Author: Catherine Ryan Howard
Format reviewed: Ebook
Source: Publisher supplied copy
Publisher: Corvus
Publication Date: 1st March 2018
Rating: 5 Stars
Her first love confessed to five murders. But the truth was so much worse.
Dublin's notorious Canal Killer, Will Hurley, is ten years into his life sentence when the body of a young woman is fished out of the Grand Canal. Though detectives suspect they are dealing with a copycat, they turn to Will for help. He claims he has the information the police need, but will only give it to one person - the girl he was dating when he committed his horrific crimes.
Alison Smith has spent the last decade abroad, putting her shattered life in Ireland far behind her. But when she gets a request from Dublin imploring her to help prevent another senseless murder, she is pulled back to face the past - and the man - she's worked so hard to forget.
Dublin's notorious Canal Killer, Will Hurley, is ten years into his life sentence when the body of a young woman is fished out of the Grand Canal. Though detectives suspect they are dealing with a copycat, they turn to Will for help. He claims he has the information the police need, but will only give it to one person - the girl he was dating when he committed his horrific crimes.
Alison Smith has spent the last decade abroad, putting her shattered life in Ireland far behind her. But when she gets a request from Dublin imploring her to help prevent another senseless murder, she is pulled back to face the past - and the man - she's worked so hard to forget.
Catherine Ryan Howard is definitely an author for me to keep an eye on. I loved her first book Distress Signals, and had worried this new one may suffer from second book syndrome, plus I'm not always keen on anything with lie / liar in the title. But I need not have worried this was also fabulous, it was addictive and even when I did have to tear myself away from reading, my mind was still pondering just how it may all turn out.
At no point did I correctly guess the outcome, I really wasn't sure if Will was the correctly convicted Canal Killer, and if it wasn't him who it really was.
I found it interesting to see the story unfold, both in Alison's past when the original killings were happening, and that section felt like a regular start of university story, until there were dead bodies of people close to her. And the present day unfurling of new activity, is worrying and is making Alison confront feelings and situations she has spent the previous 10 years trying to forget.
For Alison was the girlfriend of Will, when he confessed to the murders She is convinced she never wants to lay eyes on him again, but agrees to try to help the police with the new killings.
This is a cleverly plotted story, that kept me guessing throughout. I was hooked on trying to work out the truth before the characters could. I could really picture everything clearly, and really enjoyed my time with The Liar's Girl.
Thank you so much to Anne Cater and Corvus for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Please do check out all the other wonderful blogs also supporting this book.
At no point did I correctly guess the outcome, I really wasn't sure if Will was the correctly convicted Canal Killer, and if it wasn't him who it really was.
I found it interesting to see the story unfold, both in Alison's past when the original killings were happening, and that section felt like a regular start of university story, until there were dead bodies of people close to her. And the present day unfurling of new activity, is worrying and is making Alison confront feelings and situations she has spent the previous 10 years trying to forget.
For Alison was the girlfriend of Will, when he confessed to the murders She is convinced she never wants to lay eyes on him again, but agrees to try to help the police with the new killings.
This is a cleverly plotted story, that kept me guessing throughout. I was hooked on trying to work out the truth before the characters could. I could really picture everything clearly, and really enjoyed my time with The Liar's Girl.
Thank you so much to Anne Cater and Corvus for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
Please do check out all the other wonderful blogs also supporting this book.
Huge thanks for the Blog Tour support Rachel x
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