I could not put this book down! So many plot twists and turns and I did not see the ending coming. If I hadn't been so tired, I think I would have finished this in one sitting. Clearly an author that needs to be noticed and watched.

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of LIES by TM Logan in exchange for my honest review.***
It’s crazy to think where a few lies could take our lives. This book was full of lies and deceit and twists. It had me guessing til the end. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book and would recommend it.

4.5 stars
**Thank you to Net Galley and St Martin’s Press for the Advanced Reader Copy in exchange for an unbiased review.**

This is a wonderfully written book. It’s tense and completely unputdownable. It gets you interested right from the start. Mel, Joe, Beth and Ben as all intriguing characters. While you do guess a part of the mystery there is no way you will guess the real twist in the tale. It’s a fantastic read and I had to read it during every free minute I had. I don’t want to talk about the plot too much because I do not want to include any spoilers in my review. Looking back I think the only editing required is to reduce the prose between Joe and his lawyer. It’s not developed enough to make you suspect something and seems to add very little of value to the book. I would recommend this book to anyone who loves a good thriller!

Lies was a thrilling ride from start to finish! A wonderfully complex and exciting debut novel!
Joe thought he had a perfect life: perfect wife, perfect son...but it all turned out to be lies on top of lies! One day Joe discovered accidentally that the perfect life he thought he had wasn't quite as perfect as he had imagined.
A psychological thriller with a surprise ending, Lies keeps the reader guessing right up until the very end...who exactly is telling the truth and who isn't!? Personally, I couldn't set this book down until I reached the last page and discovered the answer to this question for myself!!
**Thank you NetGalley and author T.M. Logan for the ARC in exchange for an honest review. I chose to read this book and all opinions expressed in my review are my own.**

***Thanks to NetGalley for providing me a complimentary copy of LIES by TM Logan in exchange for my honest review.***

What if you found out your perfect life was built on a mountain out of carefully constructed lies?

Joe Lynch loves his life, centered around his four-year-old son and loving wife Mel. When he sees her arguing with a family friend Ben, she tearfully confesses to kissing him while drunk at a wedding. Devastated, Joe forgives her. Then Ben goes missing, but not really, he keeps in contact on social media, taunting Joe. Mel finally confesses to more than a kiss, a four month affair with Ben. The police see Joe as a suspect, he can’t trust his wife. Somebody is gaslighting Joe and he’ll do whatever he can to prove Ben is alive and well and making his life miserable.

TM Logan crafted a sympathetic, but naive character in Joe. I would have been quicker to withhold trust for Mel the moment she came clean about the affair after promising the kiss was the whole story. Mel though he was boring, I saw him as steady and reliable, the perfect parenting partner.

LIES had me wondering who was lying to whom. Could I trust the reliability of Joe’s narration? Did he have more of a role in creating the gaslighting than he let on, the less than innocent victim?

Logan held my interest from chapter one with a steady pace of drama and action building to revelations, villains and heroes I didn’t fully expect.

Mystery and thriller lovers should add LIES to their reading lists right away.

Thank you to Net Galley and the Publisher for a free ARC novel in exchange for an honest review.

What happens when you tell one little lie and everyone else around you is also telling lies. Of course, no one realizes this until it's too late. What happens when you discover that a whole chunk of your life has been a total lie.

This happens to Joe. He's a teacher, a husband, a father, a friend - he lives an everyday life until one little lie blossoms into something that will ruin his life. Someone is setting him up for one massive fall and he doesn't know who. He has an idea and he follows through on this until almost too late - when he realizes that things are not quite as he figured them out.

As a reader, I was invested in Joe's life. The further I got into the book the more I liked him. The suspense in this book is as tight as a tightly strung wire. I had the same thoughts as Joe did about who was setting him up but as Joe was wrong, so was I. The book reaches a smashing climax and unlike some books, there is follow-up as to what happens to each character in the book. If I could give more than 5 stars to Mr. Logan, I certainly would.

While this book started out strong, it eventually began to lose my interest and I eventually had to make myself finish it. When I did, I was disappointed in the ending. There was little to portend what was really happening, which makes it less fun to read. Although I was curious as to what was going on, I was never gripped with a need to keep reading in order to find out. The lack of tension and somewhat unlikeable main characters made it less than a compelling read.

I received a free e-copy of Lies by T.M. Logan from NetGalley for my honest review.

This was a crazy, exciting, psychological thriller of a book. The title is very appropriate for the book as there are lies on top of lies. My head was on a constant swivel. As soon as I thought I worked my way around a lie and had it figured out there were 5 more and they just kept coming. The outcome of the book I just never saw coming. A very intense read with very intense lies. Can you sort out the lies from the truth or is there really any truth?

The book had all my attention for the first quarter then it became repetitive and dragged on unfortunately. The storyline was a great plot but somehow became slow and plodding. I give high marks to the author for creativity though.

Thank you Net Galley for the ARC.
I am not familiar with T.M Logan's work and that is a huge negative thing for me.
While reading this book, I found myself telling my husband on a number of occasions to stop talking because I was so immersed in it.
great book with Twists and Turns on almost every page.

I definitely enjoyed this book- although Joe drove me nuts- sometimes in a good way, sometimes not. definitely a page turner and I really enjoyed the author's voice. i will definitely read this author again in the future!!

Thank you Netgalley, the publisher and T.M. Logan
This a quick paced story with lots of twist and turns. Couldn’t put this book down, stayed up at night wanting to know what happened.
What an ending, did not see that coming, wow 😲.
Thank you again for a great read.

One day you are the luckiest man you know...good job, beautiful wife, a young son who means everything to you. And then that bubble bursts. In wanting to surprise your wife...instead you are surprised by seeing her with another man. An altercation happens and things go quickly out of control from there. You try to be the good guy... you know you haven’t done anything wrong...but before you know it...you are charged with murder. Technology..is it your friend or your foe....especially if it is being used against you by someone who wants you to be blamed for a death. But wait - there is no body. And so Joe Lynch finds that he is the prime suspect in the murder of Ben who was seen together with his wife, Mel. Is there anyone who can help him prove his innocence...anyone he can trust? This story takes you around and around what is, what might be, and what no one knows! Definitely a good page-turning, thrilling mystery that keeps you in limbo until the end. Just the type of book you want to read if you love this genre. I recommend this book for sure. Thank you to NetGalley and publisher for allowing me to receive an ARC of this book in return for my honest review, which this has been.

Was not for me. I had a hard time getting into this one. I couldn’t connect with any characters. I wish Joe had more of a backstory.

See link to goodreads review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2409724010?book_show_action=false&from_review_page=1

I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. All the lies begin to unravel at once, and Joe is blindsided by what he thought was a good life and good marriage. I really enjoyed the way this story turned one corner after another with yet another surprise. Intense and at times very frustrating. This is a well written thriller I believe people will love to read.

Book Description
What if you have the perfect life, the perfect wife and the perfect child—then, in one shattering moment, you discover nothing is as it seems? Now you are in the sights of a ruthless killer determined to destroy everything you treasure.
My Thoughts
Whenever my partner walks into the room and I am talking to no one but my Kindle, an author's words have succeeded in pulling me into his/her story. Not surprisingly, I may have said out loud 10 or 100 times “ oh no, she didn't just say that” or “ oh no he isn't going to fall for that” which in my book-loving world means I am loving or hating the characters and need to know what happens next. Those were the kind of reactions I had to Lies and if you have read and enjoyed a book with any lying, manipulative or unreliable characters, T.M. Logan's words will take you to a whole new level of furious page flipping.
Joe is just a really nice guy. Husband to Mel and father to Will, his entire world is turned upside down( more than once) when he sees his wife with someone and someplace that she just shouldn't be. Like any good whodunit, I had my theories regarding who was lying and what was really going on and I have to say I didn't even come close to figuring out the ending. This was a great psychological thriller and the fact that it is the author's debut novel was impressive. All I can say to the author is “ more please”. I can't wait to see what comes next.
Thank you, T.M. Logan, St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the complimentary digital ARC. I thoroughly enjoyed reading Lies.

Joe sees his wife, Mel, having a heated, clandestine meeting with her friend's husband, Ben. Afterward, Joe confronts Ben, and their altercation leaves Ben unconscious and bleeding on the ground. Upon witnessing that sight, Joe's son, William, suffers an asthma attack, and Joe rushes away for William's inhaler. When Joe returns to the scene, Ben is gone.

A thrilling opening! Gripping to the nth, but then the suspense wanes and the writing becomes uneven as Joe becomes the prime suspect in Ben's disappearance. The repetition, the inconsistencies, the technological errors... "Too many questions," as the narrative states.

When I learned the reveal, I thought it inconceivable that anyone would go to such an extent. (Not to mention: this is the THIRD British thriller I've read in less than as many months to have the same denouement. To be fair, this novel was released in the U.K. before the other two.)

I recommend the book to indiscriminate readers who like David Bell's writing style.

My thanks to St. Martin's Press and Netgalley for the ARC.

This really deserves a 4.5 stars! Loved it. Mr. Logan knows how to keep the pages flying. I feel sorry for Joe, and yet I keep wanting to scream at him when he puts himself in Ben's traps. Very cleverly done and certainly one of my favorite reads this year.

I thank the author, St. Martin's Press and Netgalley.com for the opportunity to read this hit of a novel.

Joe Lynch is Mr. Guy next door. He spends much of his time caring for his young son Wills, when he's not teaching high school English. On an ordinary day driving home, Wills spots his Mum's vehicle turning into a local hotel. The events that follow will leave you on the edge of your seat and unable to put this masterpiece down! LIES by T.M. Logan has a major stand apart from the typical psychological thriller... the main character is MALE. I haven't rooted for a main character this deeply since Gone Girl. Logan did a superb job developing Joe Lynch and turning him into someone readers would love and want to see succeed.