Book Review - We All Have Our Secrets by Jane Corry

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Title:  We All Have Our Secrets

Author: Jane Corry

Format reviewed: Ebook

Source: Netgalley

Publisher: Penguin

Publication Date: 16th June 2022

Rating: 4 Stars

You know she's lying...

But so are you.

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'Grips with menace and dread, yet touches the heart' Nicci French

'I couldn't turn the pages fast enough' Claire Douglas

Two women are staying in Willowmead House.

One of them is running.

One of them is hiding.

Both of them are lying.

Emily made one bad decision, and now her career could be over. Her family home on the Cornish coast is the only place where she feels safe. But when she arrives, there's a stranger living with her father. Emily doesn't trust the beautiful young woman, convinced that she's telling one lie after another. Soon, Emily becomes obsessed with finding out the truth...

But should some secrets stay buried forever?

Well the title is certainly rather apt, there are secrets galore in this story.  To the extent that you are never quite sure whether to believe the character you are currently reading or not. 

For nothing is quite as it seems, and we given information on a need to know basis. 

The story switches between Emily and Francoise's view points, and it was completely unpredictable. I didn't guess the truth behind who actually killed Harold.   We do though get occasional snippets of his life as a young soldier during WW2 and from that we can see how it clearly shaped the rest of his life. 

At times I really liked both leading ladies and felt sorry for them, at others I just didn't trust them, and wasn't sure what to believe about either of them.  My mind was changing rather frequently. 

I do like a book that keeps me on my toes, and I was certainly invested in the story and wanted to find out the truth.  Well written, this had me thinking, and does really ask the question what would you do for a loved one, in their end stages of life. 

Thank you to Penguin and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily