Book: The Liar Next Door
Author: Nicola Marsh
Pub Day: August 23rd 2021
My Rating: 🌟🌟🌟🌟 🌟
About the Book:
Numbness floods my body as I stumble up the steps leading to my house. Inside I know my five-year-old’s bed is empty, her dresser is ransacked, her overnight bag is gone. I can see her dolls lying untouched through the window of our perfect family home – in the place where I thought I could protect her forever. My daughter is missing.
You’d think my first instinct would be to call the police.
But I know who’s taken my daughter.
And I know that the police can’t help me.
Only I can convince the woman who has my baby to give her back. She thinks she knows my secrets… but she has no idea.
Fans of Liane Moriarty, Sally Hepworth and The Girl on the Train will love this utterly unputdownable domestic thriller from USA Today bestselling author Nicola Marsh.
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Review for 'The Liar Next Door' by Nicola Marsh.
Read and reviewed via NetGalley for Nicola Marsh, Bookouture publishers and Bookouture anonymous
Publication date 23rd August 2021.
This is the second book I have read by this author. I have previously read 'My Sister's Husband' which I highly recommend.
I was originally drawn to this book by its beautiful eye catching cover and its intriguing synopsis and title. The synopsis stated that 'Fans of Liane Moriarty, Sally Hepworth and The Girl on the Train will love this utterly unputdownable domestic thriller from USA Today bestselling author Nicola Marsh.' I am a huge fan of 'The Girl In The Train' so am looking forward to seeing if this lives up to this statement. I am also a huge fan of Nicola Marsh and if this is half as good as 'My Sister's Husband' it is sure 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 a prologue, 72 chapters and an epilogue. The chapters are short in length so possible to read 'just one more chapter' before bed...OK, I know yeah right, but still just in case!
This book is set in Brooklyn, USA 🇺🇸.
This book is written in first person perspective with the main protagonist being Frankie, Saylor and Celeste. The benefits of books written in first person perspective are as long as they are well written it makes you feel that you are being spoken to by the protagonist and it can create more of a bond between yourselves and them. If there are several protagonists you also get to see more of what is going on.
OMG!!!! WHAT DID I JUST READ!?!?! MIND BLOWN!!!! CLEAR YOUR TIMETABLE AS YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PUT THIS BOOK DOWN!!!
Another absolutely fantastic book from Nicola with vivid descriptions which put you right in the picture. It really felt like Frankie, Saylor and Celeste were talking directly to me from across the table over a cup of tea. The synopsis and cover suit the book perfectly.
The storyline is absolutely addictive and had me sucked in from the first page until the explosive ending. I couldn't stop turning the pages until early hours of the morning so if you pick this up I seriously advice you to clear your schedules and also have the tissues at the ready. It is filled with secrets, blackmail, deceipt, friendship and bombshell after bombshell that I did not see coming!!! A huge well done to Nicola on them EXPLOSIVE REVEALS!!! I would have never guessed either of the twists in a million years. Very rarely I am shocked by books having read so many but this absolutely had me a cracker and completely blew my mind. If you are fed up of guessing the ending by 50% then this one is for you!!! Just when you think you couldn't be shocked any more BOOM another one comes out of nowhere!!! Whilst I loved the ending it was also heartbreaking for a certain person and I felt so sorry on him. It is so hard to talk about it without giving anything away so I will just say if you want a book with a twist you will NEVER see coming this one is for you!!! This book is fast paced with so much action that once you 'pop' you will not be able to stop until you have finished!!! Just when I thought I best finish this chapter and get some sleep BANG another cliff hanger ending so I ended up staying awake until 3am until I finished it and even then I was just completely mind blown. This book will stay with you for ages!!!
It is set over multiple time lines. When books show what has happened in the past and what is happening in the present I find it really helps the reader (if it is well done) understand why things are happening and what has lead to the present activities and decisions. It also shows the bigger picture.
All of the main characters were strong realistic characters and I was completely invested in them all. I absolutely loved reading about each neighbour and the more I read and the deeper I delved into their secrets, lies and deceit the more shocked I became page after page. The characters all worked perfectly together for the storyline. There was only one character by the end that I really felt for and thought was the only innocent victim in it all apart from the children. I can't say anymore than that as it will give too much away.
AN ABSOLUTELY HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to Nicola on what has got to be the book with the most twists in that I have EVER read. I knew there was a reason you are one of my favourite authors, extremely well deserved. This would make an absolutely epic movie. I look forward to your next explosive novel as always!!!
Overall an addictive, page turning non stop action packed read with bombshells you will never see coming!!!
Genres covered in this novel include Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Psychological Fiction and Crime Fiction amongst others.
I would recommend this book to the fans of the above as well as fans of 'The Girl On The Train', Shalini Boland, fans if Nicola Marsh and absolutely anyone looking for a book that will blow your mind,
321 pages.
This book is just 99p to purchase on kindle via Amazon which I think is an absolute bargain for this book!!!
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Author Bio
USA TODAY bestseller and multi-award winner Nicola Marsh writes feel-good fiction…with a twist! She has published 68 novels and sold over 8 million copies worldwide. She currently writes rural romance for Harper Collins Australia, emotional domestic suspense for Bookouture and contemporary romance for Harlequin Dare. She’s also a Waldenbooks, Bookscan, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble bestseller, a RBY (Romantic Book of the Year) and National Readers’ Choice Award winner. A physiotherapist for thirteen years, she now writes full time, raises two dashing young heroes, shares fine food with family and friends, and her favorite, curls up with a good book!
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