With thanks to Net Galley and Penguin Random House UK for the opportunity to read this ARC. Opinions expressed are entirely my own.

Laura and Joanna. Enjoying a Friday drink as they do most weeks. A crowded bar. A swarthy bloke with a smart-phone. Pushes in for a selfie. Takes an aggressive fancy to Joanna. Grabs her, pushes against her. A frisson of fear invades the atmosphere. “Leave us alone…” The girls escape and leave the bar. They go their different ways. Joanna takes Warwick Avenue, away from Little Venice and towards the canal. She is being followed and her life is about to change - forever. A moment of panic, on the bridge over the canal, she pushes him. A bad fall - hits his head, lands in a heap at the bottom of the steps.

Two ways to go, two choices. Fight or flight. Call the emergency services or leave him and run? Parallel lines, different outcomes. Two stories in one book. Damned if she doesn’t, damned if she does.

Comparisons to ‘Sliding Doors’ are inevitable. Two stories, two outcomes, one final destination. But Gillian Mcallister handles this with tremendous skill. To develop two outcomes with such credulity and power is masterful. The pace, whichever route you follow, is relentless. Reveal or conceal. Beautifully written with a forensic eye for detail.

I cannot say much else for fear of giving away too much. I can say that you won’t read a better book this year…

The premise of this book was Good, an incident happens and the chapters after are conceal or reveal. Following what would happen if Jo fled from the crime scene thus living with her guilty conscience. Or stay and face the consequences of her actions.
I skimmed most sections as it dragged and I couldn't keep interested. Jo was a bit annoying but her boyfriend was even worse. I didn't feel like there were any strong characters to like.

What would you do?

A momentary, impulsive, split second decision and suddenly you have your life and that of another teetering on the edge of the next move you make...

"Anything You Do Say" is a dual narrative, incredibly thought provoking character drama, peppered with realistically flawed people and a moral dilemma at the heart of it that may keep you up at night. Gillian Mcallister pulls no punches with either of the possible outcomes, laying it out for the reader, paring back her characters personalities, decisions, defining moments and taking you down the rabbit hole with Jo into separating possible futures, neither of which necessarily grants absolution.

The world is not black and white.

Doing the wrong thing is not necessarily easy.

Doing the right thing doesn't necessarily solve anything.

So, what would you do?

Fight or Flight. Right or Wrong. Make that choice...you only have moments.

Highly Recommended.
(Fuller review to come for the blog tour)

On her way home after a night out , Joanna believes she is being followed. With one push her pursuer falls down the steps towards the canal. The following alternating chapters offer two scenarios; reveal herself to the police or conceal her actions and walk away.
I found this moral dilemma riveting, asking myself what would I do? The automatic response is to help the injured, but what if the circumstances make this impossible? The author kept the suspense going throughout and as soon as I had finished the book I wanted to discuss the implications with with other people.

Anything You Do Say

This story follows Joanna after an incident when leaving a club. Told in alternating chapters is the result of the incident and whether she conceals or reveals and the effects of either revealing what happened or concealing what happened. Very cleverly written, I was gripped from the first chapter. Both scenarios were interesting but I personally found one more gripping than the other. Fantastic read that I can highly recommend.

This book got me from the first word - I found it to be really well written and so descriptive, I felt all the emotions that Joanna lived through. I enjoyed the 'sliding doors' premise and it kept me guessing throughout the book. Most of all I liked the way the characters were so well-defined. A fantastic book which I was sorry to finish.

One of my favourite books for a long time. Very clever style that works really well. The characters are believable and I read this in 4 sittings. I'd have read it faster but work got in the way! Totally recommend this book.

For the whole of her adult life Joanna has been a avoider.She would much rather ignore a situation than face it head on and deal with it.

Then one night Joanna hears footsteps on her way home from a night out.She has just had a bad experience with a man in a bar and she is sure that it is him following her.Hearing the steps speed up Joanna turns and pushes with all her might,sending her pursuer tumbling down the steps and leaving him lying motionless on the floor.

Now Joanna has to do the thing she hates most - make a decision,fight or flight? truth or lie? right or wrong?

This thought provoking,moral dilemma is voiced entirely by Joanna with the chapters alternating between conceal and reveal.The conceal chapters follow Joanna as she struggles with her guilt and how the changes in her behaviour affects her relationships with the people she cares about.In the reveal chapters you follow Joanna`s arrest,trial and what happens after she is released from prison as well as how the situation affects the people she cares about and the way that they treat her throughout the whole ordeal.The author has obviously done a lot of research into brain injuries and also the British judicial system but the story is not padded out with pages and pages of unneeded complicated information or a long drawn out trial.

No one is ever going to be the same after going through an ordeal like this and it was fascinating to witness how Joanna`s character changed as both parts of the story unfolded.

I can't honestly say I enjoyed one part of the story more than the other but I was definitely routing more for the reveal Jo than I was for the conceal Jo and I really felt so much sympathy for Jo`s husband Reuben during the conceal chapters.It's a thought provoking story of lies,secrets,relashionships,forgiveness,guilt and making the right decisions.This would be a very good book to be read by a book group,it would definitely raise some interesting discussions.I mean after all what would you do.....conceal or reveal?.