I'm gonna go ahead and call this a "scatterbrained thriller'.... It was good but had a lot going on. Like, a lot. Several characters with their own individual lives and drama - enough for a couple different novels. It was so densely packed, I felt like we never got enough time with just one person before we were moving onto the next. Things need to be better fleshed out, but overall it was ok. 3.5 stars

Thanks netgalley for giving me the pdf so that I can share my thoughts and opinions with y'all 🧡

I thought that this was pretty good! Not my favorite of KL's stuff but had a decent pace, character development and kept my interest. :)

This book is a fast and fun domestic drama read! I loved the characters and storylines together and the fact that there are secrets and lies everywhere. This is quite possibly a one-sitting read whether you've read this author before or not!

I was able to read this book thanks to NetGalley. I really enjoyed the story and it was a quick paced and entertaining book. I will be recommending it to family and friends snd will be looking for more from this author in the future. Thanks again for the opportunity to read this book.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review;

Synopsis: Janey Markham is thrilled to be moving with her family to Buckingham Crescent, the smartest address in a desirable suburban town.

Worried she’ll be excluded by the glossy local mothers, Janey is thrilled when she meets Tanya, the kind of woman she has always looked up to. Tanya takes Janey under her wing, and her teenage daughter Angel is amazing with Janey’s little boy. As Janey and Tanya grow closer, Janey feels she can finally leave her troubled past behind.

But then everything changes…

In a weak moment over a bottle of wine, Janey finds herself telling Tanya her most shocking secret. Why wouldn’t she trust her new friend?

The following day, Janey sees Angel, with a man old enough to be her father, pushing someone into a car. The next day a body is found and police appeal for witnesses – and share a picture of the same car…

When Janey tells Tanya she is going to the police, Tanya turns threatening. She’ll stop at nothing to defend Angel, even if her daughter is guilty. If Janey says anything, Tanya will make sure that her dark secret gets out.

Janey faces an impossible choice. Stay quiet about what she saw that terrible day. Or speak up, and destroy the family she has worked so hard to protect…

-I really enjoyed this novel and its premise of what happens in "mommy groups". All the lies and manipulation kept me turning the pages and the ending was not expected.

Brilliant book, didn’t disappoint. Another great book by this author.

Thank you NetGalley for my complimentary copy in return for my honest review.

Ooooooo love a bit of KL Slater and wasn’t disappointed! Corker of a book again, loved every page and can’t wait for the next one!!!

This was a quick paced read and quite enjoyable. I do feel that the plot and the characters need a little.more depth to connect with but it was fast paced and an easy read.

An average read that is quick and easy but lacks a deeper plot.
Not a great story but not a bad one either the book probably didn’t work for me.
Thank you to the publishers and Netgalley for the Arc in return for an honest review.

Thank you for such a great read enjoyed from the first page to the end page another great book read by this author, can’t recommend enough read all books and never been disappointed thank you

Thank you to Netgalley for an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

An interesting well-written thriller. A little slow to start, but well worth sticking with it. Recommended.

This is truly a book of many twists and turns. Janey Markham moves with her family into the the most desirable street of a suburban town and it doesn’t take her long to find friendship amongst neighbours, particularly Tanya who takes Janey under her wing. Janey reveals a secret which is then used against her when she sees Tanya’s daughter, Angel, caught up in a police investigation.
A fast paced, page turner which will keep you gripped until the very last page.

I enjoyed the story line it kept me turning the pages but there were some annoying unnecessary describing that did not add anything to the story at all.

This book started out brilliantly...I was really expecting a breathtaking thriller but then it just petered out...

I think the main issue was that there were just too many threads....What the secret was, what was happening with Isaac, Kyoko, Polly and Angel. ..let alone what was happening with Jaspar. There was enough for several books there and instead of it being action packed it didn't feel like any of the threads were given enough time or mystery....so it really was too many cooks.

If anyone has read the book The Rumour, then these were similar themes done in a much more tightly wound way.

Another problem I had was Janey and her childish insecurities...and the child like features of the 'gang'. I just couldn't get my head around why or how a group of adults would act like that and why Janey was acting like a teenager trying to fit in. It was just a bit pathetic and I found it laughable and any sympathy I had for any of those women instantly evaporated.

Then all of a sudden it became a Tom Cruise movie...which again was just bizarre.

I also found the ending did some disservice to victims. Thought it sugar coated forgiveness and responsibility. Like how Janey had any responsibility at all...of course not...but putting a victim in that position just didn't sit right with me.

However saying all that, I did want to keep reading but maybe not for the right reasons.
I would definitely read a book by this author again as can see the ideas but just wish it had been more streamlined and taut.

Thanks to the author, publisher and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

★★★★★ 4.5 stars (rounded up)

As a massive fan of Kim Slater's I am always excited to read a new thriller and LITTLE WHISPERS did not disappoint. She is one of my "go-to" authors where I don't hesitate to grab the book and delve into it without even reading the premise. There's not many authors I do that with but with Kim I know I am always going to get a twist-filled thrill ride from start to finish.

LITTLE WHISPERS is a mix of domestic drama and thriller where no one is quite who they appear to be...with secrets and lies that have far reaching consequences.

When Janey Markham's mother gifts her with a terrible family secret on her death bed, her whole world falls apart. Along with the secret her mother also gave her a box, telling her that the contents would explain everything. But four months on, Janey still hasn't felt strong enough to open it.

Then Janey's husband Isaac secures a new job with double the salary, allowing them to pay off their credit cards and mortgage. Along with the job comes a move to the affluent Buckingham Crescent in West Bridgford, Nottingham. The house is detached with a backyard more than twice the size of the Victorian semi in which they currently live. It's certainly a step up offering good prospects and the promise of Isaac working from home. Janey couldn't be more happy since his hours have been long and stressful. What with Isaac's long hours and the death of her mother, Janey feels this could be a fresh start for them all.

Upon moving into Buckingham Crescent, Janey's 8 year old son Rowan is enrolled in the local school but is nervous about being the new kid as his uniform has not yet arrived. Janey herself is worried that she won't fit in with the school gate mums who seem to watch her with a mixture of disdain and interest.

And then Janey meets Tanya.

Tanya also lives on Buckingham Crescent in a house that is possibly twice the size of their's. Almost at once, Tanya's son Dexter befriends Rowan and Janey is relieved to see her son enjoying school and some new friendships. As for Janey, her budding friendship with Tanya grows from strength to strength as Tanya helps her settle into life as "Buckingham mum". The women enjoy coffee mornings, shopping trips, swimming clubs along with other mums on the Crescent Edie and Kyoko. Whilst Edie is open and warm from the outset, Ky is not. She appears to regard Janey as some kind of threat, making barbed comments and attempts to exclude her. Janey has no idea what she has done to upset her but refuses to let her bitchiness ruin her new-found friendships.

And then when Janey receives an attempt to warn her about the "Buckingham mums" from neighbour Polly, her new friends dismiss Polly as being a "sad case" with no friends or family who just likes to stir up trouble. Tanya informs her that Polly has repeatedly accused her of destroying the flowers in her garden and is often seen lurking between the hedges separating her's and Tanya's backyards. Janey had initially thought Polly a lonely old woman but harmless enough but after her friends' warnings decided to give Polly a wide berth.

Meanwhile, Isaac's promises of shorter hours and spending more time together as a family seem to be just empty words as he continues to work late every night, even later than in his previous job. While he tells Janey that their family is his priority, Janey sees nothing to back that up as cracks start to appear in their marriage. However, Janey knows Isaac well enough to know that something is bothering her husband. He has systematically told her from the beginning not to get too close to the neighbours or to tell them anything about his work. Why? What is he hiding?

But a dinner party at Edie's which promised to be a fun affair ends up in disaster when Janey catches Isaac upstairs with Ky in what appears to be an embrace. Is he having an affair? Is that why he doesn't want her to get close to her new friends?

Regardless of his reservations, Janey and Tanya's friendship grows and in a moment of alcoholic haze Janey decides that she can trust Tanya with her deepest darkest secret. The one her mother revealed on her deathbed. She was not prepared for Tanya's reaction however her friend assured her that her secret was safe with her. But when Janey tells Isaac she shared "the secret" with Tanya, her husband is apoplectic. Why would she do that? And despite Tanya's assurances that she won't say a word, Janey immediately regrets her moment of alcoholic weakness.

But when Janey sees Tanya's teenage daughter Angel in town with an older man, bundling a younger man into the back of a car, Janey knows something is amiss. Angel is supposed to be at school. But confronting Tanya is not easy as when she does, showing her the photos as proof, her new friend threatens to reveal Janey's secret should she go to the police.

Janey then realises that she's not the only one on Buckingham Crescent keeping secrets. Everyone, it seems, has a skeleton or two. The question is, what are THEY hiding?

Soon everyone will know Janey's secret, ostracising her from the school in which she works as a teaching assistant and her friends. Their fresh start becomes her worst nightmare when all is revealed.

Fast paced and compelling from the start, LITTLE WHISPERS is a slow burning psychological and domestic thriller that I finished in one day. As everything comes together for Janey (and us, the readers), the twist is quite ingenious and not one I saw coming.

Told through Janey's first person narrative, we are also given the in alternating chapters of someone named Susan who has been abducted and being held in a basement. We have no idea how this even relates to the main plot and Kim cleverly keeps it from us until the very end...when all is revealed. All throughout I was burning to know "the secret" which Janey's mother bestowed upon her and felt rather put out that first Tanya, the head teacher and the school all found out long before we, the readers, did! How could Kim tantalise us like that? But she did it with pure skill that made us want to keep reading.

I am not a fan of slow burns but this one was different. Not just because it was a K.L. Slater thriller...but I just can't put my finger on it. Maybe it is Kim's clever plotting and storytelling that made it a captivating read despite the slow burn. Either way, LITTLE WHISPERS engages the reader from the start and doesn't let up till the end.

As always, Kim does it again and I look forward to the next thrill ride she is sure to take us on!

I would like to thank #KLSlater, #NetGalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #LittleWhispers in exchange for an honest review.

Unfortunately, I didn’t love this one like I have all her others.

It was just too slow for too much of the book. I did enjoy the last 5-6 chapters but that’s too late! I wasn’t a fan of the husbands secret, if it had of been something morbid or gruesome, definitely 😹

But I look forward to the next read from the author!

Thank you so much for my review copy, I really appreciate it 🙏🏼

When you see a book written by K.L Slater you know you're in for a good time! And this one didn't disappoint!

The storyline is well developped and told at a good pace, the characters are strong and people are not what you think they are... and I loved it!

Captivating from start to finish!
Many twists and turns.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the ARC of this book. This is my honest review. All opinions are my own.

This was a fun twisty tale. I really liked the character Janey. She acted and responded in a logical way. The ending was good but I would have liked to see more of the aftermath.

Another great book from the author! Thoroughly enjoyed reading it and genuinely felt like I was part of the book at times. It was written beautifully and very easy to read. The setting was well described and I bonded with the characters immediately. Also, the book went on and on at parts, but there were always twists and turns to keep you going. I loved the plot twist thrown in and the excitement of thinking 'what's next'. Overall, it was a very interesting story and I would definitely recommend it.

So, this was an okay read for me.

It’s one of those reads where I hated all the characters with every fiber of my being. I also thought the MC was so busy trying to keep up with the elite that she lost any brain cells she may have had.

I did, however, appreciate that the author completely fooled me when it came to who was doing what and why. It was such a surprise, but the author played fair.

A fair to middling but entertaining read.

*ARC Provided via Net Galley