Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
A compelling read from this very talented author. Gripping and easy to read. Recommended.

I really enjoyed this book! It was gripping from the very start, fast paced, thrilling and wonderfully written. Would definitely recommend!

This was excellent I would highly recommend this book kept the pages turning 

Looking forward to reading much more from this author 

Buy it!!

It's one thing to be trapped in a situation with someone who is an expert manipulator but it is quite another to be trapped in one with someone who is a global star.

Or is this really a case of fandom turned obsessive stalker? Lorna has built her entire life on a bed of lies, which is what makes her sensitive to any intrusion from the outside world. She keeps her daughter Liberty so isolated and caged that the teenager has started to rebel against the very strict rules her mother has put in place.

Little does Lorna know that Liberty is ten steps ahead of her mother when it comes to breaking free and finding out what Lorna has been hiding all these years. She is off to find the mysterious father her mother has kept her away from her entire life. A rock star, a living legend who lives in the middle of his own forest just a few miles away.

Quinn presents a not entirely uncommon situation - a he said she said dilemma. Is she an insane fan or is he a skilled manipulator? By putting the world of celebrity into the equation it amplifies the imbalance of power and the lack of support potential victims encounter.

Without drawing specific attention to it the author also shows the position of strength a powerful person can manipulate from. A platform can be used to influence fans and followers, which always puts the non-celebrity in a weaker position.

It's an emotional fast-paced read with a nice wicked twist at the end.

This is a quick paced, twisty, enjoyable thriller. 

I'm not sure it felt entirely believable to me but was a fun read regardless of that!

Liberty has never known who her father was, having been brought up by her mother and not let out of her sight as she was told her father is a nasty man who her Mum is scared of still.

Liberty is not going to have this, however, and sets out to find him despite her Mum.

And she does. Turns out he is rock star Michael Reyji Ray, and having found out who he is she sets out to visit him – finding his address is right near theirs (an odd thing if her Mum is so set against him she thinks.)

Thus follows a whole bunch of he said/she said types of stories and you don’t find out who is telling the truth till the end. Is he a manipulative killer who preys on barely legal girls? Or was her Mum a little nuts back then, making up stories of her relationship with a rock star?

Really enjoyed reading this book, couldn't put it down, must admit its one that I would happily pick up again and read, 
Overall I would recommend to anyone to read it, can't wait to get it on my page and let my followers know what I think about it! Nice twist

Thanks to HQ and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Well, this was quite the read! Certainly one of guilty pleasures of 2020 so far. Suzy Quinn is an extraordinary thriller writer and she certainly knows how to hook her readers from the get-go. It is far from convoluted in terms of plotting but it is mighty entertaining. Moreover, there is no point in the story where it feels right to put it down, before embarking on the next reading session. So, you just have to keep reading and reading. Before long you are reading well into the night. This is the story of Lorna and Liberty and secrets from the past about to collide in the present. It begins with the birth of now sixteen-year old Liberty. We know her mother, Lorna is fearful of Liberty’s biological father but details are sparse. Fast forward to the present, and a curious Liberty runs away to begin the search for her biological father. Without entering the dreaded territory of spoilers, we learn that there is more to past events than we would first assume. With a deft touch and some ingenious plotting, Suzy Quinn takes us on a thrilling journey to the lowest depths of the human condition in all its myriad forms. Thrilling stuff.

I adore Suzy Quinn and this book did not dissapoint. She never fails to get me hooked from the first page. This one took me by suprise, very fast paces and I lived Liberty! The story was fab I'd happily read it again and have already recommended it

Wow this was amazing. I really enjoyed it .

I was really intrigued to see what Lorna,s secret was . I guessed near the end though. I assumed she was crazy but the twist was really interesting. 

This was hard to read at times . The bits about Lorna,s past were disturbing. I was surprised about what really happened to her rival Annalise . It was really shocking.

I will definitely read any more books by this author . A must read thriller

Starts off a bit slow but builds up and has a gripping dramatic ending!!!! A bit far fetched but a good read !!!  Tells the story of a daughter who wants to know about her father, but her mother has her own reasons to keep it secret!

When I started reading I wasn’t sure.... but so glad I continued. It’s such an easy read, predictable but enjoyable. 

Thanks for the arc.

I did enjoy this book but I found the lead character, Lorna, really hard to like. She was as selfish and obsessive at 33 as she had been at 17 and to be honest I don't know how her lovely partner Nick put up with her. I thought the secret around Liberty was a bit predictable but the author threw in another couple of twists that left me stunned. Not as good as some of Suzy Quinn's earlier books but still a good read that I would recommend.

This book was SO good! One of my favourite reads of the year so far. I have read 'Don't Tell Teacher' another novel by Suzy K Quinn so I knew to expect great things, but this was such a fast pacey thrilling story with a surpising ending. I read it in one sitting, I didn't want to go to bed until it was over.

A brilliant psychological thriller with well written characters and a great storyline.I will be recommending to my book loving friends!

Thanks to netgalley for the ARC in exchange for my review.

Being a single mother is not easy and when your daughter is a teenager everything will be much more complicated than you ever expected. This is the story of Lorna & Liberty, mother and daughter.
I think I felt a little represented on this story, I lived all my life with my mum, without knowing who my father was and questioning her about it. My teenage years were not easy either, both with a strong character it was always a constant fight, but I never felt the necessity to go and find my father, my mum was always there in the moments of need. Our life could have been more easy with a third person to calm down both of us on the worst moments, totally, but I never thought of going to find him.
Having said that, this is a totally addictive read, twisted and full of lies that will keep the reader turning pages till the end. I loved the story and how easily I felt for it, but at the same time I think this will be a controversial read, a great example of love it or hate it. Now that I am a mother, I can understand more my mother’s actions and feel ashamed of some of our silly roughs, and that’s why I felt that this was a really interesting story, the need to lie to protect our children but at the same time the need to fight for what they think is not fair.
This is a book to read and discover your opinion about it, because I think it’s so easy to decide. Ready?

told my daughter a terrible lie... Lorna never told her sixteen-year-old daughter the chilling truth about her real father. But one morning, she finds Liberty missing - and realizes the teenager has left to find the man she once fled from... 

I loved don’t tell teacher and had been looking forward to reading this one as soon as I knew it was being released! 

This book was so addictive. From the first chapter, I knew I was going to love it. 

The book is told from alternating perspectives of Lorna and Liberty and Suzy Quinn writes short chapters, which always end on a little cliffhanger, so you cannot resist just one more chapter. 

The book was full of twists and I loved how it all came together

This book begins with one of our main characters, Lorna, registering the birth of her baby girl, Liberty, under pretty sketchy circumstances. It's here we start to see all is not as it seems...

Fast forward sixteen years later and we see Lorna and her teenage daughter Liberty and their tense relationship. Lorna has withheld who her daughter's father really is... she'll do anything to keep it a secret from Liberty but Liberty will do anything to find out...

I enjoyed this book, it was a solid thriller and a quick read. I particularly liked the way I wasn't sure where the book was going... I like thrillers that have you guessing who the bad person really is. Unfortunately I didn't particularly gel with most of the characters. I found them to be quite one dimensional and Nick, Lorna's partner, was so insipid. Honestly, there was no need for him to be in the story, he was an incredible drip!

Some of the story towards the end became a bit unbelievable... Ok, I know it's fiction but sometimes things can get a bit too stupid! The ending was grand. The whole book was just grand.

I would recommend it however, despite my lukewarm review because it was gripping and it is definitely not the worst thriller I have ever read, not by a long shot (Lynda Stacey's The Fake Date STILL holds that trophy...) and if you're looking for a tense, gripping thriller that's a quick read, definitely pick this up.

I love Suzy when she writes thrillers, i haven't really ventured into her other genres but i know everytime i read a thriller its a hit.

Lorna has told a lie, but this lie has impacted her whole life, her daughters life. Her daughter who is now 16 and wants to know her father. One morning, she wakes to find Liberty has gone to find him. However Lorna is frantic, she can't go find him, because then things wont be the same again. Yet she does and he isn't all he seems. Liberty despite been strong minded starts to change too.

Wow, this was just clever. It was scary, as a reader you are really not sure who to believe, I wondered why Lorna was so frantic, wondered why Michael wasnt as described, why Liberty was behaving the way she did but it all comes to an explosion and wow - it blew me away.

Lorna was once a naive, young girl and fell in love, as an adult i would say she is determined, stronger than she has ever been but also very worried. She raised Liberty to be strong, independent but is determined to keep her close by, which results in the running away.

I really enjoyed getting to know the characters, as we discover them over time, we learn about Lornas past and the present. The story paces back and forwards which i really enjoy, you get a snippet of the past and then a glimpse of what is going on in the present before whisking us back. It was a fast paced read that had me flying through it, in fact i read all of it in one single sitting! I was hooked. Even as a reader, your mind starts to get twisted and you are not sure if you can actually trust it, i mean i was forming my judgements and then starting to question them. A sure sign of a brilliant thriller.

I was gifted an e-arc for the blog tour, you can get a copy here

Once I started this novel I found it hard to put down.

The subject matters covered are ones that I have come across many times recently, so I was curious to know what twist Suzy Quinn would use to differentiate it from other novels.

It turned out there was one uncomfortable twist after another!

The characters are creepily credible as this fast-paced novel moves between the past and present but in an easy to follow way.

I frequently asked myself, what was going to be the final twist, what had I missed- was I in the hands of an unreliable narrator?

As it turned out, it wasn’t similar to anything else I’ve read recently! Intriguing & unsettling…and maybe a little bit based on truth…

I've not read anything by this author before but was keen to give this book a go. The storyline intrigued me and I felt some connection with Liberty and not knowing her biological father.

I found this a gripping and quick read, with short chapters and a storyline that kept me gripped. The writing flowed well and was engaging, everything in a good book.

However as the story continued the more it seemed a little unbelievable. The twists within the pages were good but I did find the last part of the book perhaps a little rushed.

That said, I'd definitely be happy to look at more books by this author.