The storyline was original, the characters and their backstories were flawless, the back and forth timeline and POV style of storytelling were well executed and the writing was fantastic. The pacing was great and added to the suspense. You could really feel the storing building with urgency as it progressed, and I enjoyed how both timelines intersected at the end

The last resort kept me guessing all the way through. Who was responsible for the hit and run? Who killed Lily? I honestly had no idea! The characters were well written and I loved how it flipped between characters and timelines!

Excellent storyline, well plotted. A great past and present narrative that converge together slowly to reveal the mystery.

All through the story I was wondering what the link between Erin and Maggie was, apart from the fact that Maggie was Erin's counsellor. Many a time I did think I had it solved but as per usual I figured things out mere pages before the revelation itself.

Well done Heidi Perks another cracker of a book

Firstly this is a very fast paced page turner that is hard to put down. This is the first book that I have read of this author. We follow Erin and Will who seem to be having marriage problems all of a sudden and their councillor Maggie who has a disturbing history of her own. Gradually we are involved in the mystery of the murder of Maggie’s sister twenty three years ago. I read a lot of psychological thrillers and I understand that there might be unrealistic situations just to keep the plot going. There are a lot of coincidences in this novel that are unbelievable. I struggled with the quick deterioration of Will and Erin’s marriage and the connection with the therapist. It was all a bit convenient. I though the ending was good and I didn’t guess the outcome .A mixed reaction from me .

An enjoyable read following the progress or lack of, as Erin and Will have couples therapy after Erin starts to mistrust Will for no apparent reason. Maggie, their therapist appears to have an ulterior motive to finding out what happened in the past. Lots of unexpected twists and turns making it a good read.

The Last Resort

I don’t recall reading one of Heidi Perks books before - though how that is possible I don’t know. This domestic thriller revolves around Erin - a married mother of a little girl who is involved in a hit and run accident that leaves her fighting for her life.
Erin is one of those characters I find myself swaying between understanding and wanting to shake. A series of events prior to the hit & run cause her to start to distrust her husband Will, a man she has never had cause to doubt. Then when her dog goes missing Erin wonders if she really knows her husband at all. Estranged from her family Erin only has her best friend Zoe and Will’s interfering mum for support. So they start some couple’s counselling to help Erin deal with the issues toward her husband.
I loved the style of this book. We go between 3 POV - detective Lindsey, Erin and her therapist Maggie. It’s really twisty, a great domestic thriller looking into family dynamics, therapy and how our past can shape us. I’ll be reading more of Heidi’s books in the future. Four stars.

I usually love a Heidi Perks book!
I enjoyed this book, but got a little bit lost at times with the amount of characters, and what felt like erratic plot twists at times.

Overall i enjoyed reading, but definitely not my fav Perks read! Just OK!

This is one for the slow burn, psychological thriller fans.

Erin and Will’s marriage is struggling and they seek out counselling to help them work through their problems. But does their therapist Maggie have their best interests at heart?

Told through multi perspectives and timelines, this book has some great twists and very atmospheric writing, slowly building the narrative to the epic conclusion.

This was 3.5 stars for me, rounded up to 4.

I absolutely loved this book . It was full of mystery from start to finish with interesting characters . I loved they way the book travelled back and forward in the story to give it just the right amount of tension. I would highly recommend this book and give it 5 stars . Can’t wait for the next from this author

Erin & Will Harding seemed a happy couple with a young child, so how did she end up with her life in the balance after a hit & run? Months earlier the cracks seemed to suddenly appear in their marriage. Erin suddenly became very mistrustful of Will, she was scared of him but this seemed to have come out of nowhere. The couple decide to go for couple's therapy in an attempt to save their marriage. Maggie Day has a good reputation & seems easy to talk to, but when Erin says something that resonates with events in Maggie's past it seems that her ethics go by the wayside as she tries to probe Erin's memories for answers.

This was a terrific read that kept me guessing. Thanks to Netgalley & the publisher for letting me read & review this book.

Enjoyed this book having spent a few weeks in a reading slump - plenty of twists to stay guessing all through.
Easy timeline and characters to follow, definitely recommend.

After Erin is involved in a hit and run, the book jumps back six months to the start of the chain of events that left her lying in the road. Six months ago, Will and Erin’s marriage starts to fall apart, after their family dog goes missing, everything in Erin’s life starts to unravel. As she begins doubting her husband’s character, motives, and honesty, they decide to start couple’s therapy to try save their marriage. Enter Maggie Day, as the therapist starts to delve into their lives, Erin unknowingly shares things that inextricably link their lives together.

As Maggie starts to push for answers, she drives Erin to the brink, and what follows is a plot full of twists and turns as long buried secrets are finally revealed.

It is a slow burn, but the final chapters are worth the wait.

Many thanks to NetGalley, Random House UK, Cornerstone and Penguin for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

3.5 stars, rounded up to 4.

As always with this author a twisty, tense read. Erin begins to experience feelings that her husband Will is dangerous. These come seemingly from nowhere, beginning when Will fastens a new necklace on her on Valentines Day. Then her dog goes missing and Erin blames Will. They seek couples counselling from Maggie Day. Maggie's 14 year old sister was murdered 23 years previously. Maggie is consumed by the murder and her life is still affected by it. What is the connection? And do Erin's feelings towards Will have a basis in fact? What trauma is she repressing. There is of course, a twist at the end which I'm not sure I saw coming. An excellent read. #netgallet #thelastresort

"I am questioning the man I love, and this in itself scares me. But now it has got its claws into me and it won't let go. Because if I pass it off, I find I'm left with a lingering uncertainty – a 'What if I am right'?"

When a woman is found badly injured by the side of the road after a hit-and-run accident, police are interested. What was she doing by herself in the early hours of the morning seemingly in the middle of nowhere? Who hit her and then failed to stop?

Rewind six months. Erin and Will have a happy marriage and a beautiful little girl. Until one day, when Will tries to give Erin a Valentine's gift she has an odd reaction – suddenly, she's slightly afraid of her husband for seemingly no reason. She doubts his motives: could he be behind her beloved dog's disappearance? Is she safe around him?

The two decide to go to couples therapy to try and resolve their issues, but it doesn't seem to help. Their therapist, Maggie, believes one or both of them are holding something back. Maggie herself has a dark past. Decades ago, her 14-year-old sister was murdered. She's never let that affect her professional life, not until Erin lets a detail slip that has Maggie questioning everything she thought about what happened to her sister.

This is definitely a one-sitting kind of domestic suspense novel although it wasn't as tense as I usually like books in this genre. I was keen to understand the deepening mystery of why Erin suddenly and increasingly didn't trust her very loving husband. I also thought the author was deft at misdirection: I believed one answer was true and turned out to be wrong. I did find the denouement a bit unbelievable – people just don't forgive each other as easily as that (or maybe I'm just someone who likes a grudge!).

This was a bit too much of a slow burner for me. Also, struggled to get behind either of the main characters and started skimming just to get to the end and find out what was going on.

I have enjoyed reading several books written b yHeidi Perks and this was no exception.
This was a pschological thriller told over 2 timelines. Just when I thought I had worked out who had killed Maggie's sister, another twist in the story meant I was wrong.
A heartbreaking story and a surprising ending.
I definitely recommend reading this book
Thank you to Netgalley, Heidi Perks and Random House UK, Cornerstone for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the characters were well drawn and it kept me guessing right up to the end. I would definitely recommend this book.

I think I must've been reading a different book to all of the other reviewers. I unfortunately didn't find this fast paced or exciting at all. I found it very slow to being with and just a bit odd to be honest how a seemingly very much in love couple fell apart within 24hrs with the wife having flashbacks from her past coming from nowhere. I was unable to warm to any of the characters which is usually where I find biggest fault as I don't find that I'm routing or supporting anyone. They all treated each very disrespectfully and I didn't like how justice wasn't served. I certainly wouldn't expect my husband to behave that way if I was showing signs of a mental breakdown, no matter how much pressure he was under, he would never act that gas lighting way towards me.
I continued through as I was curious how the story would pan out and it did end with 1 final twist I didn't see coming, again, I found this quite sad and justice not served too so all in all I was left feeling a bit deflated at #TheLastResort 2.5 stars rounded to 3, thank you for the advanced copy #NetGalley

I thought I had read this author’s work before but, having looked at her back catalogue, I obviously haven’t; that will be rectified. This latest psychological/domestic thriller is a standalone & an excellent read.

Erin & Will are married & have started couples therapy. Neither of them are sure why there are tensions in their marriage but it soon becomes clear to their therapist that Erin has suppressed memories. Maggie, the therapist, has her own demons to deal with relating to the murder of her younger sister some twenty years before.

Told from multiple POVs & timelines, this is a tension filled read; don’t be put off by the slow start. Recommended.

The Last Resort is a great psychological thriller with a different theme.
Erin and Will are having problems, they’ve had a happy marriage for a few years but Erin is starting to think she doesn’t know her own husband. They start seeing Maggie a couples counsellor but after something Erin says it becomes apparent that the sessions are based around what Maggie wants to find out and not how to help Erin and Will as a couple. Maggie needs to find out who to trust and how she is going to do it. Then Erin is involved in a hit and run and the truth needs to be revealed sooner rather than later.
This was a really good read that after a slump got me back into it. I enjoyed the twists and then when I thought I’d got it……no I hadn’t. The storyline was original and one I enjoyed.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.