Excellent book. It’s good to catch up in on e of Susan’s main characters again Andee Laurence. This books brings back old and new characters to enjoy. Focused on a murder or was it in the village that they live. This was well written and a great mystery that kept you guessing until the very last chapters.

And Susan Lewis does it again! Does what? You might ask…she knocks it out of the park with another book that had me totally gripped from start to finish.
Always one to weave a beautiful tapestry where the storyline, intrigue, atmosphere and fabulously well developed characters are her threads of choice, this book will have you gripped from start to finish.
My thanks to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this book in return for an honest review.

Once again I'm blown away with this book.i absolutely love Susan Lewis and this is incredible as usual.

Susan Lewis is always a good read and this is no exception. A really good gripping investigation which kept me guessing to the end - didn't want to put it down! Many thanks

Susan lewis never fails to delight.

It’s always good to be back in Kesterley, even if it too is ravaged by the pandemic.

A master story teller, Lewis brings you straight into the life of Kesterley and it residents. Who’s lying now gives us insight into Fliss and Neil’s back story as well as introducing us to the world’s of Jeannie, Guy and Estelle.

A brilliant, gripping read this book will keep you gripped until the end.

Susan Lewis is a mastermind at taking you in one direction when the truth is far away from there.

The story is gripping and intense, with intriguing characters, especially Guy, Jeannie’s husband.

The investigation of her disappearance has revealed more than I was expecting. I thought I knew what happened all along. It still surprised me.

If you're looking for a great story to get lost in, this is the one.

Very grateful to the publisher for my review copy through NetGalley

Jeannie Symonds goes missing during COVID lockdown. The successful publisher is at the property she owns with her husband, Howarth Hall at Westleigh Heights in Kesterly-on-Sea. She normally lives in Kew, London. Her hubby, Guy Symonds is 45 and a neurosurgeon at St George's Hospital, London. Her husband arrives at Howarth Hall one evening and finds that Jeannie has vanished, her car gone and her mobile phone unanswered. Nobody knows where Jeannie is; she was last seen by her landscaper who saw her through her study window when she speaking on the phone with her personal assistant. Andee Lawrence and Trainee Investigator Cara Jakes, under the direction of Detective Sergeant Natalie Rundle, team up in the search for answers.

Told from various perspectives, the tale moved from the days after to the months before Jeannie's disappearance. With well-constructed characters and a layered plot, the clever misdirection throughout kept me guessing. Another winner from the pen of Susan Lewis.

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from HarperCollins UK via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

Who's lying now by Susan Lewis.
You think you’re safe.
You think you know your neighbours.
But can you ever really know who’s telling the truth?Jeannie Symonds is a force to be reckoned with – an eccentric, award-winning publisher, spending lockdown with her husband in a house near Kesterly-on-Sea. She seems to have it all: a high-flying career, a happy marriage, a niece she adores.And then one day, she vanishes.
A really enjoyable read. Twisty and full of suspence. 4*.

A different kind of investigation – no less engrossing!

Jeannie Symonds is an award-winning publisher with a happy marriage to her surgeon husband and two beautiful homes. Choosing to work from their country house during lockdown, Jeannie works as hard as ever but rarely has contact with the outside world; then she goes missing – not unusual, but this time she doesn’t turn up again. As an adult woman with her faculties intact and no sign of foul play, it’s not really one for the police but they take an interest in it, setting civilian Cara to investigate and see what she can find out.

On beginning to read my first thought – along with, I imagine, every other reader of mysteries and thrillers – was I wanted Cara’s job! This is a story told from several viewpoints – always a favourite format of mine – and it wasn’t long before I was engrossed, not only in the investigation, but in the lives of all concerned. As with all Susan Lewis novels, there is a lot to take in, many characters to suspect and plenty of chances to get it wrong! A riveting read, with lots to focus on and a very satisfactory ending. Completely enjoyable, and one which commands no less than a full house of stars. Recommended.

My thanks to the publisher for my copy via NetGalley and my spot on this tour; this is – as always – my honest, original and unbiased review.

Thanks to netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Another great book from Susan.

Jennie Symonds an award winning publisher disappears during lockdown. Her husband and her neighbours deny all knowledge of what has happened to her. But who is telling the truth.

Twists and turns throughout kept me guessing to the end.

Told from various perspectives, mainly Jeannie, Fliss, Cara and Estelle, going from both days after to months before Jeannie's disappearance. Many links between one person and another, and history some would much prefer not to think about. I would've preferred a lot less reference to Covid and it's recent restrictions, I like to lose myself in a book and be taken somewhere else. Overall great read.

Thank you to #NetGalley for my advance copy of #Who’sLyingNow? By #SusanLewis

While her husband is away working Jeannie walks out of her front door and disappears,..
Despite phoning everyone he knows and contacting the police, there is no trace.
Until Andee and rookie detective Cara team up in the search for answers.
You will be sure you know what happened until you reach the next page again and again.
An emotional rollercoaster of a book.
Susan Lewis at her best.
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Susan Lewis is my favourite Author. I am never as excited than when I see a new book.
I loved Who’s Lying Now as much as the rest.
Taking us back to Kesterley and bringing back some of my favourite characters, I love Andee Lawrence.
This is a story about the disappearance of Jeannie Symonds, she lives in a lovely big house with her surgeon husband Guy. On the surface they seem like the perfect couple. Then she vanishes.
Suddenly half of kesterley is under suspicion.
New investigator Cara Jakes joins forces with Andee Lawrence and between them they are going to leave no stone unturned.
Another fantastic page turner that kept me guessing who was involved in her disappearance.
Clear the way because this will have you reading into the night.
Thank you HarperCollins UK and NetGalley for an ARC of Susans new book.

I love the way Susan Lewis mixes interesting police investigations seamlessly with strong character stories - and this was no exception. It was a bit of an awkward start, however, with the two strands, multiple POVs and ad hoc timelines. But once the story caught up to the present-day then things got really interesting and I was totally captivated with absolutely no idea 'who's lying' and how it all connected. Although everything I did know was then cast into doubt by the epilogue and I'm still 100% sure if the accused did in fact do it.

Jeannie and her husband guy are spending lockdown in their second home near kesterly-on-sea their main home is in London where guy is a surgeon and Jeannie is a publisher and Jeannie’s niece Mallory who she adores until one day Jeannie vanishes without a trace
Cara jakes is a new trainee investigator who’s eager to prove herself when she team’s up with detective Andre Lawrence to look into Jeannie’s disappearance
I fully enjoyed this book it was so well written and keeps you guessing though out it had me totally captivated the whole time and I had trouble putting it down where it was so good
Thank you Susan Lewis for an truly captivating brilliant book
And thank you to net galley and to harpercollins uk for letting me read this book

EXCERPT: 'I wonder,' she thought to herself as she walked back through the gates, 'if I too could disappear into the mist and go to a place where no one could reach me. What would you do then, Guy? How afraid would you be?'

ABOUT 'WHO'S LYING NOW?': You think you’re safe.
You think you know your neighbours.
But can you ever really know who’s telling the truth?

Jeannie Symonds is a force to be reckoned with – an eccentric, award-winning publisher, spending lockdown with her husband in a house near Kesterly-on-Sea. She seems to have it all: a high-flying career, a happy marriage, a niece she adores.

And then one day, she vanishes.

Cara Jakes is a new trainee investigator – young, intelligent and eager to prove herself. When she teams up with detective Andee Lawrence to look into the disappearance, she is determined to find out what has really happened to Jeannie. Cara begins to question the residents of this close-knit community, sure that someone has a secret to hide.

But how can she separate the truth from the lies?

MY THOUGHTS: Have you ever seen a nest of snakes all wrapped around one another, constantly writhing, so that you're never quite sure where one snake ends and another begins? That's what the characters of this book remind me of. They are all interconnected, their relationships so tangled, just like the snakes.

Let's start with Guy, eminent surgeon, who is married to Jeannie, head of a publishing company, one that published Estelle's best seller. But Jeannie and Estelle have had a falling out and no longer either speak or work together. Prim, who worked for Jeannie now works for Estelle. Guy and Jeannie are client's of Estelle's husband Neil, who was previously married to Fliss, owner of the local cafe, and mother of Neil's son Zack, who . . .

It may sound complicated, but it's not. It's delicious and twisty and I was totally wrong in my assumptions.

The book is narrated from the points of view of Cara, the investigator into Jeannie's disappearance, Jeannie, Estelle and Fliss. The timeline goes back and forth between the current time and the four months leading up to Jeannie's disappearance, the action all taking place during lockdown. Covid doesn't dominate the story, but the effects and difficulties it causes with the police investigation are well portrayed.

The characters are well constructed, the plot absorbing and twisty. Susan Lewis had me looking in completely the wrong direction for the resolution.

Fast paced. Intriguing. Absorbing.

⭐⭐⭐⭐.1

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THE AUTHOR: Susan Lewis is the bestselling author of over forty books across the genres of family drama, thriller, suspense and crime. She is also the author of Just One More Day and One Day at a Time, the moving memoirs of her childhood in Bristol during the 1960s. Following periods of living in Los Angeles and the South of France, she currently lives in Gloucestershire with her husband James, stepsons Michael and Luke, and mischievous dogs Coco and Lulu.

DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Harper Collins UK, Harper Fiction, via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of Who's Lying Now by Susan Lewis for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions.

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Usually love Susan Lewis books but have to say very disappointed in this one got 50% through and had to give up! Too many characters and very dragged out apologies but this one not for me but thanks to Net Galley for giving me the opportunity to read

Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for an early review copy.

Jeannie Symonds, has everything, she’s an award-winning publisher. During lockdown she’s with her husband, but one day she’s disappeared.

A new investigator Cara, is a trainee, working with Andee who is handling the case of Jeannie’s sudden disappearance. But, Cara thinks all is not as it appears, someone is not being truthful. How will she uncover the truth from everything that been said?

There’s a mystery and hidden secrets in the community that stick together. Every new chapter you read is through different viewpoints, it also has two timelines, what’s happened before and what’s happening now.
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Highly Recommend This Book.

Another of my go to authors when I need to read something different.

I found this to be a real page turner. It had me captivated from the first page of the book until the end. The characters were believable, alongside this the story was set in the pandemic so felt very very real.


Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Jeannie Symonds is a force to be reckoned with – an eccentric, award-winning publisher, spending lockdown with her husband in a house near Kesterly-on-Sea. She seems to have it all: a high-flying career, a happy marriage, a niece she adores.

And then one day, she vanishes.

Cara Jakes is a new trainee investigator – young, intelligent and eager to prove herself. When she teams up with detective Andee Lawrence to look into the disappearance, she is determined to find out what has really happened to Jeannie. Cara begins to question the residents of this close-knit community, sure that someone has a secret to hide.

But how can she separate the truth from the lies?

Truly could not put this down. Such a brilliant opening chapter and then so many twists and turns. This book is brilliant, really well written, good story which kept me interested from the beginning. Great characters which are also believable. This book is so gripping that I couldnt have put it down even if I had wanted too, which coincidently I didnt want to! Another great book from a fabulous author!