Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the early review copy.

How well do you know your spouse? Widowed single mom Susannah has remarried the man of her dreams. He's an artist, college lecturer, and a very sought-after motivational speaker. Life is really good until one day they find a note stuck to the front door: "I know who you are". Max dismisses it in front of Susannah, but he's concerned: who knows his secret?

This book was very enjoyable and full of unexpected twists. It was wonderfully written, fast-paced, and had really good character development. When someone worried, the reader worried. When someone was angry, so were you. There are surprises around every corner, with a turn later in the story that you didn't see coming.

Enjoyed it immensely!

This book consumed me. I couldn't put it down- and not for lack of trying! It's a dramatic roller coaster of a book that hooks you from page one. I didn't see the ending coming. I didn't see what was going to happen throughout the book. And I couldn't imagine what a thrilling novel this was going to be. The format wasn't my favorite, but I think it's original.

Overall, a well rounded book!

Never heard of this author but when NetGalley gave me an ARC I had to read it. The description was great as its a story of Suzannah, who is a widow and has a young son. And many secrets. She remarries to a man - Max - who also has secrets.

They move to beautiful Vermont and there they start getting notes - I KNOW WHO YOU ARE - when people start dying, and the notes keep coming....you know the world they know is about to come crumbling down. But also they are literally getting away with murder....until the end which is not what you would expect or even think will happen.

Although this book will not be out until January of 2019, put it on your TBR list today!

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This was the first book I read by this author. I love good thrillers and was guessing a lot about the notes left on the door of the main characters. The twists of the suspenseful storyline made it very exciting to read. I highly recommend the book. And, of course, will be reading more of this author.

I received this book as a ARC from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review.

Every relationship has secrets and those secrets can bring you closer together or drive you apart. Susannah, a single mother, meets Max W, an aspiring artist with a dark secret, and falls in love. Their "perfect" life begins to unravel when someone starts leaving notes on their door. Both Susannah and Max are hiding something. How far will they go to protect the life they've built?

This is an short, engaging book with some unexpected twists that made it really enjoyable read.

ABSOLUTELY A MUST READ! The title of this book, THE PERFECT LIAR, is quite apropos for this captivating story with a conniving cast of characters. Who is manipulating who? As a reader who generally seeks to find likeable qualities in the protagonists, the author successfully shook up my impressions to the very core. I am afraid to explain more because I do not want to spoil it for any readers. Well done! I will definitely look forward to reading more by this author.

Absolutely incredible novel. Marvelous storytelling of a couple's relationship and past histories. Captivating thriller which keeps you wanting more.
One of the best books I have read all year. Can't wait to read more of Thomas Greene.

One Man wanting to be someone he is not, living a life that he believes he is destined to live, with the perfect wife, whom he desperately loves. What does she know about him? What does she care? They haven't known each other long, but the match is a perfect one, or is it?

To what lengths will he go to keep his secrets?
The perfect lies that have been told will shock you. A perfect example of how what you don't know can hurt you.

This was an intriguing story, but, it seemed to drag on and on as if the length of the story was so important that it just limped along until the end. Nothing fast paced about this book.

Does a person ever really know someone?? Susannah was the assistant to a very successful Art Dealer, Lydia. On one particular night, while at a showing, a very handsome and mysterious gentleman by the name of Max W. made her acquaintance. He let her know that he was crashing this party. The two left the party that night, and it was almost love at first sight. Max became a husband and stepfather overnight. The family was getting along great, and Max’s gift of speaking was really catching on. His talks regarding Art were making him famous in the Art world. Now he and the family had moved to Burlington, Vermont, where he had accepted a job as a teacher at the University. One of the perks of the job was that they were able to stay at the beautiful Victorian for the three years of his contract. Susannah loved the home and the area, and it was an area which was much better for her teenage son to grow up in. Everything seemed perfect and normal, or did it? One day while leaving the house, there was a note left taped on the door, which read, “I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.” What did it mean? In a panic, Susannah called Max and told him about the note. Max assured her, it was nothing and they would talk about it when he returned home. Was this note left for Max? Who is he really? The thought buzzed around in Susannah’s head. Max returned home and began to wonder who had written this note. Did someone know about his secret? The first person who popped into his head was a very jealous colleague, David Hammer. Max decided that he would invite David and his wife over for dinner. The dinner started out quite well, and as the wine flowed, so did the sarcastic comments flow from David. He started asking Max if he knew someone at CalArts. David said he Max should know this person, since they should have been in the same classes. Max decided then that David was the one leaving the notes. He asked David if they could both go trail running the following Saturday. The run went well and they scheduled a run for the next Saturday. However, David never made it back. Max claimed that David fell into the river gorge and that he had tried to save him, but the undertow was too strong to save David. Susannah knew in her heart that this was no accident, and that Max murdered David. The strange thing was that more notes were left after David’s death. Who could it be? David died for nothing. What other secrets did Max have that Susannah didn’t know about? Susannah’s paranoia set in and she began to fear for her life? But Susannah has secrets of her own, as well. What secrets had she been hiding from Max and her son Freddy? This book was a definite roller coaster ride and the ending was certainly not what I expected. It kept me glued to the pages for quite a few nights. The plot was well thought out. And the character development was so intense that the reader could actually feel what was going on in the mind of the character. I enjoyed the push and pull through out this book. I look forward to reading more from this author. Definitely a psychological thriller you won’t want to miss!!

Enjoyed this book. Kept me interested, involved and guessing what would happen next. Great ending and a lot of unexpected surprises.

In Thomas Christopher Greene's The Perfect Liar, Susannah and Max meet each other at a New York art event. They marry only months after meeting and with artist Max's star on the rise, they move with Susannah's son Freddy to a small college town in Vermont where Max takes a faculty position at the university. Their life seems close to perfect until someone starts putting mysterious notes on their door:

I KNOW WHO YOU ARE
DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT?
I SAW WHAT YOU DID

Who is leaving these notes and whose secret is about to be revealed?

Overall I enjoyed this book. It had all the makings of a good psychological thriller -- suspenseful plot with slow build, flawed characters, unexpected twists and surprise ending. However, I would have preferred for it to have been structured into more chapters rather than just go on as it did, and not have so many frequent and abrupt temporal and POV shifts.

The Perfect Liar is due to be released for publication in January 2019,

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for providing me with an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

I didn’t like the way this was set up, like there were no chapters. I also didn’t like Susannah and I found her annoying. This was an ok book but I wasn’t blown away by it.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Thomas Christopher Greene for an advance copy of this novel.

Wow. This is my first Thomas Christopher Greene book, and I really enjoyed it. The story was a bit slow in the beginning, but it picked up around the middle. I really liked the ending.

An enjoyable read, and I'll definitely be picking up more of his books.

The premise of this book was compelling, and I was excited to receive an advance review copy to review. I often find myself to be a binge reader - ignoring household duties and reading during the toddler's naptime and later, well into hours that I should be asleep. However, I will say that this book didn't exactly draw me in enough to want to binge read. In fact, I found myself checking the Kindle "estimated read time" to see how much longer I had to finish. Simply said, this book didn't draw me in - for a few reasons.

First, the characters. I found none of them likable, which in and of itself would've been okay (and even common) in a domestic thriller. But not only did I not find them likable, I found them uninteresting. I did find the plot intriguing, so I believe that I didn't gravitate to the characters because...

The stories and backgrounds aren't really fleshed out. Both main characters have a backstory, but they really aren't explored enough, in my opinion. The main gentleman, husband "Max", committed a terrible crime that shaped the rest of his life. The ramifications of his crime being found out is literally the focus of the book, but I have no idea why he committed the act he did. Is it something intrinsically part of his personality? A crime of opportunity? A crime of just boredom? I really don't know, and I found that confusing.

Wife Susannah also has a spotted past, and when her secret is revealed, I also was confused. Her backstory had been fleshed out a little more, but I was genuinely confused about what had been done to her warranted the crime she committed, even though it's the crux of the book.

I believe part of the problem is that the book is fairly short, at least compared to the other domestic thrillers I've read this year. This genre really relies on the reader getting pulled into the minds and convictions of the characters, and that often requires extremely thorough character development. I didn't feel that here. I mostly just didn't care what happened.

There were too many twists towards the end - it felt hokey. We figured out who caused the mayhem that the book is based on, but the story continues. There is another crime committed, but a police detective intervenes - another twist (and actually one that I really disliked). Then, the ending. But wait, there's more - a "2 months later". And then a "one year later". And THEN it's over.

I did like the general premise of the book, and I was genuinely surprised by who wrote the notes that the book is based on and the backstory behind that reveal.

I would recommend it as a quick airplane/vacation read.

A big thank you to St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for sending me an ARC of this novel due to be released on Jan. 15, 2019. Although, I thoroughly enjoyed the story, I think there should be a law against not having chapters in a book. How does the reader know when they can take a break? The premise of the story is notes left on the front door of Max and Susannah’s home. Both have big secrets so eventually they realize the note saying, “did you get away with it?” actually could have been for either one of them.

That makes for an interesting plot thread for sure. Max’s character made perfect sense, but I was a little confused by Susannah’s on-again, off-again persona without any explanation.

The suspense will keep you reading until you at least get to one of the three-section dividers.

Mr. Greene: Please use chapters in your next book. Thank you.

Im still on the fence about this book. I finished it a full day ago and have tried to ruminate on my feelings toward it. It was formatted differently than most books. There weren’t many breaks or obvious markers of transition, yet for me, that let the story flow more fluidly. Since I received an ARC from NetGalley, maybe the final book will have more standard chapters and story breaks. But I hope not to be honest. Something about the way this story was written and presented and formatted added to the appeal of the overall enjoyment of the book. Even when the story had predictable parts or lulls or stretched on or got weird, the way it was written helped propel me through all the bad stuff. There are so many “bad guys” in this book that you feel torn as to how you want things to turn out. Everyone is so messed up that they feel pathetic and you feel bad for them, but at the same time they’re just really all selfish and essentially mentally unstable and violent and outrageous and sociopathic that you don’t care if all of them are killed off in the end of the book! I’m not sure how I feel about the ending of this book entirely. I’m not sure the ending is the exact right fit, yet I can’t really say exactly how it should be tweaked to make it better. Overall I think this book was nice to read. There’s something in the writing that says at the very least this author is one to read more and although I didn’t have any edge of my seat, sinking belly nervous energy I love to have in a mystery or suspense book, I didn’t dread finishing this one. To me a book with good storytelling and no dread in having to get through to the end is a decent read. I think a lot of people could stand to have a break from the ordinary and dive into this unique and strange story. 3.75 Stars

The Perfect Liar by Thomas Christopher Green takes a perfect marriage and all the secrets a couple keep from one another. A mysterious note kicks off the story: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Max doesn’t think the note is a big deal but after someone they know dies in an accident, another note arrives: DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT?

What?

Who is the villain here?

I cant wait to read this new book which is described as ideal for those of us who enjoy the writing of B.A. Paris and Paula Hawkins.

Check it out:

Susannah, a young widow and single mother, has remarried well: to Max, a charismatic artist and popular speaker whose career took her and her fifteen-year-old son out of New York City and to a quiet Vermont university town. Strong-willed and attractive, Susannah expects that her life is perfectly in place again. Then one quiet morning she finds a note on her door: I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.

Max dismisses the note as a prank. But days after a neighborhood couple comes to dinner, the husband mysteriously dies in a tragic accident while on a run with Max. Soon thereafter, a second note appears on their door: DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT?

Both Susannah and Max are keeping secrets from the world and from each other —secrets that could destroy their family and everything they have built.

Due out in January 2019!

Thank you to Netgalley and St. Martin's Press for providing me with an advanced copy.

Susannah, a widowed mother, meets Max W. at a party. They marry without really knowing each other. Through backstory, we learn each of their secrets and quirks. When Susannah finds a note taped to their front door saying "I KNOW WHO YOU ARE," Max acts on it, as he thinks he knows who did it and that person knows his secrets. But then a second note appears, "DID YOU GET AWAY WITH IT?"

I had a somewhat difficult time with this book. I didn't find either character, Susannah or Max, likeable. The structuring of the book was a big problem for me. I didn't mind that it was based on finding the notes versus chapters, but the continuous change in POV tripped me up more than once. There weren't any breaks/spaces to show that we were changing character voices. I found myself rereading more than one passage until I figured it out. I was reading on a Kindle, so maybe that was it? There were errors I found, too. Max plans to go trail running with his co-worker and they decide on 9AM, but when it happens, it said "promptly at ten." Also, I thought he was bald, but would his hair be matted when running? Little things... :)

Overall, I found this book interesting, but not as good as I had hoped.

I received an advanced copy of this book through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This book had me on the edge of my seat the whole time! It was definitely a book that kept you thinking! I would definitely recommend this book to fellow readers. Thank you!

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

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