Enjoyable psychological thriller. I enjoyed the use of the narrative from different characters and the unfolding of the story.. Good ending - although I confess I saw it coming it still did not detract from the overall enjoyment.

Debbie Howells has become an author that for me I just immediately grab the book without worrying about those pesky little details like what the plot will actually hold this time. What can I say? I enjoy her writing style and even with her last book, Part of the Silence I still enjoyed reading even though I found it a bit predictable so it went without question I’d be reading this new psychological thriller.

As the story begins Hannah Roscoe is living alone and still reeling from a break up with her boyfriend when she gets a call from a detective. Hannah is told that her sister has had and accident and unfortunately did not make it and that Hannah is listed as her next of kin leaving her to care for her youngest nephew.

Needless to say Hannah was quite in shock on the drive to pick up her nephew since she hadn’t spoken to her sister in ten years after a falling out. After Hannah brings her nephew back to stay with her the police continue to keep contact as the investigation plays out and quickly what looked like an accident turns to a possible homicide.

Her Sister’s Lie did get of to a bit of a slow start but not slow enough to make me want to give up turning the pages to see where it would go as I settled into the familiar writing style. Gone is the immediate guess that I had with the author’s previous book and back was the constant changing of my theory and not trusting anyone or anything. Once the story really dug in and got moving the questions start to form as I waded through the secrets and all the way to the final twist.

I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.

This book starts out with our main character getting a phone call saying that her sister had killed herself and that she would be having to look after her nephew. This was weird because the two girls were very estranged and had spoken to each other in years. While on paper this book is everything that I enjoy the story it just what I'm into lately but I found the characters a little flat and the story was very slow paced. Our main character has all of this suspicion on what happened to her sister but I couldn't seem to join her in the wonder and I felt at times that she seemed a little bit cold and static, which was strange when she was the one we were supposed to be siding with and wondering along with her. It wasn't until about half way to about three quarters of the way through the book that the story really started to pick up and I had to know what was going to happen. So I really enjoyed it once it got past the first part. Then the story was full of lies and confusion on what actually happened is our main character just losing her mind? If it was a movie that is where you could really picture the ominous music and the feeling that it left to the reader was remarkable. Very great read and I'm glad I got the chance to check it out. The ending was insane I never saw it coming!It left me speechless. Another amazing thriller.

This wasn’t a bad book but it just didn’t do anything for me. The characters and story were boring that at times I was skipping sentences. Ending was good and wrapped up the confusion of the book..

I was given an advanced reader’s copy in exchange for an honest review

There was nothing really bad about this book, but it didn’t stay with me at all. I wouldn’t read each page, each chapter and afterwords it would be like I had read nothing. I didn’t dislike it, but I did not engage with the story or the characters at all. The protagonist in particular was very flat. Entirely skippable

Sisters Hannah and Nina didn’t have an ideal childhood. When she was old enough, Hannah ran away to live with Nina and her children, hoping to forge a career in music. Now Nina is dead, and Hannah must repay her sister’s kindness but taking in her young nephew, Abe, a troubled boy. Then Nina’s death is reclassified as homicide and Hannah has to face her past and the reason she and her sister became estranged. The secrets they kept appear to be known by someone else, could it be the person who killed Nina? And will Hannah be his next target?