Jenny has not had an easy life. She has no job and no money., a sick mother and an abusive stepfather. But no one cares, she's from the wrong side of town. David has taken care of Jenny since they were at school. He knows she's special and needs his support. But they are not in a relationship, they are not even friends. Jenny ghinks she's free to do what she wants. But what does David think?

There are parts of this book that seemed to drag on a bit. Jenny is a trainee psychologist who had to return home when her mother had a stroke. She is now her mother's career. She also has a blog called Coming Home, it's aim is to help other carers. I did feel there was something missing from this story. I kind of what was going to happen with this storyline, and I was mainly right. There was also parts that did not seem to make sense, but maybe I was just reading too much into it.

I would like to thank NetGalley, Bookouture and the author Frances Vick for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Really enjoyed this book. I was taken in by the lies and didn't see the twist coming! I read the author's first book and can highly recommend her for a gripping psychological read.

This book was really good. Trying to work out who the liars were kept me reading later than I was supposed to. It's a twisty tale with the story told from three points of view of the characters and an ending that I didn't anticipate. Highly recommended.

The premise of the book caught my attention, as well as the line on the cover "gripping psychological thriller with a SHOCKING twist!" It was indeed gripping, and I was hooked, not wanting to put it down. However, at the end, I kept wondering if i had missed the shocking twist. It either isn't there, or it doesn't meet my standards for twisty. I was pretty disappointed at the end.

I honestly do not know what I read here. There is a part of me which likes a good story which says – what in this wide world was this? Who are all these twisted characters? With a title being Liars, does this book really have to have only lies?? Where is the darkness in their psyche coming from???

And then the part of me which likes thrillers which goes – Gotcha!! look at that! Made you read at one go!!

My first book by Frances Vick… And believe me this book was like a horrific scene where I didn’t want to stay but at the same time I couldn’t move!!

Omg! I was catatonic, I couldn’t do anything else. I could just read till I got to the end… And then the book released me from its sticky web.

Ask me to recount the story – I can’t because it’s all lies. Ask me to like a character – I can’t, they are all Liars. Ask me to recount the scenes – I can’t, they are twisted, each one more bizarre than the other..

That forces the question again

What the hell did I just read??

Francis Vick has a good job, piling up the layers upon layers on the characters. When I got to the point, I knew one, the other did something which shocked me. There is something very dark in the atmosphere of this book, though the author has not voluntarily created that. But I think, somewhere down the line his twisted main characters started acting up and doing what they want. They started wanting things selfishly, they started doing things using their own methodology, and then they turned onto each other…. The author was just a coincidental bystander. And so was I.

The story in sketchy details, Jenny loses her mother Sal, meets the man David who provides her with an alibi in the funeral, starts dating then living with him. Her best friend, Freddie is suspicious of David and his history. And then people start dying… And they start lying. And some start lying and then dying…

Generally, I find a few niggles in the book, but in this I find the entire book to be a question – what did I like in the book? Nothing! Then why did I read it – I have no idea!! It made me!!

I am innocent, fellow readers, the book did it!!

I received an ARC from NetGalley and publisher, Bookouture and this is my honest and unbiased opinion.

this book completely floored me in that I just did not suspect the underlying story of what was really going on. every time I thought I had figured out the plot, something new came along and threw me off! this book was thrilling, gripping, suspenseful and everything you want in a psychological thriller. definitely recommend

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for my copy.

Jenny receives the shocking news that her mother has fallen and died in the snow. Her mother has health issues and an alcohol problem. She is consoled by her best friend Freddie who is a constant emotional support to her. Jenny is seeing a therapist to deal with her abusive childhood. She is also taking classes and writing a blog in order to become a therapist herself.

At the funeral she meets David, a guy she attended school with but barely noticed. They become close but Freddie is suspicious of this new relationship.

There are so many secrets being kept and so many lies. It was hard to know who was genuine and who was a liar. There are many twists and turns that slowly unpeeled the layers to the story. Just when I thought I had a handle on a character then something else changed my point of view. The manipulation and emotional blackmail by certain characters was very engaging and highly imaginative. A thrilling and engrossing read.

Interesting book - who is lying, who is not, Can you believe anything anyone says.. Good character development and believable relationships. Lots of tension in the story built up throughout the book.

I received an ARC from NetGalley. The below is my honest, unbiased opinion. Thank you, Frances Vick, the publisher, and NetGalley, for allowing me to read an early copy.

He loves you. He’d do anything for you. But you don’t even know him.

Jenny hasn’t had an easy life – no job and no money, with a sick mother and an abusive ex-stepfather. Not that anybody cares, she’s from the wrong side of town.

David has taken care of Jenny ever since they were at school together. He knows how special she is, how much she needs his support. David has a lot of love to give.

Jenny and David aren’t in a relationship. They aren’t even friends.

Jenny thinks she’s free to do what she wants, see who she likes. What does David think? Well, you’ll have to find out.

LIARS is a gripping psychological thriller that I couldn't put down. I am fascinated by the human condition--what we will and will not do when put in certain situations. I thought the author did a fantastic job penning liars. I read this in one sitting, and I definitely recommend it if you enjoy thrillers.

Having read and enjoyed the authors previous book, I was looking forward to starting her latest release.
This book is so well paced, the tension was built up brilliantly and at times I found myself nervous for what I would read next but at the same time I just had to know the outcome.
Liars is a thrilling novel full of suspense, intriguing characters and a plotline you will be racing to reach the climax of. It's a story that will have you intrigued and absorbed, I’m looking forward to reading more from Frances Vick.

Thank you!

I read this a couple of weeks ago and I’m still trying to put my words together to write a review as I don’t wanna spoil it for anyone.

The title is a clue that this story has lies in it, plenty of them. Jenny , Freddie and David are the main characters and we hear the story through their point of view. I found myself wondering who to believe which is probably what the author wanted.

It took a while for me to get into this story so I’m glad I stayed with it. Very good storyline with some greats twists and turns that kept me reading. My first read by this author and certainly not my last.

I will admit, from the first page my mind was always debating: who is the liar? which character is not what they seem? In this regard Ms. Vick did not disappoint. Characters were well developed and well-rounded and the story line was great at getting you to follow where the characters wanted you to go. But for me I think there was just one twist too much. I got a bit lost in the layers of deception. That being said, it was well worth getting lost in.

I don’t love the title and it did take a while to get into the story, but Liars ultimately proved to be a very compelling read.

It opens with the death of Sal, after a fall in the snow one night, and follows what subsequently happens in the lives of Sal’s daughter Jenny, Jenny’s good friend Freddie, and David, a young man who lives in the same village with whom Jenny develops a relationship. The story is told from various viewpoints: Jenny herself (partly through the medium of blog posts); Freddie; and later, David’s story.

But as the title suggests, not everyone can be believed. And Sal’s death is not the last in this story - nor for that matter the first.

It’s difficult to say too much about the story without giving away spoilers. Jenny has had a troubled childhood - mainly because of her mother’s disastrous taste in men. Now she has returned home and writes a popular blog about caring for her mother after a stroke. After Sal’s death, Jenny begins a relationship with David, a good-looking but rather unusual young man who also cares for his ill mother. The relationship has some concerning features from the outset and as Freddie digs for more information about David’s past, some worrying facts emerge...

While it gets off to a bit of a slow start and is perhaps slightly overlong, the story turns into quite a rollercoaster read with many twists and turns, keeping the reader continually unsure where the truth lies... and who can be trusted to tell it. I did kind of have an idea where it was going - but I definitely didn’t foresee everything that would happen.

An often dark and unsettling but ultimately addictive read... recommended.

Thanks to the publishers (the ever reliable Bookouture) and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review.

I started reading Liars (or, The Good Liar as it was called when I started reading it) and for the first 30% or so it was a bit of a drag. I think it’s only when you finish a book that you can look back and appreciate it as a whole. That first 30% was slow paced and a little boring but looking back what it did was allow these characters to form in my mind and for their stories to be told. The whole book itself did feel longer than it needed to though.

There is so much that I want to say about Liars and I don’t even know where to start. It’s a messed up book with some fucked up characters. I love how an author can take a basic idea for a story and turn it into something so twisty and evil and just so shocking. My worst fear growing up was always somebody coming between me and my best friend. Being a gay best friend there can be some jealousy when your best friend suddenly has a new man in her life and I’ve always wondered how I would react in a situation where I was trying to make my best friend see the bad in somebody that she was falling in love with and her not seeing it and taking his side over mine (if that situation ever arose which thankfully it hasn’t so far). Here in Liars something similar happens when someone from Jenny’s old life reappears and threatens the friendship between Jenny and best friend Freddie. There’s a lot of jealousy and mistrust and as the book progresses it’s clear that something isn’t right with David as he’s appeared to spend the majority of his life stalking Jenny. I found myself thinking back to my own schooldays and imagining this scenario happening to me or somebody that I knew.

This is a complicated story. Not complicated in understanding or following it but it’s just so well-plotted that there’s so many little intricacies to take in and so many different threads to the various plots. As with most Bookouture thrillers they allude to that huge and shocking twist which means that I read the book constantly waiting for that twist to arrive and (minor spoilers possibly) that’s why I was a little bit disappointed at the title change to just Liars. I feel if could lead to people potentially working out some of the twists and I felt that The Good Liar was better and more ambiguous.

The characters here in Liars are brilliant. I felt almost like I’d been slapped in the face at one point because Frances does such a good job at taking you down one path only to abandon you there whilst she runs off up another one. All I will say is don’t trust anybody. I felt like my emotions had been messed with a few times reading this because of the way these characters were written and the twisted story that Frances managed to tell. I obviously can’t go into detail but I constantly changed my mind about what I thought about these characters. Changing my mind about who I liked. Who I hated and who I felt sorry for. It’s a bit of an emotional rollercoaster and a huge mind fuck but honestly, I loved it. These characters will be haunting my mind for a while yet.

Liars is a great psychological thriller because it was believable. I could honestly imagine something like this happening in real life. Frances is a fantastic writer and she manages to create some really eery, creepy and intense scenes almost to the point where you feel like you are in the story watching the action unfold as a helpless bystander. There’s so much misdirection that I was constantly being surprised. There’s a lot of psychological thrillers out there but Liars is one that I have no trouble recommending as a must read. I wouldn’t hesitate to pick up another book by Frances Vick.

Well, now. I don't even know where to start.

This is a story about manipulation, secrets and lies and an absorbing study in all things psychology. A story about how people have their own versions of the truth, often contorting it to make it fit their purpose or make life more bearable. In a way, sometimes these aren't even lies so much, but different perspectives and it's absolutely fascinating! 

My sympathies with the various characters kept switching back and forth until I ultimately pretty much disliked everyone and I had no idea who to trust at all. David and Jenny are both quite messed up. Jenny's had a horrible childhood and David has seemingly just been that little bit different since birth. Or in my version of the truth, utterly creepy. I don't want to say too much else as I'm afraid of spoiling things but suffice to say, this is one gripping, intriguing and suspenseful ride.

Liars is written absolutely brilliantly and even though I found the the first part rather slow, it was a necessary set-up to the rest of the story. The reveals left me spinning. I think the ending may leave people's opinions divided. Some may find it satisfying, others may not. To be honest, I'm still not sure how I feel about it and that's okay. This is one of those stories that makes you think, it stays with you as you go over things in your head for days on end and still can't quite figure out how you feel. 

Frances Vick has written a compelling, thought-provoking and addictive psychological thriller that I won't forget in a hurry.

Liars starts off with an awful accident, Jenny’s mother has slipped on ice and dies during a snow storm and no one heard her cries for help. Later she was found dead. With rumors and lies, this story takes us on a roller coaster thrill ride.

Jenny has had a pretty rough childhood, and the things she has went through no child should have to go through either. I felt just awful for her, but she’s grown now, and has her best friend Freddie. With the death of her mother, he is right by her side, because she is upset of course over the loss. He does what he can to help her, but the police are also questioning if she had some kind of involvement. A mystery witness comes forward and put the suspicions to rest, but who is this mystery person? Jenny decides to make contact, and a friendship blossoms. And something a little more. David, for all appearance, is handsome and caring and came at the perfect time for Jenny. He was like her “knight in shining armor”. To her he was perfect. Freddie has been Jenny’s friend for a long time, and he has always looked out for her, so when he was a little leery of this new man in Jenny life though, so digs up what he can on him. What he found though!

Told in alternating POV’s from Jenny, Freddie and David, a little bit about each about each of them is learned a little at time, not too much though. Good to keep up guessing. Because as the story progresses, things from their pasts are revealed and the pieces we already know about them don’t fit, and questions start to form. What is going on? Who is David really? Is Jenny up to something? It’s clear there is some untruthfulness going on. But with who exactly? Which story being told it the truth? These are lies built off of uncovered betrayals, lie after lie and the story get more and more layer with them. Trying to unravel the lies was suspenseful and with such unreliable narrators, there was no telling who to trust, if any of them! Vick did an amazing job throwing in twists just when I thought I had it all figured out though. That one at the end was certainly a good one too.

Liars is one those psychological thrillers that messes with your mind and leaves you questioning everyone. Fans of the genre will love it!

Who is the liar? What is the truth? Who can you trust?. Fast paced physiological thriller that will have you changing your alliances. Nice girl, warped physcopath, or victim or a bit of all three? #Liars#Netgalley

Let me start with this book went on, and on, and on, and on. When some of these psychological thrillers go beyond the 400 page mark I always get a little nervous that a lot of these pages of dialogue are unnecessary and that is just the case with this book. I hit the 50% mark and couldn't believe I was only half way through it.

I'm not even going to start dissecting the plot. The synopsis tells you everything you need to know. With a title such as "Liars" you sort of know that everyone is lying about something. I found all the twists in this predictable. I didn't like anyone in this except for maybe Freddie. Unlikable and unreliable narrators I like but these characters just didn't work for me at all. I just wasn't invested in any of them and by the end I couldn't care less what happened to them. I think with a good editor this book could of been much better than it was.

Other reviewers really seem to like this one so if it piques your interest by all means give it a try. I think my expectations are becoming too high for this particular genre.

Thank you to NetGalley for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Jenny Holloway has had a troubled life.

Her Mother is a heavy drinker, who manages to escape a violent partner but not before he had abused her daughter. Jenny is now seeing a therapist but her life is about to get a whole lot more complicated.

Away from home for one night staying at her best friend Freddie’s house, Jenny is shocked to learn about the death of her Mother who has taken a fall in the snow and become fatally wounded.

Jenny is frightened when questioned by the Police. Why is she a suspect. Freddie assures her it is normal procedure and Jenny relaxes.

When an old school friend appears Freddie is jealous of the bond between him and Jenny and suspicious of David and his behaviour.

Freddie’s jealousy makes Jenny want to have nothing more to do with Freddie. But he is one of her oldest and truest male friends. Is there anything in the accusations he is making?

Liars by Frances Vick is one of those books that unfortunately everyone else seems to love except me. When picking this one up I was hoping for a psychological thriller that would have me on the edge of my seat and glued to my Kindle until finished, instead I really struggled to make it through this entire story.

The story begins with Jenny who seems to have just lost her mother in a tragic accident. Now this alone should pull me into the book and really feel for the character but instead I quickly found myself not liking Jenny. Then later when David enters the story I also found myself disliking him so needless to say it was really hard to get into reading this one.

Now I do seem to be in the minority on this one as it seems most reviewers so far are loving it so my dislike of the characters doesn’t mean that others will also dislike them. What I was hoping for though to make up for this was to find some amazing twists and turns then possibly still like the story but as many thrillers as I read I just didn’t find this one standing out much to rate any higher myself. Unfortunately when all was said and done this one just didn’t seem to be my cup of tea but I would check out other reviews before making a decision for yourselves.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.