This book starts off with a twist. I don’t want to spoil it and I want to recommend that everyone reads this - it’s clever, fast paced and will keep you reading. 
4/5 on goodreads. My only issue is it refers to other books but claims to be standalone. But this will be rectified by me reading them!

At first I had to make a note of the characters as each chapter is about a different one. But once I got into it I found them all intriguing, although not all likeable. I found myself absorbed in the story and couldn't wait to finish.

This book was pretty good. It definitely held my attention and I’ll be checking out the author’s other books.

Wow this book was great thriller started off slow but once got going your hooked. This book make you think what would you protect your child. I think i will be reading other books by Sam Carrington i really enjoyed this one.

One little lie by author Sam Carrington follows two women, both mothers, both very different outcomes in life. Ones son was murdered, one is a killer. One little lie will spiral out of control soon. Suspenseful and many twist as lies come undone.

A twisted tail of murder, obsession and deceit. How far will a mother go to protect her child? Told from the differing perspectives of each character, #onelittlelie explores the aftermath of murder.

One Little Lie by Sam Carrington Published by Avon Books UK Avon is a busy book that you have to pay attention to or you might get lost. Thank you Netgalley and everyone involved for my ARC. I will be honest this is what caught my attention. ‘I’m Alice. And my son is a murderer.’ It starts off well enough and I am smart enough to be able to keep up but each chapter is a new character and then they seem to loop back around. Now about the story I liked it I think I would have liked it a bit better if the web that it was put in was a bit tighter. What I liked about the story is the support group feel to it which I love. A book that makes me invest in it to get to know the characters is a book worth reading. I often wonder how parents cope with the idea of their children being killers? Do they feel blame? I think for me I needed this to come together a little quicker. All and all 3 solid stars. I have a friend who loves this kind of stuff and have already suggested it.

It's taken me a long time to write this review ... because I just didn't care about this book.

This book is meant to be a stand alone book, even though Sam Carrington has written about Connie, a psychologist, in previous books. However, I do think that having read a book about her prior to this one might make her a more likable character. She was so annoying. Seriously. She was self-centered, cared more about her own career, being supported, etc. and I think that had I read the trauma she had suffered prior to this book, I might have had more patience for her. Because I didn't - I honestly didn't care about her at all. Which made this a hard book to get through, because she is one of the main characters.

I really can't be bothered to go into too much detail as to what I didn't like about the book - perhaps the characters, or the plot, or the fact that I was able to figure out what was happening, but it was taking forever to get there ... my patience was thin by the end, and I have to admit that I skimmed the last 40% of the book. I just didn't care. 

I'm really sorry this is 1. not a super helpful review or 2. a positive one. I usually try a little harder, but this book just sucked it right out of me. 

Thank you Netgalley and Avon Books UK for providing me with an advance copy in return for a review.

One Little Lie was an amazing and addictive read, it had me hooked from the beginning, highly recommended read

Thanks to Net Galley and Avon  for an ARC of this book in exchange for a review. 
This story is essentially about three mothers, Deborah, whose son Sean was murdered four years ago.  Alice, whose son Kyle is in prison, having been found guilty of the murder and Wendy who is protecting her son Tom, knowing that he is involved in a murder. 
The story jumps around a lot and is hard to follow, I kept having to stop reading to get all the characters straight again, and this makes the book a slow laborious read.  I did not like Connie, she is a psychologist involved with these woman, she likes to play detective.  
The title, One Little Lie,is definitely incorrect, there are too many to count.  
I’m sorry I can’t be more positive about this book.

Apologies this has taken so long to review. I really enjoyed this. I think Sam's writing gets stronger with each book and I really look forward to her next offering.

Thanks so much to Avon Books and Sam Carrington for the opportunity to read and review this book. One Little Lie was an enjoyable read that follows the story of crime and the grief in the aftermath. In this particular novel it is explored from all perspectives. At times, i found it a bit fragmented and my interest waned. The ending was very good though.

One Little Lie is told to us by a number of characters, quite a few characters, with different chapters told by different characters. I like this method of storytelling but sometimes it makes the book a bit disjointed and confusing.

I’m not great with names and so sometimes I struggle when there are too many character names as I can’t remember who they all are and so it takes the first part of each chapter to remind me who is talking and what they’re doing.

One Little Lie has many narrators, I would say too many but each of them play an important part to the story and I couldn’t imagine any of them being left out. Some have more to say than others, but all are part of the puzzle.

I have to admit that I have never really given much thought to what the parents of a murderer must feel, I’ve fleetingly thought of it, especially when there have been mass school shootings in America, but it isn’t something that I tend to dwell on. But this book made me think about it.

I know when there are murders many people say that we should talk about the victim and not the murderer, and I definitely agree with that, but how would it feel to be the victims mother, your son murdered in a brutal and painful way, but all the focus is on the boy who did it and his parents? Your son seems to be forgotten but then that mother wants to make amends for what her son did and asks for forgiveness.

One Little Lie is a twisty read, what you think is happening might not be what is really happening, and are people who they seem? I think that the story is a clever one, there’s lots to like and the pace is fast with short chapters, but something was missing with it, somehow it all didn’t quite fit. I enjoyed reading, I wanted to finish it so that I could find out how it was all going to end and that is a sure sign of a decent read. But this book was so very nearly brilliant, and it’s a shame that it didn’t quite get there. But it so nearly did.

Alice Mann is the mother of a murderer. Four years ago, her son, Kyle brutally killed a young boy. Alice was dubbed the mother of a monster. Guilt-ridden for what she did or didn’t do, the part she must have played in his upbringing, Alice starts a support group for people in similar positions, a way of helping, giving back. But she has another reason for starting the group. Soon she will integrate herself into the life of Deborah, Shaun’s mother, the boy Kyle murdered. Because Alice wants Deborah to understand, she wants her forgiveness. She must have it no matter what.

 

 

 

Connie Summers is trying to run from her past. She was responsible for the release of Ricky Hargreaves who went on to rape a young girl. Her career was in tatters, her life forever changed. Everything she had worked so hard for, the years devoted to the job were suddenly wasted. Now, Connie has rebuilt her life, albeit a life still riddled with guilt. She started her own psychological therapy practice and affords her clients the best support, guidance and listening ear she can provide. She has a good friend in flatmate Lindsay and a future that is a whole lot brighter than it was before. When she meets new client Alice Mann, she senses something strange about the women, something she hides in their sessions together Connie is determined to get to the bottom of Alice’s secrets.

 

 

 

For Deborah, time does not heal all wounds. Despite the four years since her son’s death, grief stalks her every step. Shaun was everything and when he was taken, pieces of her were taken too. When Deborah is told to take a few months away from work, she is at first gutted as it was her life support, the one thing that kept her going. Soon things will get worse. The mother of her son’s murderer appears on her doorstep one day and slowly an idea begins to germinate in Deborah’s mind. A plan that will sustain her.

 

 

 

One Little Lie by Sam Carrington follows on from Bad Sister but can easily be enjoyed as a standalone. I was gripped from the first page but when I got to Part Two of the book, cleaning, working, doing anything but reading became impossible. What a twist! A mother’s love, a mother’s fear, a mother’s grief. This book examines the relationships between parents and their children, the lengths they will go to protect them and the power just one little lie can have. This is a fast-paced, gripping new novel from Sam Carrington!

 

 

 

Gripping. Chilling. Twisty.

One Little Lie... 
… and reasons having too many points of view can ruin a book. One Little Lie by Sam Carrington is a thriller with so much potential based on its plot. Unfortunately, it fell a bit short for me as there were too many perspectives to keep up with, making the narrative lag as I waited to get back to the parts which would move the story along. The book takes into consideration mothers’ love for their sons, the way sons can manipulate that love and how the internet is definitely still a deep, dark place for young people. One Little Lie by Sam Carrington is out now from HarperCollins.

The story
One Little Lie by Sam Carrington follows the perspectives of Connie, a psychologist tasked with assessing a murderer while also treating his mother privately; Alice, the mother of that murderer; Deborah, the mother of the boy he murdered, and Tom who is involved with everything. Connie’s perspective takes precedence, moving the narrative from point A to point B, as she meets all of the people involved in the murder. When more victims show up despite Kyle, the murderer being in jail, the police, including Connie’s housemate Lindsay, have to connect the dots to figure it all out.

My thoughts…
*Sigh*. I cannot help but being disappointed with this novel. I loved the idea of having a psychologist’s perspective and the mothers of murderers’ perspectives, but they fell flat as Connie turned more into a private investigator and the women did not get enough of a chance to have their feelings heard. I did feel that there were too many narrators, leading to things feeling unfinished, especially at the end after Carrington attempted to wrap everything up in a neat little bow, but I felt so conflicted with most of the endings, especially Connie’s and Deborah’s. Connie seriously needs some psychological help, and random references to her past and suggested abuse did nothing to properly paint her, and her dalliances with men came across very strange, making her quite an unlikable character. Everyone in this book is constantly lying and deceiving and it was often hard at times to remember who had lied about what, and who was speaking, as their narratives blurred into one. The plot had serious potential, and could have been told brilliantly if Carrington had cut out at least one perspective. Finally, I found Tom’s voice completely redundant, as we learned nothing from him except that he wanted to kill and got a thrill out of it. This all meant that the characters all appeared under-developed and therefore, I did not sympathise with any of them, except Lindsay for having to live with Connie.

Overall, I would not recommend this book, unless you enjoy lots of perspectives and underdeveloped characters and plotlines. Thank you to HarperCollins and NetGalley for my advance reader’s copy of One Little Lie by Sam Carrington in exchange for an honest review.

This book was a quick read. The story kept my attention and was a good book. I will look for more books from this author in the future.

A nerve-shredding page-turner that will leave readers breathless, One Little Lie is a spine-tingling chiller with a twist you will not see coming fans of B A Paris and Liane Moriarty will not want to miss.

Four years ago, Deborah and Alice’s lives were changed forever. A shocking twist of fate had turned their entire lives upside down and knocked them for six. Deborah’s son had been killed four years ago and this event had naturally changed her life and filled her days and nights with anguish, misery, heartbreak and anger. How could her son have been taken away from her and in such a senseless and illogical manner? No mother should die before her child or have to bury their offspring when they have their whole life ahead of them and so much left to give. Even though her son’s murderer is locked up in prison for committing this heinous crime, it is of no comfort to her, for this will not bring her beloved boy back.

Alice is a woman who has her own pain to deal with. Her son Kyle had been sentenced to jail after being found guilty of murdering another boy. Another woman’s son. Deborah’s son. Both women would move mountains for their boys. While Deborah would do absolutely anything to bring her beloved boy back, Alice wants to right her son’s wrongs and she is willing to do whatever it takes to atone for her child’s shocking criminal transgression. Starting out a support group for parents with troublesome children is Alice’s small way of a salving a conscience that is wracked with guilt and shame. Driven by a ruthless need for redemption, Alice hopes that no other mother has to endure the pain and suffering she and Deborah went through. However. as Alice’s group grows and grows, she begins to wonder does any mother truly ever know her own child?

Caught up in a tangled web of lies, secrets and deception, Alice begins to wonder about her son’s involvement in the murder. Is this case closed are good? Or could there be more to this murder than initially thought?

One Little Lie is a first class thriller that will make the hairs at the back of your neck stand on end! A shocking, harrowing and compulsively readable tale about manipulation, the ties that bind, loyalty and the lies we tell ourselves, One Little Lie is a book that will grab your attention from the very first page and keep you on the edge of your seat until its breath-taking and heart-pounding conclusion.

An outstanding tale that is not only a top-notch thriller, but a subtle and well-written exploration of motherhood, family life and the sacrifices parents make for their children, One Little Lie is a book that is hard to put down and absolutely impossible to forget!

First I want to thank netgalley and the author for an advanced copy of this book for my kindle. Wow where do to begin this would bounce from the mother of whose son is sitting in prison for a murder of another woman’s son and then you get the point of view of the mother whose son was murdered .This book really didn’t have much of a build up or suspense I was disappointed 😔

oks
Browse ▾
Community ▾

Search books

50+
7
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* Jones
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* Jones's Reviews > One Little Lie
One Little Lie by Sam Carrington
One Little Lie 
by Sam Carrington (Goodreads Author)  
30817744
Sandy *The world could end while I was reading and I would never notice* Jones's review Aug 03, 2018  ·  edit
it was ok
bookshelves: 2018, netgalley-arc, new-to-me-author, 2-star, series 

EXCERPT: 'It took approximately eight hours for Sean Taylor to die.'

She listened as the man spoke, her heart beating a little faster, her eyes blinking a little more than necessary. She shifted in her seat. Her bottom was numb, her legs heavy. She didn’t want to hear the details. She needed to. Her gaze fixed on the coroner; she couldn't move her limbs and escape the courtroom, couldn't close her ears to the words. She had to know. 

ABOUT THIS BOOK: ‘I’m Alice. And my son is a murderer.’

Deborah’s son was killed four years ago.
Alice’s son is in prison for committing that crime.

Deborah would give anything to have her boy back, and Alice would do anything to right her son’s wrongs.

Driven by guilt and the need for redemption, Alice has started a support group for parents with troubled children. But as the network begins to grow, she soon finds out just how easy it is for one little lie to spiral out of control…

They call it mother’s intuition, but can you ever really know your own child?

A twisty and unnerving thriller about the price of motherhood and the unthinkable things we do to protect our children. (Goodreads.com)

MY THOUGHTS: Oh dear, where do I start? The title? An Avalanche of Lies would be more apt.

The characters tell the story from multiple points of view. Connie is a psychologist. Deborah is the murdered boy's mother. Alice is the mother of the boy who murdered him. And Tom, the gamer. 
All good so far, right? Wrong. It all gets terribly muddled and confusing. I kept having to check whose point of view I was reading, then having to remind myself who they were. The characters were almost interchangeable, definitely almost indistinguishable. They were all whiny, whinging, introspective, angst ridden, dare I say it, idiots. Especially the one who should have known better. 

The plot dragged. There was zero tension, zero suspense. It was messy and the twist was so obvious that it was a total anticlimax. 

I almost dnf'd this book several times during the read, and on reflection, I wish I had. There was just far too much unlikely and unbelievable plot to make this a worthwhile read for me. 

I understand that reading is an entirely subjective experience and that, while this book wasn't one I enjoyed, you may well love it. So if the excerpt piques your interest and you like the sound of the plot synopsis, please get a copy and read it. 

THE AUTHOR: Sam Carrington lives in Devon with her husband and three children. She worked for the NHS for 15 years, during which time she qualified as a nurse. Following the completion of a Psychology degree she went to work for the prison service as an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator. Her experiences within this field inspired her writing. She left the service to spend time with her family and to follow her dream of being a novelist. SAVING SOPHIE was her debut psychological thriller novel and became a #1 ebook bestseller. (Goodreads.com)

DISCLOSURE: Thank you to Avon Books via Netgalley for providing a digital ARC of One Little Lie by Sam Carrington for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own personal opinions. 

Please refer to my Goodreads.com profile page or the 'about' page on sandysbookaday.wordpress.com for an explanation of my rating system. 

This review and others are also published on my blog sandysbookaday.wordpress.com https://sandysbookaday.wordpress.com/...

I have mixed feelings about this book. There was a very slow start with lots of set up and I had a hard time staying interested. About 45% in, I felt like the plot began to take off. Unfortunately, this was also about the time one of the main characters started running around and playing detective which was sort of annoying. I didn’t love the writing or having over 100 tiny chapters, all told from a different character. It was ok, just maybe not my cup of tea.