Wow! Just WOW. This is my first book by this author and let me tell you it won’t be my last! I was completely blown away it was sheer brilliance. I didn’t want to put the book down but life kept getting in the way it was pure awesomeness!

I was hooked from the start and couldn’t stop turning pages long into the night. There were plenty of twists and turns to keep me holding on… truly wonderful. Once you pick this book up, you won’t want to put it down!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ stars!

This was a great read and I found it engaging from the start. Katherine Cole's tale is told through various men who knew her or get to know her once she is accused of murder and the writer keeps you guessing to the last page about whether she did it or not. We don't hear much directly from Katherine herself, so we don't get much of a sense of who she is as she changes and the novel twists and turns with new revelations about her, her relationships and her family. It's a cracking read for holiday, which is where I read it - and found it very difficult to put down up to the end. It went along at a good pace, plenty of things happening and believable characters. Her dad was especially interesting, faithful to his daughter when everyone else doubted her even her own mother and brother. It's a sign of a good writer I think as well, when it's a multi narrator book but it's always clear who is talking and where we are in the many time shifts. So it was complex and twisty, but always clear . Read it!

A clever and well written plot.
Well written characters and overall a good twisty plot.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

When waitres Katie Cole is arrested for poisoning four powerful men, five men who think they know her narrate their own view of what could have driven her to commit such henious act. Katie Cole is a daughter, a cold-blooded killer, a suspect who hides something, a childhood friend, and a lover... but, is she a murderer?

Her Many Faces. is a razor-sharp thriller that dismantles the male gaze one perspective at a time. I loved its dark undertones, the conspiracy theory angle and the courtroom drama, but what really stuck with me is how easy it is to create a reality that has nothing to do with reality and more with how someone else perceives you (and how they choose to perceive you)

Compulsively readable, deceptively clever and hauntingly timely. Clear your schedule! you won’t be putting this one down.

What do we see when we look at a woman accused of murder? Who gets to tell her story? In Her Many Faces, Nicci Cloke delves into these very questions with a clever, unsettling thriller that plays out through the fractured viewpoints of the men in Katherine Cole’s life.

Four powerful men are poisoned at an exclusive London club. Katherine, a waitress with a complicated past and a history of falling into online conspiracy rabbit holes, is arrested. But the truth of who she really is—monster or victim—is anything but straightforward.

Told from the perspectives of five men who each knew Katherine in different ways, this is a sharp, provocative story about perception, power, and the narratives we spin. Her father, her lawyer, a former lover, a childhood friend, and a journalist all try to piece her together in their minds, but the picture never quite aligns. Each voice reveals as much about the teller as it does about Katherine, and that’s where Cloke’s brilliance lies. The more we hear, the less certain we become.

This isn’t just a twisty thriller—it’s a slow-burn dissection of the male gaze, media obsession, and how easily a woman can be turned into whatever suits the story being told. The courtroom drama adds tension, while the swirling public theories echo our current digital age and its hunger for scandal.

Compelling, chilling and thought-provoking, Her Many Faces asks us to consider how quickly we judge, how hungrily we believe, and how dangerous those assumptions can be.

If you’re drawn to thrillers with substance and commentary on gender, truth, and justice, this one will stay with you long after the final page.

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I’ve enjoyed the author’s previous psychological thriller books written as Phoebe Locke, so was quite excited to read this one.

It’s narrated from several points of view following a crime where a waitress is arrested for poisoning a group of rich men. You POVs from:
* John - her father
* Max - the journalist following the case
* Tarun - her barrister, who is fighting his own demons
* Gabriel - her secondary school friend, who gets up on conspiracy theories and is addicted to forums
* Conrad - who enters the story in the first quarter, the man with whom she goes on to pursue an affair with.
Each POV shows a different perspective of Katie, the young waitress in her early 20s.

This was a fast read. Very pacy. From the beginning I was completely hooked and immersed. I was unable to put this book down! The characterisation is spectacular, so vivid and real. I think Nicci Cloke is a talented author, as the timelines were so clear and easy to follow. There are flashbacks but it wasn’t confusing at all. The story was so easy to follow. Tense and nail biting. My only gripe was the lacklustre ending. The reveal was a disappointing and I wish we saw more of the antagonist. The twist felt very random and made it go: is that it? I did, however, like the atmosphere of the book. Katie, Gabriel and her friends felt very relatable and reflective of the Gen Z TikTokers I often see. The conspiracy theory and the Rabbit Hole part of the story was my favourite. The actual murders and Katie’s connection to it was a bit meh and my least favourite part of it. A disappointing ending aside, the was a solid psychological suspense read though.

This was incredible - such a unique way of telling the story and one that I thoroughly enjoyed. I love a character-driven book, so to get to know Katie from five different perspectives was great for me. It was really fascinating to see how these different men viewed her, and I was unsure throughout whether she was capable of what she was being accused of. Each POV felt distinct and I enjoyed getting to know the backstories of the men involved.

The plot itself was really interesting, I was invested in finding out what had actually happened, and I enjoyed the conspiracy theory angle. Everything came together well in the end, and the ending was satisfying but I was also quite sad to say goodbye to these characters!

100% recommended.

I loved this book. The way that the story is told through the perspectives of different men in Katie’s life (all with their own biases and different ways of looking at the same events) was so clever, it showed how many different people you can be in the eyes of others and asks who is the true version? The central murder storyline kept me guessing, I had so many different ideas of how the night in question could have played out and even right to the end I was still working it out. The conspiracy theory/fictionalised Q-Anon storyline felt really timely during a new Trump presidency, I thought this part was written and handled really well without ridiculing the (often vulnerable) people that can get caught up in it. Overall, an excellent book!

When four young men die os food poisoning at a mens club the main suspect is the waitress.

She has done a runner and when Police catch up with her the things she says seem to put her in the frame, but is she the guilty one?

This is a twisty read and is filled with drama, It has a strong plot and is well written and I loved trying to guess what would happen next. It is one of those books that is clever, it really gets you thinking about the facts and my guesses were not always correct.

I loved it

Four wealthy men drop dead after eating a meal in a private dining room in a London members club, poisoned by cognac laced with cyanide. A young waitress flees the scene and when police find her at Paddington Station she says 'They deserved it.' Now she's on trial for the murders. But who exactly is she? Conspiracy theorist or principled campaigner? Psycho ex or loyal friend? Loving daughter or vengeful menace?

It's a story with a clever and inventive structure. The narrative is told by five men, all addressing Katie directly. Her father, a friend, a lover, her barrister and a journalist all tell us their version of her. It's an intense story that plays with your allegiances and beliefs and twists your thinking around. This works as a well observed commentary on how women are viewed and how other people project their versions of who people are onto others. Its an intelligent and clever crime novel with layers (as well as all the twists and turns you might ask for).

This is an easy five stars I devoured this in a day.

I’d heard a lot of positive feedback about Her Many Faces on social media so was thrilled to have the opportunity to read this digital ARC.
After the murder of four men at a private London club, Katherine, a waitress is charged with their murder. The novel is told from the points of view of five men; her father, her barrister, her former best friend, her former lover and a journalist.
This is a stunning and original novel, the chapters are short and this kept me turning the pages quickly. As the novel is told from the perspective of men it’s a reflection of how women’s voices are not heard or represented and how so often our stories are told by men. I found it interesting as a reader how I was drawn into each man’s memories, assumptions and judgements about Katherine and how these all obscured the real Katherine.
Highly recommended. 4.5 stars
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read and review this digital ARC.