This book drew me in and held me delightfully-captive from beginning to end. The palpable tension held me in thrall. The characters were realistic, likable and identifiable. And, every setting was described in such a way as to make me feel like I was an actual bystander in that scene. Once I started reading this story, I knew this was a book I wasn’t going to be able to put down!

*I received a complimentary ARC of this book in order to read and provide a voluntary, unbiased and honest review, should I choose to do so.

A thrilling page turner, literally had me biting my nails in parts of the book.
Very fast paced and enjoyable read.



Thanks for the complimentary copy in exchange for an honest review, Netgalley

Well this was definitely not what I was expecting from a spy thriller. I don’t normally read spy books so I was pleasantly surprised by this fascinating book that had nano technology!!

Leading M16 agent Sam Moor has kept his job a secret from his wife Ellie who he adores and has a very strong bond with that nothing can sever!! When Ellie has a nasty experience causing her to scream out loud it starts a disastrous chain of events.

It did take me a while to get into it with all its talk of terrorism which had me biting my nails but then I was totally fascinated by this thriller.

I never expected the sci-fi element but it definitely made this a book I will not forget and I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next to the adorable Sam and Ellie.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

A great thriller, a great sci-fi novel. Would work excellently as a movie. I enjoyed it. Although it was "just entertainment".

What Isn't she Telling by Michelle Medhat.
A fantastic read with some great characters. I liked Ellie and Sam.
Didn't like Sabena or Salim at all.
It's a long read but well worth it. Lots of action I do hope there is more to come. 5*.

This was a really good book. It is an odd (but good) combination of thriller and sci-fi. The short staccato type chapter make this book fly by. On one hand that is good, but there are a lot of chapters. Overall a very fast paced and good read. I would definitely recommend it to any one who likes this thriller type of book. Good job!

It was horrible English... I couldn't finish the book but I always try again I could have had an off week

I can't do this anymore, and have given up at 27%.
I tried, I really did, but the awful mangling of the English language, horrible characters and plodding plot were doing me in, and when I reach a scene where the "hero" revels in graphic torture, that was it. It's also very long for a thriller - I think it may be two books combined into one as my copy was called What Isn't She Telling, and despite reading for hours, my Kindle was taunting me with 9 or more hours still to read. I don't often give up on books, and it's a shame because the premise and techno-thriller aspects sounded interesting, but with so many other books to read, I feel liberated by this decision. It took me a while to get to this, as it was an older NetGalley "Read Now" but it was fast approaching the 3 month deadline of shame so I had to postpone other choices and get on with it...

From what I got so far, this is about Sam Noor, an MI6 agent who has lied to his wife Ellie for ten years about what he does, until one night she experiences acute auditory hallucinations, freaks out, and he unmasks himself by racing in with a gun. She obviously proceeds to freak out further, surprise surprise. He can't quit his job because a notorious terrorist leading a massive new organisation has developed a nano-bomb capable of turning people into explosive devices...

I couldn't work out whether this was a translation, or if English is not the author's first language, but this is full of frankly bizarre sentences and neologisms, as well as prose that could probably be described as purple, if I knew exactly what that meant. eg the heroine is described as having "beautiful blue grey orbs". I gave up highlighting all the jarring phrases as it was slowing me down even further.

Ellie is completely feeble, while the female antagonist is a psychopathic nymphomaniac, and these are the only female characters that appear. There are classically corrupt politicians and a maniacally evil baddie who wants to rule the world.. this was published in 2015! The science is nonsense too.
The more I write, the happier I am with my decision. Now this does have several high star reviews so if the things I mentioned wouldn't bother you then please don't let my negativity put you off.

Thanks to NetGally for the free copy in exchange for a voluntary honest review.

Science fiction meets political thriller as aliens, terrorists and a seasoned spy collide in Michelle Medhat’s WHAT ISN’T SHE TELLING.

If you think the world’s governments have secrets, hang on tight as the world is a ground zero for nuclear destruction, and aliens may be the only hope of salvation for a world gone mad. Part spy thriller, part romance, part science fiction, this tale crosses genres with only a few speed bumps, but can be jarring!

I was fascinated by the evil terrorists, the deep cover spy who kept everything from his wife, the twisted machinations of governments and even enjoyed the story behind the aliens who have a huge stake in Earth’s survival or destruction. Gritty scenes of torture and spicy romance are detailed, evil characters are definitely evil, and the heroes are definitely human, unless they aren’t…

I just couldn’t connect with some of the action or characters like I wanted. The transitions from sci-fi to thriller and back were sometimes a bit rocky, almost like reading two stories at once, but I did enjoy the escape!

Michelle Medhat is creative and the mashup of men versus monsters versus aliens has great potential if tightened up, just a bit.

I received a complimentary copy from NetGalley!

Nice blend of science fiction and spy thriller. Put me in mind of some of the reading about Atlantis. Concepts are believable. While Sam and Ellie are a devoted., loving couple she has no idea of what his true occupation entails. He on the other hand has no idea of her origins. Will definitely read more from this author.

This is a contemporary thriller with a side of supernatural horror. I couldn't put it down even when it was frightening the grey cells out of my brain.

You need to avoid it if you value your mind.

This book starts out well but it was obviously written as a serial because it drags out details and then you begin to realise that it is not even to the halfway mark. Then there are tremendous levels of gore to contend with and vilifications of homosexuality as a 'perversion', before our heroine is given super powers by friendly aliens and her beloved turns out to be a reincarnation of her her eternal lover from ancient Assyria. If it were not so badly written, there may have been raw material for an interesting series, but this bundle takes far too long to wade through and the end result, the purported rescue of our planet, was not worth my evening.

I just could not find myself engaged by this story at all... The premise was great and very intriguing, but the writing was a little too curt and flipped too quickly to allow me to find myself caring about the characters or their circumstances. I wanted to like it, but just couldn't get there.