There's a good mystery hidden somewhere in this book, but it was a trial to find it. The author could have used a good editor. Pages and pages of just thoughts in someone's head that did nothing to move the plot along. Characters that weren't completely likeable. A less than believable romance. The root of this book -- the mystery itself --could have been really good but everything needed tightening, from pacing to characters to the ending. It was long and drawn out in some points and too quick and tidy in others. I think this author has some potential for me, but this was not the book for me to try.

Thank you NetGalley, Lisa Jackson and Kensington Books for the free ebook in exchange for an honest review.

The novel begins with Remi Storms watching a lady jump out her hotel window, committing suicide. This woman is dressed like Marilyn Monroe and Remi is concerned that it could be her long lost mother. Her mother Didi was a celebrity impersonator and disappeared under mysterious circumstances twenty years ago, leaving Remi to care for herself. It isn’t her mother, but the rest of the novel focuses on who and why someone is impersonating Didi after twenty years.

The novel starts off with a bang, but I found that the first part of the novel seems very long and it does have information that you need for further in the book, but it just wasn’t portrayed in a way that made me interested. The second part of the novel, the now portion was a lot more interesting to me and I enjoyed the Remi character a lot more. I also really enjoyed Dani Settler, the detective in this novel, I was interested in her life and liked that she believed Remi.

I really got into the novel about half way through, when Remi and the detective start finding out little tidbits about how Didi lived and who wrote the book about her. I loved the ending, because who isn’t a sucker for a happy ending! I also liked the way the whole novel was brought to a close and how everything was all wrapped up. But I did find that unlike some thrillers, there was no urgency in me needing to find out the ending. Also, the chapters were fairly long and I found it hard to find a good place to stop without having to read what felt like fifty pages first. I did love the Remi and Noah characters and how they were portrayed, I did really care about what happened to them. Overall, it was a good Lisa Jackson novel, but definitely not her best.

Pick it up June 26th!

I reviewed this title editorially for Library Journal and you will be able to see it in their June twenty sixth issue. I'm sorry I can't say anything else about it, read my review at LJ

Thank you #NetGalley for the ARC of Liar Liar, by Lisa Jackson

Didi Storm is a single mother with a teenage daughter and infant twins, she is also a Marilyn Monroe impersonator. Didi tries to come into big money by selling one of the twins to their rich father in a secret late night meeting in the desert. There is gunfire and a car explosion and when the police find the burned out car the next day reveals a dead male but no signs of a infant.

Didi feeling guilty about selling her baby now has a plan to get the baby back. She dresses up in her Marilyn Monroe clothes and makeup and heads out in her Cadillac. She is never seen again.

Twenty years later Remmi, Didi's daughter, witnesses a woman dressed like Marilyn Monroe jump to her death from a hotel in San Francisco. Remmi goes to the police and tells them the woman is not her mother, even though the woman's clothes and wig have Didi's name signed on them. A recently released tell all book about Didi Storm seems to be stirring up a lot of old secrets that someone desperately wants to remain secret.

Now Remmi and the police have to solve this 20 year old mystery. Are Didi and her twins alive? Who is the father of the twins? Who is Remmi's father? Who was the woman that jumped to her death? Who is the real author of the tell all book on Didi's life? Plenty of twists and turns to keep you guessing. This was another well done story by Lisa Jackson.

If I see Lisa Jackson's name on a mystery it is almost a guarantee that I will thoroughly enjoy the story. This book simply proves that theory! Technically I suppose this book is a romantic suspense but the focus is almost entirely on the mystery surrounding a woman that has been missing for twenty years. The romance is almost non-existent and really doesn't come into play until the end of the story. Even though some of the mystery takes place twenty years prior, this story is by no means a cold case mystery. There are so many pieces of the mystery twisted together with the current story, that I found the book difficult to put down until the final mystery was solved. While I did figure out some of the culprits, I love a mystery that keeps me guessing and this one certainly did! And truly what more can you ask of a good mystery novel?

Lisa Jackson is my go to author for mystery books. I really liked this book. It was very suspenseful.

I didn’t like the characters I wasn’t supposed to like. I liked the characters I was supposed to like.

The plot was awesome. I kind of figured out the ending but not completely.

My only complaint ~ I like action. There was a bit too much talking and not enough suspense. I would like to thank NetGalley, Lisa Jackson and Kensington for an ARC of this book

Why would a mother sell her baby? Didi Storm was hoping that she would make a name for herself but she is working in a older casino as an Marilyn Monroe impersonator and she only knows one way to make money. But this time she has chosen the wrong man to mess with and she will lose everything in this one crazy moment. Remmi knew that her mother was up to something but she can't believe that she would sell one of her children and still try to make more money of the guy. Didi thinks that she can get more money by selling the other twin as he is a boy and he is an heir to a dynasty but she overplayed her hand. Remmi can't believe that her mother left her and now the other twin has been taken by the childminder and the police don't believe her story. She has no choice but to live with her uncle & aunt and she prays everyday that her mother would come for her but she had to give up hoping. Twenty years later and Remmi thinks that she has found her mother but before she can speak to her she commits suicide but she doesn't believe that. She finds out that it isn't her so where is she and does she have anything to do with the book that has come out about her life? The police want to help but there isn't much to go on but they are going to look into it. Remmi can't believe that the boy that she longer for as has found her but why did Noah just disappear? He was shot that night of the baby being sold and he ran as he knew that the killer would come to finish him off. But can he really help Remmi to find her mother after all this time? The more they dig the bigger the danger becomes, people that knew Didi are being picked off and the killer is looking for her. But what Remmi finds will change everything and maybe she can put her past to rest and find the happiness that she has been looking for. A good read. I understand why Didi thought she had no choice but that night she destroyed everyone's life and she knew that about her eldest daughter she just saw dollar signs. Remmi didn't have it easy but she became a strong woman that never gave up hope. She did not deserve what her mother did. Thank heavens that Noah comes back I was hoping that he would come looking for her. And her father never saw that one coming. Never ever disappointed with Lisa's writing it takes you on a roller caster each time. I was lucky enough to receive a copy via Netgalley & the publishing house in exchange for my honest review.

Found a new author. Lisa’s story was filled with mystery and intrigue. Thank you NetGalley and the publishers for allowing me to read this book

I've loved Lisa Jackson for a very long time. She writes one heck of a whodunnit. Her latest offering is no exception.
It's been 20 years since Remmi last saw her mother. An explosion in the desert, a shooting, missing children, and then Didi Storm was gone. Nobody knew what happened to her, even her teenage daughter. A minor celebrity in her day, Didi slowly slipped off the radar. Interest is renewed, however, when a mysterious author writes a tell-all book about Didi's life. And then there's the jumper, a woman clearly trying to look like Didi leaping to her death. Or was she pushed? Oh and let's not forget Remmi's infant sister and brother, both missing since the night of Didi's disappearance. And last but not least, Noah, an almost love interest who coincidentally also went missing that night.
Seems like a lot going on, I know. But trust me, it goes together. And everything fits, slowing coming together to complete the puzzle. A nice little mystery with a great storyline and interesting characters.

Liar, Liar – Lisa Jackson

I was fortunate to receive this novel as an Advance Reader Copy, in exchange for an objective review.
Remmi Storm has spent half of her life looking for her mother. As a child, her mother DiDi made a living as an impersonator, often dressing like Marilyn Monroe and providing her talent in various shows in an effort to support her family, including infant twins, all the while grasping for fame that seemed to be just out of her reach. Then one of the twins disappears, with Didi coming home with a suitcase full of money in its place. Taking the second baby, Didi vows to right her wrong and disappears into the night – never to return. Remmi, at the age of 15, reports her disappearance to the police, and is ultimately sent to live with her aunt – but DiDi and the twins are never found.

Now, 20 years later, a book has been published - a tell-all book about DiDi Storm and her colorful life. Sightings of DiDi commence, and Remmi is present when a Marilyn Monroe impersonator plunges to her death from the 19th story of a high-rise hotel – but the victim is not DiDi herself – but who is she, and why is she impersonating DiDi? That’s what Remmi sets out to discover, with road blocks at every turn – the book author – unavailable, the publisher’s office – non-existent. The police – less than forthcoming as they pursue their own investigation. Is DiDi still alive, or is someone from the past hoping to profit on DiDi’s memory?

Then, seemingly out of the blue, an old high school crush comes back in to Remmi’s life. He too has questions about that last night that he wants answered, but for very different reasons. He and Remmi team up in an effort to discover what truly happened all of those years ago, and unwittingly put their own lives in peril to do so…

I truly enjoy anything that Lisa Jackson pens, and this book was no exception. While I confess, I was hoping for a bit different ending, this book is filled with drama, action and plenty of twists and turns that will keep you reading late into the night!

Thank you Netgalley and the Publishers for allowing me to read this ARC book for giving my honest opinion in review.
Liar, Liar by Lisa Jackson, Remmie was 14 when her life was completely turned upside down with the disappearance of her mom and her missing twin baby sister and brother. But the fact that her mother tried to trade/sell one of the twins to the baby's daddy out in the middle of the desert in the middle of the night starts this book off and the mystery and intrigue grow from there.... take this ride with Remmie and see where you end up! Well written, characters you get to know and a few you might not want to know....mystery and a little mayhem definitely a good read.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC of Liar, Liar by Lisa Jackson that I read and reviewed.
This book was an excellent book by Lisa Jackson. I can honestly say that I was guessing from the start who the killer was and what really was going on with Didi and the twins. I loved how Jackson kept the reader on the edge and brought the story from the current time to the past and then back to the current time. It was just written so well that as a reader, I felt like I really knew what was going on the entire time.
I also loved Remmi and Noah's story and how it plays out throughout the book and time. It adds another dimension to the book for me that made it all that more better.
I have no choice but to give Liar, Liar five out of five stars because it was an excellent book full of mystery and suspense.

Another homerun by Lisa Jackson. I love this author's suspense books and she did not disappoint with Liar, Liar. Well written with an edge of your seat plot and great characters. I highly recommend to fans of suspense.

If there is one thing you can count on, it's that a book from Lisa will have you reading LONG into the night, as you just CAN'T stop turning the pages! And this book continues that tradition! Remmi is a sympathetic character from the beginning, so much so that you you might find yourself yelling at the book-"NO, don't do it!", as you can forsee what is about to happen, while Remmi the teen doesn't. As her life moves on, you keep the sense of wanting to protect her, and when her past comes back, you'll be gripped to your seat, turning pages to see if Remmi gets the happy ending she wanted all those years ago! This one isn't for beach reading, unless you want to get a bad sunburn, from forgetting to move! LOL

Las Vegas celebrity impersonator, Didi Storm is missing – has been for over 20 years – and her daughter, Remmi just happens to see her mother jump from a tall building to her death. The problem is that the woman who jumped isn’t really her mother, and probably didn’t jump without help. 20 years prior, 15-year old Remmi was hiding in her mother’s car just before going to meet a boyfriend; she didn’t expect her mother to take her twin brother and sister to a remote place in the desert and hand off one of the twins to a strange man in exchange for money. Didi went missing shortly afterwards, and has never been found. Remmi’s boyfriend, Noah Scott, was also in the desert that night, and was also a witness, although he was shot and left for dead. Remmi and Noah, who 20 years later is a PI, team up to investigate.

Lisa Jackson is not only an excellent storyteller, but also very good at developing her characters. She is able to make them stand out and seem like real people. As readers delve into this fascinating mystery, they will feel like they are actually looking in at real scenarios and real people.

The story flows as any good thriller should, and will keep most readers on the edge of their seats. The suspense builds throughout, and readers will suspect different characters as clues are uncovered, but will probably be proven wrong. The real perpetrators won’t surface until the very end.

Lisa Jackson fans will definitely enjoy this novel, as will anyone who likes a good thriller.

Special thanks to NetGalley for supplying a review copy of this book.

Ugh. I am usually a huge fan of Lisa Jackson but her newest book Liar, Liar just didn't keep my attention. It felt like it took me forever to get through it and I actually skimmed most of it.
Remmi Storm is 14 when her mother and 2 half siblings disappear. 20 years later someone who maybe Didi Storm (Remmi's mother) jumps out a hotel window. Dozens of characters, dozens of story lines muddy the waters of this book, trying to resolve the issue of what really happened to Remmi's mom. And I never felt close to the characters. I just didn't really care who the bad guy(s) were and what happened to Didi.
I'll continue to read Lisa Jackson's books. Hopefully her next ones will be like her earlier work.
Thank you NetGalley for this ARC.

3 1/2 out of 5 StarsFor readers looking for realism this book isn't for you.

Liar Liar is a plot driven novel so back story of the characters is slim but readers catch on fast as Lisa Jackson reveals her story with the twist that take time to absorb. The Author uses duel times lines that will keep readers focused on this story. Make sure as a reader you have a quite place because you will not want to be disrupted.



Liar, Liar is a story of Murder, Duplicity and Twist that readers will not be able to get enough of.



Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher Kensington Publisher for the Advance copy of Lisa Jackson Liar, Liar

Strong characters with detailed pasts and presents mixed with twists and page-turning exploits make this a book you can't put down.

As the daughter of impersonator Didi Storm, Remmi's life has been a series of difficult circumstances that only get worse when Didi disappears. A tell-all book 20 years later reopens the past creating danger for Remmi's future when she reconnects with family and a friend from her teens.

I was so excited to be approved for this eARC but I was so disappointed with this book. I usually love Lisa Jackson books and buy them as soon as they are released. This one just didn't do it for me. The beginning was slow and drawn out. It was boring. I didn't really get into the story until it was almost over. The ending felt rushed and like all the loose ends were being tied up. This was not one of her better stories.

Thank you #netgalley and #kensington for this eARC>

Liar, Liar is an intricately woven tale. The crimes span 20 years. The mystery of it was slowly revealed to us. There was so many twists and turns. The suspense of it all was amazing. Lisa Jackson is a wonderful storyteller! I received an advance review copy from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.