Thank you to the author, Shalini Boland, the publishing company, Bookouture, and NetGalley for an early electronic copy of this book, for an honest review.

This one kept me up late at night to finish, and didn't disappoint at all. I really loved the back and forth between the 3 friends, and keeping up with the storyline from each of them.
I could feel the emotion of the characters throughout, and while I figured out the plot of the story before the ending, this book didn't disappoint.

5 stars! OMG OMG! Theres the twist that makes a book go BOOM! This was one of the best books I read this summer!! AMAZING!
In classic Shalini Boland way, she gave us flawless, chilling writing with characters to love and hate.
LOVED THIS BOOK!!!
Posting on goodreads as well with 5 stars!

I had problems with my e-reader from March onwards so unfortunately, I didn't manage to finish reading it before the archive date.
Thank you Netgalley for the free eArc in exchange for an honest review.

I love this author - whenever she has a new book out, I always make sure its next on my TBR list! This one did not disappoint. I had no idea where the story was going and the twists were insane! So good, would definitely recommend.

Brilliant, I just couldn’t put this book down!
The story is told from three different women’s perspectives; Fiona, a successful business woman, married to her equally successful husband Nathan, Tia, a stay at home Mum with two children and Kelly, also with two children who is still coming to terms with the death of her husband just over a year earlier.
The three women grew up together, bound by an event from their childhood.
Fiona arrives at work one day to be told HMRC are conducting a tax review on her business following a possible tip off - she’s terrified she will lose everything. Tia receives photographs of her and a mystery man together - an event she has no recollection of, she is convinced they are fakes, but who would want to jeopardise her family? A young woman turns up at Kelly’s door saying she’s on the run from her abusive husband and Kelly lets her stay for a few days against her better judgment. The next thing she knows she’s being arrested, as the girl, Sophie, has accused her of keeping her captive. Wrapped in their own tortures, the women don’t feel able to confide in each other, so when they all receive a text asking for a late night meeting, each goes, desperate to stop whatever is happening to them.. Little do they know what’s waiting for them.
Really enjoyed this, and an author I will look out for again.

I liked this. I thought the characters were well defined. The small town feel was was portrayed. The plot was predictable but enjoyable.

Dark, Twisted and full of secrets. This one will leave you on the edge of your seat indefinitely. Another great standalone from Shalini Boland.

I've stopped counting how many times I've read Shalini Boland! I simply love her!
You know her books when you start reading them!

"One of us is lying" was no disappointment, wonderful like always!
Well written, well developed, strong characters, captivating, you get into the story from the start, it keeps you on the edge of your steat!

Every story Shalini writes is different and amazing!

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture, and Shalini, for allowing me access to this book! This is my honest review. All opinions are my own!

I've said before and I'll say again that there is no such thing as a bad book by Shalini. Even an average book is still a good book. She just has that knack or drawing you in from the very start and drip feeding you tidbits to keep you turning the pages in intrigue until the big reveal at the end. It goes without saying that Shalini always delivers.

ONE OF US IS LYING (previously titled "The Woman Who Lied" ) opens with a prologue with a woman returning home to find her husband had gassed himself in his car in the garage. I thought her somewhat clueless to wonder why the car was running in a closed garage to begin with...of course it was to kill himself! How could she not see that? But where that piece of the puzzle fits in would come to us later.

Tia, Kelly and Fiona are three women who have been best friends since school, having grown up and lived in Ashridge Falls their whole lives. But each woman is hiding a secret from the past and somebody knows, determined to bring their lives to a crashing end and make them pay for what they did.

Tia is a wife and mother to Rosie and Leo while her husband Ed is a chef at a local pub. They have a seemingly happy and perfect life together and while not rich, they are comfortable living month to month. One afternoon when picking the children up from school, Rosie fails to thunder out with the rest of the kids. Tia goes in to find her sitting quietly in a corner with her teachers. Neither of them could get out of Rosie what was wrong and she refuses to utter a word to anyone. Tia manages to coax her outside and she takes her hand for the walk home where close to tears, Rosie suddenly asks:

"Mummy, why did you kill someone?"

Shocked, Tia learns that older kids have been teasing her and saying her mother is a murderer. She endeavours to take it up with the school the following day but then she receives something far more troubling. An anonymous envelope arrives addressed to her containing photos of her, kissing another man and then in bed with him. This can't be happening. This never happened. Or did it? The night in question was Fiona's birthday party and she did get somewhat sloshed, she recalls...but enough to go home with a stranger? She would never do that to Ed. They have a great marriage and neither would do anything to jeopardise that. Tia pushed the photos into the bottom of the kitchen drawer, hoping to forget about them. Then Ed receives a puzzling text:

"Ask Tia about the photos."

Kelly is a single mother of two, having lost her beloved husband Michael the year before. Her children, Ryan (11) and Sonny (8), attend the same school in Ashridge as Tia's children although they are older. One morning she sets about baking cakes for the upcoming regatta on the weekend when she spots a young woman in her backyard. The woman, Sophie, is quiet and withdrawn and obviously running scared from something...or someone. She has come to Kelly for help, aware of her kindness and tendency to help others. But she won't let her call the police. Instead, Kelly asks her in to help her bake and then invites her to stay for a day or two. The two women hit it off, despite Sophie's fearful disposition. Kelly gives her the attic room to stay in and rest.

When the boys return home, they meet Sophie and take to her almost immediately. She even helps them with their homework. But when someone comes knocking late one night, Sophie scrambles to her attic room and hides while Kelly sees who it is. The man claims to be going door to door looking for his wife, Sophie, who has disappeared. He shows her a photo which clearly is Sophie and asks her to call him should she see her. Kelly begins to wonder if she has invited trouble by letting Sophie stay with her, but dismisses the thought knowing that she is doing the right thing in helping the young woman.

Then on the way home from the regatta, Kelly arrives to find police cars and an ambulance outside her house...and her front door kicked in. What has happened? Has Sophie's husband found her? Then she catches a glimpse of Sophie in the back of the ambulance who suddenly goes pale and points at her yelling: "That's her! That's the woman who tied me up and locked me in her attic!" What the...? The next thing, Kelly finds herself under arrest for false imprisonment.

Fiona is, to the world, the successful owner of her own interior design business "Salingers", has the perfect marriage with husband Nathan and the most stunning three story mansion overlooking the lake. She has the perfect life. Or does she? Fiona is not like her friends. She has no family to speak of and no desire to have children. One morning, two tax agents arrive at her place of business claiming to have sent her numerous letters to which she has never responded. Fiona has vague recollections of something but set them aside to look at later. However, "later" has arrived and the two agents have come to go through her business records with a fine tooth comb as Fiona now finds herself the subject of a tax audit. She knows what she has done and hope the tax agents won't...but she knows they will before long. When she tells Nathan, he is less than sympathetic and begins to treat her as if she were a disobedient child. Then when Kelly calls on her to look after Ryan and Sonny while she has been taken in for questioning, Nathan is less than happy and tells Fiona to do something about it.

All three women are hiding a secret. All three women are being taunted. All three women are linked to something from their past for which they are now being punished. But who is doing this? And why? The three friends need each other more than ever now, but all three continue to keep their troubles secret. Will the past destroy all their lives?

As the three women's lives begin to unravel none of them have any idea why. As rumours fly, letters and texts are received and seemingly innocent act ends up in a nasty showdown for all three women who will need all their wits and each other to stay alive.

As each of the women's stories unfold in each of their alternating narratives, readers are also privy to the anonymous voice of a schoolgirl peppered in between the current timeline. But how did her story fit into the current one?

I enjoyed how the picture of each women's story was painted and how they slowly unravelled. My favourite character of the three women was Kelly. She was someone I connected with in a way that she was a bit like me, I guess. More so than the outspoken and wild Tia or the aloof and standoffish Fiona. I loved the setting with the lake that was so vast you couldn't see the other side.

ONE OF US IS LYING is a quick fast-paced read that draws the reader in from the beginning. As the story evolves we watch as the women's lives systematically fall apart whilst at the same time wondering who could be behind it.

I love the flow of Shalini's books and am always quickly absorbed within the storyline. However...ONE OF US IS LYING, I felt, lacked her usual flair and killer twist at the end. This time, I guessed who it was and why...and I hardly ever do in a Shalini thriller. There is usually a killer twist right at the very end that leaves you open-mouthed and thinking "What the f*** just happened?" This book lacked that. But even so, as I stated at the beginning there is no such thing as a bad book by Shalini.

In the end, the reasoning behind why all three women were targeted doesn't make a whole lot of sense in my opinion. I can understand why one of them but not the three of them...unless they were the other two mentioned in the past (which they weren't). So it doesn't make sense to me. And it kind of spoilt it a little for me.

Despite not being up to her usual thrilling par, ONE OF US IS LYING is still an enjoyable quick read by one of my favourite go-to authors. And as always, I look forward to her next one.

I would like to thank #ShaliniBoland, #NetGalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #OneOfUsIsLying aka #TheWomanWhoLied in exchange for an honest review.

This story features 3 female protagonists, and the reader gets to hear from each of them through alternating perspectives. Each one is unique but I really only liked one of the characters; she was the only one who felt well-developed, and easy to connect with. I liked that the story had excerpts from some past incident; it kept me wanting to know more, to see how everything is connected to what is going on now. However, the final reveal was a disappointment. The motivation for everything was extremely weak, and there were so many plot holes! I felt cheated out of the thriller experience. In the end, while I’ve enjoyed other books by this author, I couldn’t love this book.

A tense, well-crafted read that kept me turning the pages until the end! Thanks to the publisher and to Netgalley for the ARC,

I tried to read this two times but both time’s I didn’t get more than 100 pages in. In the end this was sadly a DNF for me. I just didn’t find it as engaging as other thrillers and found myself prioritising other books I own. I am a bit sad that I won’t find out what happened with the mysterious girl showing up as I think along the line it could’ve got interesting but I just wasn’t hooked enough to keep reading to find out

I would recommend this story to all thriller lovers .This book took me by surprise. It kept me interested throughout the story and I needed to see what was going to happen. I truly enjoyed the pacing of the story and the well written characters.

What a book this is!!
I raced through it.
Three friends POV, which I really like in a book. Very easy to read and a great storyline.
Who says friendships are plain sailing?

This fast-paced, multi-point of view psychological suspense breathes new life into a familiar scenario with plenty of twists and turns. Three school friends' lives unravel years later. All have secrets, but who is targeting them and why?

All the main protagonists have elements of unreliability, who do you trust? The story is addictive and suspenseful and keeps its secrets until the dramatic conclusion.

I received a copy of this book from Bookouture via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Absolutely enjoyed from start to finish, u didn't want the book to end. Highly recommended, if you like books that keep you guessing and on the edge of your seat.

Thanks to #netgalley and #bookouture for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. This isn't my first time reading a Shalini Boland book and she has become one of my auto buy authors. Her books just never disappoint me. This is a fast paced thriller centering on 3 friends Kelly, Tia and Fiona. They have a past secret that has bound them together as lifelong friends. The story is woven together from the perspectives of all 3 ladies which gives the reader the opportunity to get to know them all as individuals and to see their friendships with each other. None of the 3 ladies lives are as perfect as they appear to the outside world and they soon start to feel that someone/people are out to get them when things start going wrong in all of their lives. A psychological domestic thriller that had me captivated from the very beginning. With plot twists I did not anticipate, just when I thought I had it worked out, I was so wrong! #shaliniboland #bookouture #thewomanwholied#netgalley #tea_sipping_bookworm #goodreads #litsy #bookstagram #amazon#kindle #bookqueen #thriller #plottwists

Any Shalini Boland Book is a good book! This one takes you through the lives of three friends and a connection to their last that effects them all. The story will keep you intrigued to find out who is harassing them and why. Boland’s details throughout the story at times may not seem important but once you get to the major plot twist everything comes together. Another great novel!

Kelly, Fiona and Tia are best friends from school who seem to have perfect lives but each of these women is hiding a secret . Soon they start receiving threatening messages as someone is determined to make them pay for what they did.

One Of Us Is Lying is another twisty read by Shalini Boland. A well written slow burner suspense with great characters makes it an entertaining  read 

I would like to thank Bookouture & NetGalley for providing an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest and fair review.

Shalini Boland is fast becoming a must read author for me. I’ve really enjoyed any of her books I’ve read and this one followed suit. A great thriller that kept me guessing.

Tia, Fiona and Kelly tell the story. Secrets from the past come back to haunt them, yet they are the only ones who could possibly know. Or are they? Otherwise, someone is lying... I was second guessing the whole way through. Another brilliant read.