and the first three chapters of L.A Larkin's absolutely addictive 'Widow Island' which is another explosive page turner and one I have read myself and would highly recommend!!
Overall a heart racing, fast paced, non stop action packed psychological thriller that will keep you up late turning the pages
Genres covered in this book include Serial Killers, Kidnapping Crime Fiction, Serial Killers, Women Sleuths, Police Procedural, Murder Thriller, Mystery, Thriller, Women's Literary Fiction, Women's Crime Fiction, Serial Killer Thriller, Suspense, Mystery, Suspense, Crime, Thriller & Mystery Adventures, Murder Thrillers and Crime Fiction amongst others.
I would recommend this book to the fans of the above as well as fans of 'Gone Girl', 'Behind Closed Doors', 'The Housemaid', 'The Night She Disappeared', 'The Perfect Couple', 'The Family Across The Street ', 'The Family Upstairs', Shari Lapena, Karin Slaughter, Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, Lisa Regan, Greg Olsen, Paula Hawkins, Lisa Jewell, Gillian Flynn, Freida McFadden, Rachel Abbot and anyone who loves an explosive ending!!!
328 pages
This book is just £1.99 to purchase on kindle, free with kindle unlimited and £8.99 for the paperback via Amazon at time of review which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!
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About L.A. Larkin
L.A. Larkin’s crime and psychological thrillers have won her fans all over the world. Described as a superb “chiller thriller” writer by Marie Claire magazine, and praised by the king of crime, Lee Child, for her “fast and immersive” thrillers, Louisa’s novels will keep you reading all night.
Her new Sally Fairburn series kicks off with Next Girl Missing (book 1) and Her Deadly Truth (book 2), available from all online bookstores from June 16, 2023.
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