Neve is having an affair with her boss but when she turns up for an early morning tryst she discovers him dead with his skull caved in. Instead of calling the police she does the one thing she shouldn’t do and removes all trace of herself. As investigations into the murder begin with tough questions being asked and secrets coming to light, Neve is left not knowing who she can trust.

A well thought out thriller with an excellent storyline. This story has plenty of twists along the way and was a good entertaining read.

Neve Connolly is in a fairly happy, although a little stale, marriage. She has a secret which would tear her family apart should they find out. She has a lover. She arrives to meet him and finds he has been murdered. The story takes us on a page turning journey of family life, lies and secrets. A good read.

This book hooked me in from the start and then proceeded to send me spiraling through many twists and turns, always keeping me one step behind, right up until the nail-biting finale. Highly recommended.

The Lying rRoom is a true page turner .So many layers so many twists and turns Nicci French’s characters come alive makes you feel like these are people you know and you can’t stop reading till you solve the murder,Grab this book a true psychological thriller, #netgalley #simonscusteruk

This book had me hooked from the first few pages.
Neve makes a shocking discovery and has to try and keep this hidden from those close to her.
Life at home is hectic, and life at work will never be the same again.
Neve has a group of friends from university that now want a reunion but once she sees them all, she can’t get rid of them. They seem to constantly be round her house and she just needs some space.
When a folder turns up implicating Neve in a crime she decides to investigate this further. However, she’s not prepared for what she finds out.
This is a great book.
Thanks to Simon and Schuster UK and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this book.

I loved the earlier co-written 'Nicci French' novels, especially Beneath the Skin, Killing Me Softly and Land of the Living, but have been disappointed by the writers' more recent offerings, especially the Frieda Klein series, which didn't engage me at all. I'm happy to report that they're (somewhat) back on form with The Lying Room, which, while not as original as the best of their earlier thrillers, is gripping and well-written. Neve is meeting her lover for a secret assignment when she finds him dead in his flat. Terrified that her family will find out about her affair, she cleans up the crime scene to remove any trace of her presence. However, she is unable to escape from the ongoing police investigation, and starts to suspect that the killer may be somebody that she knows.

Neve is not exactly a sympathetic character - her efforts to obstruct the course of justice are pretty awful - but nevertheless, her story is compelling, and I especially enjoyed the development of her relationship with her teenage daughter, Mabel. Some aspects of the plot strain credibility, especially the conclusion, and the killer's identity is barely signposted at all, but I enjoyed the characterisation enough to go along with it. There are some especially good set-pieces, all centred around house parties, and I liked French's depiction of a group of friends and colleagues connected by various secrets, resentments and deceits. A solid psychological thriller that will appeal to French fans, and to those who like Ruth Ware, Sabine Durrant and Clare Mackintosh.

I will cross-post this review to Amazon after the publication date.

How would you react, on finding your lover, and boss, murdered in his Pied a Terre when arriving for another clandestine meet? Neve Connolly sees her life collapsing on many fronts as a result. What follows drags in her family, her College friends who are also work colleagues and, of course, her lover's wife. The tangled web embraces half truths and lies as well as some facts whilst the Police endeavour to unravel what happened and who was involved. You think you know people but many have untold secrets.......even the innocent have something to lose. Neve knows she has to identify the killer preferably before the Police. The book travels at pace with unexpected turns before the climax.
Nicci French has given us another outstanding book which deserves wide acclaim. Open the book and you will not want to put it down. (I would prepare your own scrambled, or poached eggs before you start!)

I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one. I'm a bit wary as a rule of the huge torrent of domestic thrillers that seem to arrive on our shelves constantly but this was much classier than most with some great twists and turns. I really enjoyed it!

When Neve discovers a dead body, she doesn’t call the police. Instead, she gets rid of any evidence placing her at the scene and flees. It’s hard to say much more without a lot of spoilers, but her motivation is not what you might think.

The Lying Room is full of twists and turns, and packed with intriguing characters who all seem to have their own agenda. As Neve finds herself at the centre of an increasingly tangled web, she is left unable to trust anyone, even those closest to her.

This was a fantastic read with lots of twists and turns which had me page turning until it’s nail biting ending.

Neve Connelly is a wife, mother and friend to many. She feels trapped in her marriage to Fletcher and her teenage daughter Mabel is troubled and causing problems for both her parents.

Neve embarks on a affair with a married colleague which seems to give her the excitement and happiness she has been missing.

When events overtake her she finds the discovery of her colleagues murdered body throws her life and choices into turmoil. What should she do next? Should she do the right thing which will uncover her secrets? Will this destroy her family? How can she protect her loved ones? Who is the murderer?

The choices she makes have spiralling consequences. It shows that one decision and lie automatically leads to a multitude of tangled secrets. .

As the murder is uncovered Neve’s nerve is tested to the limit. DCI Hitching seems intent on uncovering the murderer and along with her lovers wife, his work assistant and Neve’s old university friends it seems no one is beyond suspicion.

The book displayed the devastating consequences of secrets and lies! There discovery inevitably brings consequences which touch the lives of not only the perpetrator but those around them as well.

A truly compelling read which had me hooked until the end. Very well plotted with great characters.

Thank you to netgalley and Simon and Schuster Uk for my chance to read this highly recommended read .

I liked the Klein series but felt that the last one was tired and let the original premise down.
HOWEVER!! This is AMAZING. From the start it will have you gripped. The characters are all very real and the story will have you breathless and wanting to read on but equally wanting to savour the joy of this utterly fantastic rollercoaster of a ride. I never do this but I’m going to re-read it again.
Definitely recommend. Definitely suggest you buy. Definitely give this 5 stars. It’s brilliant.

It’s been a long time since this author had a book out so I was very excited to have a chance to read it early. It didn’t disappoint. A cracking thriller!

What a brilliant book! I love Nicci French novels so was excited about reading this one and I was straight into it, turning the pages, worrying about Neve and the terrible situation she was in. It is cleverly paced and plotted - as you would expect from Nicci French! The tension builds and builds. There is the best, most catastrophic dinner party scene that would put you off entertaining friends for life! I could relate to Neve, mother of three, worried about her fragile daughter Mabel, trying to keep family life going as well as a busy job. I felt as though I was there with Neve, wondering if anyone had remembered to feed the guinea pig and knowing this was highly unlikely. All the time, there’s a major drama happening and the tension is increasing. Her family life is under threat and only she can save it. She has a husband and good friends but who can she trust?

This is a very enjoyable book. It’s original and full of suspense. I highly recommend it.

I have read most of the novels (somehow I’ve missed a few) by Nicci French and they have never disappointed and this one certainly didn’t. An exceptional read with numerous twists and turns which kept me on the edge of my seat and unable to put down.

Neve Connelly is married, three children with one about to go to university, works part time with three people she knew from college. Her husband, Fletcher, works from home although it appears as if he is earning very little. Their relationship used to be strong.

Neve is having an affair with one of her bosses from work, who is also married. It has not been going on for long but she is smitten. One morning, over breakfast she receives a text message, which she assumes is from him to meet up again. Unexpected but she doesn’t hesitate even though she thought he was away at a conference.

She lets herself into his London flat to find him dead with his head caved in and a hammer lying next to him. This is where Neve begins making decisions, which are going to radically change her life forever. Who killed her lover, who knew about her visit and who can she trust? I will stop there, as I do not want to give anything else away.

Amazingly well plotted with some characters I loved and others I hated. As the secrets begin to unfold it becomes clear that not all the relationships are what they appear on the surface. The writing and direction led me in so many different directions and there were times when I wanted to shout at the characters to tell them what was happening.

Thank you to NetGalley, Simon and Schuster UK and Nicci French for my ARC in return for my honest review.

A must read, highly recommended.

The capitalisation was missing for some proper names in this download, so it put me off a little bit. I did not engage with the main character, Neve, and thought her bahaviour was bizarre and quite funny as she got herself more and more entangled into her attempts to cover up her lover's murder (which she did not do) because she did not want to reveal her infidelity to her husband, Fletcher. Their lifestyle seemed a little chaotic, and she seemed to give more attention to the guinea pig than her two sons. The daughter was a little more interesting. The whodunnit aspect was quite believable in the end, so I gave it three stars.

Neve finds her lover murdered and tries to remove all sign of herself from his life. Friends, colleagues and family all circle around and her struggle to stay on top of her lies and work out what's happening deepen.

A really good solid psychological crime novel with characters that really breath and live. I literally couldn't put it down and was 30 mins late for dinner.

When Neve Connolly finds the murdered body of a man - a man she knows, in a place where Neve shouldn’t be - her first instinct is to call the police.

Her second, quickly overriding it, is to protect herself and her family.

What Neve decides to do next will lead her into what can only - cliches notwithstanding - be described as a tangled web of deceit. Can she hold her nerve?

Life at home is far from straightforward. Troubled teenage daughter Mabel is causing her parents no end of grief (possibly out of revenge for having been called Mabel). Husband Fletcher is prone to depression and disappointment. And nobody ever remembers to feed the guinea pig.

As the murder is discovered and investigations commence, Neve has to contend with the inscrutable DCI Hitching, who always seems to know more than he’s letting on. Then there’s the murder victim’s wife, delivering potentially loaded comments, and his assistant doing something similar. Meanwhile, a seemingly endless stream of old friends are apparently taking up permanent residence in Neve’s house.

Nicci French is excellent at conveying the feeling of being trapped in a situation at least partly of ones own making; constructing a shaky edifice of often flimsy lies which it seems inevitable will come crashing down at any moment, while having to somehow appear to be functioning normally both in public and in private. I’m not sure I could do it.

I’m not sure this is Nicci French’s best - Catch Me When I Fall and Secret Smile are always the ones I remember most - but it’s undeniably a compelling read.