Now this is a book and a half and is definitely not to be missed by any readers of murder mystery stories.  
I was worried at the start as the main female character is 30 and is on the booze and everything is going wrong so I feared the worst for how the story unfolds.  However, she turns out to be pretty strong and impressive
The book embraces 2 disappearances of teenage girls at the same location - 1 year apart although the bulk of the story is naturally on the more recent disappearance,
As usual I made an early assessment on 'whodunnit' and why and as usual I was hopelessly wrong.  So I make 2 or 3 more 'intelligent' assessments - all wrong!
The only criticism I have of this superb book is that all the characters do what characters in teen horror films always do - go off on their own when any sane person would stay put in a group.  Still these trips off are an integral part of how the story develops.
You wonder if the same person(s) are responsible for both disappearances but you will have to read it to find out. The final revelation is nothing short of breath-taking and was something I never dreamed of.
Worth every star and one not to miss

Overall this was a real edge of the seat thriller.  I admit I did feel the first third was a bit slow and the jumping from a year ago to the present felt a bit disjointed but then the tension suddenly moved up to another level.  It was really enjoyable to read and held me gripped until the end.  
Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read a preview copy of this book.

I absolutely loved this book. I fab twisty thriller with so many things you did not see coming! And the end is deliciously brilliant #ILieinWait #NetGalley

I Lie In Wait, is the first book I've read from Amanda Brittany - and what a journey this thriller was from the very first page until the very last. A few blindsided twists and a fantastic triumph of an ending. I don't smoke, but even I might have needed a cigarette after that one.

The scene is set in Scotland, from the immediate first few chapters I could easily visualise the locations and the characters with such intricate detail, before long I was living and breathing the suspenseful drama that unfolded. I would say this is a book of two halves, by the second half it really ramped up pace, the murder plot was very, very clever. Every suspect is brought together by the end and then all is revealed. Reminiscent reminders of Agatha Christies style. I LOVED it.

Overall a fast-paced, tense and twisty read that I would definitely recommend.

Wow... I Lie in Wait by Amanda Brittany is an intense murder mystery with a truly stunning ending.  When a teenage girl goes missing, the mystery of what happened to her begins and the story is told in present day compared to a year before.  There are many twists and turns throughout and it keeps the reader guessing who is good and who is bad.  The ending is one I didn’t see coming but was fantastic.  Definitely a page turner and a must read.

I thoroughly enjoyed this book even though I found it to be a bit slow in parts. More and more books are now written flitting between two or more time periods and the more of them you read the easier it appears to follow.  While I thought early on I had sussed out the perpetrator, there were a definite few red herrings along the way. Also, it’s funny the way in which you interpret things but when the truth comes out you wonder how you missed it. Apologies if I am being somewhat cryptic but I don’t want to be revealing any spoilers. 

Amelia has had a hard year - first her sister goes missing while on a family holiday and then her beloved mum dies without knowing what has happened to her youngest daughter. These tragedies coupled with losing her unborn child and her partner leaving are enough to send Amelia over the edge and all she wants is to be comforted by her dad. 

On arriving home she discovers that her dad, brother and his carer (he is in a wheelchair after an accident) are going back to Scotland to the holiday home they were staying at when her sister disappeared to see if they can find anything new in connection with her disappearance. Amelia reluctantly joins them and they are greeted by the owner and her son (Ruth and Finn). Also joining the ‘party’ are her mother’s best friend and her daughter. 

Whilst there the group are cut off from the world due to severe snowstorms. When Amelia hears a scream, it transports her back to a year ago when she heard much the same and when another young girl goes missing it seems to be too much of a coincidence.  

A fantastic book spoiled only by the copious amounts of tea and coffee which appear to be being made during a time of crisis. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced read copy of this book in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Where do I start? One of my favourite books of this year so far! 

The story is based around Amelia and her family. Her sister went missing a year ago on holiday and still hasn't been found. The father decides to revisit the remote holiday area a year later and Amelia goes with him along with her brother and his carer.

There are strange goings on with masks. Another girl goes missing. There is a murder, or two.

So many twists and turns. Just when you think you have figured the plot, another twist. I certainly didn't see the ending coming!

I have never read anything by this author previously but I will certainly be on the look out for more of her books if this is anything to go on. Well written. I liked the way it went from present day to a year ago and it flowed perfectly.

Thank you so much to netgalley, the publisher and author for this advance reader copy. I feel really lucky to have discovered a new author.

I would highly recommend you buy this book if you enjoy a good thriller which will keep you guessing right up until the end.

One year ago, Amelia's sister, Lark, vanishes without a trace from a family holiday in the Scottish Highlands.
Amelia during their second night at the same cottage a piercing scream rips through the darkness, as it did a year ago, and a sensation of terror immerses over everyone.
Another girl has vanished.
Amanda Brittany is a skilled author, the  story is
appealing, suspenseful, spooky, and well written, this book will keep you engrossed from start to finish.
I want to thank NetGalley, HQ and Amanda Brittany for a pre-publication copy to review.

Great story with lots of twists to keep you hooked in and wondering if everyone is really what they seem to be... Suspense and drama in buckets!

I started this book before bed and told myself I was only going to read a few chapters and call it a night.... I ended up reading almost half of it instead. This book is so well written and suspenseful. The ending is utterly shocking! Just when you think you have the plot figured out, there’s another layer added on to keep you guessing and staying up all night. This is the perfect summer thriller.

Wow .. I did not see that ending coming! At all, completely shocked! What an ending! 

I was so excited to be accepted to read this book as the storyline sounded fab! Perfect thriller and it did not disappoint! 

From the beginning it grabbed me in and set the scene in my head perfectly,  I felt like I was watching it on the screen or right there with them. I could picture the characters and I could feel the emotions they did. Very well written. I also liked how the different chapters were based on different characters and it jumped from present day to a year ago. It really helped set the story.

I still can’t get over the ending but I won’t give any spoilers as you need to read it yourself ;) 

Thank you NetGalley and HQ stories for allowing me to read this book! Amazing!

This is my first book to read by Amanda Brittany, but definitely won't be my last. This suspenseful whodunnit had me on the edge of my seat! Amelia is plunged into a game of cat and mouse while trying to unravel the mystery of her sister's disappearance. The journey leads her down dangerous paths of murder and betrayal. She is forced to question who to trust and who she really knows in this twisty tale with an ending I never saw coming. The isolation of the Scottish Highlands sets the stage perfectly as Amelia searches for answers and struggles to survive the elusive killer that holds her fate. This is a page turner from beginning to end! Thank you NetGalley and  HQ Digital for my ARC!

Eerie, suspenseful, twisty, and extremely engrossing-this book was just so much fun to read!

While this book isn’t the first of its kind in an extremely crowded genre, and it certainly won’t be the last i’m sure, I have to say that its one of the better ones that i’ve read, and it actually managed to catch me off guard with some of the reveals and revelations. And while it did have some of the usual tropes pertaining to this genre, it was so well written and fun to read that it managed to come out fresh instead of stale and boring unlike some of the other books that are similar in nature.

This book is like The Strangers: Blizzard Edition. You know, The Strangers as in the creepy ass movie with the creepy ass people lurking around the couple’s house in masks in order to scare the hell out of them before murdering them? (the most disturbing of all being the dude in the white mask? I still shudder just thinking about him.)

If The Strangers and And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie had a child in the form of a book, it would be this one. Not because of the plot lines exactly, but because of certain elements taken from each and combined.

Locked room concept. People all brought together and then stranded in said location due to a snow storm (my favorite type of locked room mystery. the stranded and unable to leave due to a blizzard while a killer is on the loose. I don’t know why they are just the most fun to read). A killer running around, taking people out one by one. But the most disturbing part in this particular story? The person(s) running around wearing the mask-staring through windows, lurking behind trees and staring through the blizzard-y night silently while wearing said mask, ala’ Michael Myers style, bizarrely leaving identical looking masks all over the holiday property, because apparently just wearing them isn’t creepy enough. Add in the fact that there are also shrill screams coming from the woods in the middle of the night, and the creepy factor goes up even more!

Are you intrigued/scared yet? You should be!

This particular story involves around a family and friends returning to a holiday location on the one year anniversary of the disappearance of a girl named Lark, who may or may not still be alive. Her father, wanting to search for clues, has decided to return to where she vanished to the previous year, a holiday cottage, in hopes of uncovering new clues as to her whereabouts and what happened to her. Joining him on this information seeking holiday, is his daughter Amelia, along with her brother and his caretaker. Staying in another of the cottage’s properties is a woman and her stepdaughter, who were also there the previous year when everything went horribly wrong. During the second night of everyone’s stay, new horrors begin to befall them, and soon they are entangled in a new nightmare that twists and weaves its self around the already tense atmosphere. Before long, another girl has disappeared, and it becomes clear that one of them may be a murderer.

This story flips back and forth between present day, and the previous year when Lark disappeared, and the glimpses into the past only made the story that much more intriguing and mysterious, as it made me that much more eager to find out exactly what happened to her, and what her disappearance may have to do with the current mystery and horrors taking place in the present day.

All of the characters become suspect, and the mystery of who the murderer was and why was captivating, and it all lead to a conclusion that I never saw coming!

Engaging, suspenseful, eerie, and excellently written and plotted out, this book will keep you utterly engrossed from start till finish!

Amazing thriller! Highly recommend!

Do you like murder mysteries? Do you want a psychological thriller that does not follow the usual, stereotypical plot outline? Do you want to be on the edge of your seat? Then this is the book you NEED to read.

I’ll be honest at first when I started reading I was a little dubious. The protagonist Amelia is having a really rough time. So tough in fact, that it’s almost unbelievable; missing sister, mum has died from cancer, boyfriend has left etc. It felt a little over the top but when I look back now it helped to weave the pace of the story and it fulfilled the outcome.

During reading I was flitting between past and present; past being a year before when Amelia’s mum was still alive and her sister was around. It wasn’t confusing at all which sometimes happens for me and added to the depth of the characters and the storyline.

The murder mystery element of who did what and why was captivating; I could not stop reading and that’s rare for me as I treasure my sleep! I was genuinely excited to pick it back up and carry on.

What an excellent and unique novel that has you engrossed, enticed and enraptured. It was such a surprise and completely unexpected at the end. Read it!

I lie in wait⭐️
People dont just disappeared. But Lark dissapeared from their family’s holidays without a trace. The case ran cold but Amelia, Larks sisteris convinced that Lark is still out there. When another girl goes missing rhe same way Anelia is on the hunt to find them both. 

On problem that really kept me from enjoying the story was that we kept getting pulled back in time then to the present before I really got to know anything. The chapters were really short that it prevented me from getting into the story. 

Thank you to Netgally  via  forsending me an ARC copy of I lie in wait by amanda Brittany. This is available on august 28 2020.

Thanks to NetGalley and to the publisher for the ARC, which I received in exchange for my honest review. I Lie in Wait, is part locked room mystery, part psychological thriller. The author uses familiar literary devices such as past and present storylines and multiple point of view narration which are common in the genre. Most of the story is told through Amelia, a young woman who is reeling from the disappearance of her sister as well as the death of her mother from cancer. Amelia is also facing the loss of her unborn child and the break up of her long term relationship. 

Amelia's sister disappeared from a holiday cottage on the Drummondale Estate in the Scottish highlands during a final trip planned by their dying mother. One year later, Amelia finds herself traveling back to scene of the crime with her father, her brother and her brother's caregiver. When a snowstorm hits the area, the family is trapped and the bodies begin to pile up. There are many red herrings and the reader is not sure who to trust.

This book has a lot of characters to keep up with and readers will have to pay close attention in order to keep track of whether the action is taking place in the present or the past. Although the latter half of the book does get a bit outlandish with both a diabolical serial killer and an obsessed lover on the loose, it is an enjoyable read.  The author does a great job of tying up loose ends and I was satisfied with the conclusion. 

Overall, this is a solid thriller and I do recommend.

I found this psychological suspense story a bit tongue in cheek. A bit like a horror film where you are almost shouting at the screen 'don't go in there in the dark!' There are many twists and turns in the story. that keeps you on your toes, especially as the story is told with the same people at its core but on different timelines. I found the narrative a bit naive and the characters one dimensional. A good plot but could possibly have been told in a different way.

I'm afraid this really wasn't for me. A 1* didn't like it.

It's definitely got twists and turns, too many for me! I also found the backwards and forwards very confusing and the characters are one dimensional and just not that interesting.

I hope others enjoy, but, I really struggled to finish it.

Thanks to NetGalley and the publishers for the opportunity.

The beginning and end of this book are absolutely fantastic. The beginning is heartbreaking. The end has a twist that, even though I have read hundreds of this genre of book, i didn't see coming. I read it quickly, which is another sign of a quality story. Great story told really well with more twists and turns than twisty turny thing

The idea and plot behind this book is really good but sadly I did not like the formatting. The story is told over 3 timelines (1 year ago, the present and now) and I found it difficult as it kept switching between each timeline.

I really struggled with the first third of the book and then it was like someone else was writing the story and it did get more interesting.from that point.

Amanda Brittany is clearly an experienced and clever author but this book, sadly, did not connect me very well with the characters and settings.

Many thanks to NetGalley for providing me with an early review copy of this book to read on the Kindle. Also thanks to the publishers and author for the work that they do