I read Lies Between Us in one day. I think the whole concept of the book is excellent but I was left feeling confused throughout. Three different time lines, three different points of views. I really wanted to love this book but my head is scrambled with it.
It's a story of a boy who becomes obsessed with numerous people throughout his life including his best friend. He will not let anybody get in his way of him getting what he wants.
"One man's love is another man's obsession"

Lies Between Us is a very cleverly written psychological thriller and one which is likely to stay with me for a long time to come. It's hard to believe this is a debut novel!
I'm going to find it quite hard to review I think as I don't want to give anything away and I'm pretty sure nothing I say will do this book the justice it deserves, but I hope I can convey how much I have enjoyed it and would recommend to anyone looking for a unique and compelling story in this genre.
The story is told from three perspectives. John is married to Jules and they have a little girl. Their life is a happy one until their daughter goes missing and they struggle to piece the clues together to find her, all the time being tortured with horrifying images sent by the kidnapper to make sure they suffer the worst thing any parent could possibly go through. They quickly realise this must be someone obsessed with John, looking for some kind of revenge, but who and why? He can't think of anyone from his past who would be capable of such an horrendous act and time is running out.
Maisie is an ICU nurse, taking care of her current patient, Tim, who was attacked and left for dead. She gets caught up in the life of his family and friends, always wondering if there is more to their story than his wife seems willing to let on. Maisie also has her own difficulties and she's an intriguing character. It was hard to see her significance to the story initially, but I still found myself intrigued by her and this family she is caring for.
Miller is a disturbing character. This is a child with some serious issues and his chapters made for uncomfortable reading, but he is fascinating and I couldn't help being intrigued by him. The characterisation throughout this story is amazing!
I had SO many questions forming in my mind as I was reading this book as I had no idea where the story was going, although I had a feeling it would be nothing like I was imagining. It was clear the obvious was not going to be the truth, but finding out what on earth was going on and how these people could possibly be connected made for a very tense and exciting read. I'm pretty sure I held my breath towards the end and was absolutely blown away. Jaw dropping would be a bit of an understatement!
Excellent writing! I can't wait to read whatever Ronnie Turner writes next.
Many thanks to the author and publisher for my ARC. I highly recommend!

Hello lovelies! It's my pleasure to offer a review for this stunner of a debut from Ronnie Turner

We meet John, Miller and Maisie. All very different people from different walks of life that come together in one catastrophic event.

John is a very likeable kind family man with a new baby on the way. Everything is good in his life until his daughter Bonnie is kidnapped, turning John's life inside out.

Maisie is a nurse in an ICU unit and is caring for a man and his wife. A dedicated nurse and good at her job, but there is something about this family that is bringing her own heartache back to the forefront of her mind.

Miller is a very clever young boy. His obsession with someone leads him to take actions to make sure he achieves his goal with absolutely no compunction. He will do anything...Miller's chapters are also set in the past.

So how do all of these characters relate to each other and bring about such a brilliant story? Each chapter is told by a one of our protagonists so we get a nice rounded view of each person and slowly see their stories come together.

This isn't a book all about the action, which in fact makes it much more engaging. Lies Between Us is a very character driven. Turner is brave enough to delve into some very dark and murky waters with the subject matter. Reading about what is happening to John's daughter Bonnie is deeply disturbing. But in doing so you really become connected to John and desperately want this to have a happy ending.

I really loved Miller's chapters too. Although again deeply disturbing and an abhorrent character, his chapters actually gave me shivers. He is one seriously messed up young man. But I do love a good baddie! At times you feel rather sorry for him, but then think are his version of events as a young boy twisted due to his mental state?

Maisie was one that was the most 'out there' for me. I really liked her and felt so desperately sorry for her, I just couldn't figure out how or why she was linked to the main plot.

But when all of the loose ends pulled together: holy guacamole! Fasten your seatbelts folks as this is one ride that will leave you reeling. I really thought that I had it and had guessed what was going on, oh boy was I wrong! I don't want to give away any spoilers, this is a twist best left going in blind.

For a debut book this is an absolute smasher. Turner writes like a seasoned pro and you will be hooked like a fish unable to resist the pull of the line.

A solid 4 star read for me!

I would like to thank Netgalley and HQ Digital for a copy of this book in exchange for a review.

Enjoyable and rollercoaster of a read. Gripped me from the first page and didn't stop. Great story telling and well developed characters

First of all, it's SO exciting to see another fellow book blogger getting her book published! I've been looking forward to read Lies Between Us ever since I first saw that cover, and there is no doubt that this is a very cleverly constructed psychological thriller debut. I admit it was a slowburner for me for reasons mentioned below, but above all the potential shines through and I will already be looking forward to what she will come up with next. Let's talk a bit about my experience with Lies Between Us. Like I said before, I admit it took me some time to get used to the multiple POVs and I was confused as to how everything fit together at times. Especially the second person POV took some time getting used to, but that doesn't mean it's badly written or doesn't fit the story. In fact, it only enhances the dark and slightly disturbing feeling around this character and adds to the overall suspenseful atmosphere of the book. There is no doubt that Lies Between Us is a complex and very cleverly executed psychological thriller that will keep you on edge. I did guess come of the twists though and some of the names are misleading... Those who have the chance to read this debut will probably understand what I'm referring to (don't want to give away any spoilers!). Also, I was left with some questions after the final page, and would have liked to have some details explained to avoid the confusion. Still, Lies Between Us was a very satisfying psychological thriller with one heck of a creeper as one of the main characters... Talk about getting a look inside the head of a very disturbing individual! Fans of the genre will have a great time read this one.

While a slowburner for me, once I got the hang of the story I found myself to be absolutely hooked. Lies Between Us is a well crafted and complicated psychological thriller with multiple POVs and flashbacks that will keep you on your toes as you try to take everything in and fit everything together. The writing is solid and especially 'Miller's character development is extremely well done and spot on; he sure will give you goosebumps before the story is over. And despite a few minor problems mentioned above, I enjoyed spending time with Lies Between Us and it is without doubt a very promising debut.

A beautiful book to read!

The story flowed very naturally and was interesting and gripping. The characters were believable and I could really connect with them while reading.

LIES BETWEEN IS By Ronnie Turner is definitely one to read. I am not sure if this author has written a book before but this one blew me away. We meet three people in this story all with a different story to tell but when they collide the story explodes. I could not put this one down and actually had tor end it a second time. No the norm for me. I do want to add that it is told in three different perspectives at first but as you get close to the end the whole story comes together so well it will shock you. This was written so well I saw t hat others were still trying to unerstand the book. I did read it a second time because I did not give it my full attention at first. I HIGHLY recommend this roller coaster of a ride.

Thank you to netgalley as well as the author for giving me the opportunity to read this book in exchange for my honest review.

5+ stars ⭐️ out of 5

Not everyone is quite what they seem!

I was so impressed by The Lies Between Us. This may be a debut novel, but it is assured, eloquently written and brilliantly plotted so that I was absorbed into the story from the very first moment. Ronnie Turner writes with a lively and vivacious style through a fantastic range of sentence structure that really appealed to me as a reader. The short chapters add a breathless pace too so that there's an urgency and dynamism to the narrative.

The characters are vividly drawn and the first person sections are so chilling that I felt unsettled as I read them. What is so good is the utterly convincing portrait of obsession Ronnie Turner paints. She presents with terrifying accuracy the way in which love can become evil in an unbalanced mind. It's hard to say too much without spoiling the story but I found the terrifying brutality contrasted and balanced by supreme love so effective.

I loved the skilful manner in which the strands of the narrative are drawn together like inevitable DNA. I was entirely enthralled, entertained and often appalled in a manner that didn’t allow me to stop reading. I found The Lies Between Us scarily convincing and completely absorbing. What a debut!

i am SO confused right now and i don't know if it's because i'm an idiot or if this was genuinely confusing??

so yeah i can't really... elucidate my thoughts about this without having some Mega Spoilers but in very vague, general terms i just thought this was trying too hard to be clever, and complex, and red herring-y - but it ended up not really working.

Found this book hard to follow at times but did enjoy it. All in all an excellent debut thanks for the preview

I'm really not sure about this book - I enjoyed it in parts but also found some aspects really aggravating, such as the 'mystery aliases' of the family in ICU and the dodging back and forth between times and narrator, which can work sometimes but was too frequent here. The ending seemed too unlikely and contrived to have been genuine, so was far from satisfactory.

I have been looking forward to reading Ronnie's debut novel from the moment I found out about it, and I was not in the slightest bit disappointed. It's quite a complex presentation for a novel with 3 seeming separate threads of story going on each with vastly different characters, content and timescales. It takes a few chapters to get into but I would strongly recommend people to stick with it as all will become clear. My problem with the book was not one I can criticise the author for, just myself. In fact it is a compliment to the author as my brain was constantly looking for the connection between the threads even when I had put the book down - there had to be clues there somewhere but I seemed to be missing them! This book had well and truly got under my skin and into my grey cells.

The characters are so diverse in this novel; Miller was so evil for a child it made for some very unsettling scenes; John and Julia really don't deserve the pain caused by the abduction of their daughter as they are such loving parents - I physically felt the despair they were going through due to the excellent way their scenes were written; and Maisie, I wasn't sure about at first. A bit of an enigma who fell under my suspicious spotlight until I understood what she was hiding.

The pace of this book is so clever as the fibres of the story are eked out perfectly to the end without becoming negatively frustrating. I wanted to know the answers yet I didn't want the story to end.

As a debut novel this is mightily impressive and I am so excited to know what Ronnie has in store for us in future.

My review will feature at www.sandiesbookshelves.blogspot.co.uk as part of the blog tour in October - all views are my own and are unbiased. My thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book in advance of publication.

This was pretty wild! The story alternates between three different narrators and jumps in timeline so you have to pay attention. It’s a bit crazy and at times heartbreaking. It’s a lot of story to take in and I was confused at times, rereading sections. There were some clues, looking back, but several twists that surprised me. The way the characters are linked together is quite clever.

Thanks to NetGalley, the author, and HQ Digital for a copy in exchange for a review.

3.5 Stars
3 different people, 3 different stories and 3 points of view! This is a book of threes. It is not easy to read because the characters do tend to rub you the wrong way and get under your skin. John and Julia’s missing daughter is a story that is heart stopping. It’s painful to read and you can feel their desperation. Masie’s story makes you realize what life as an ICU nurse can be like. Miller’s story is the most disturbing, repulsive and scary. He’s truly evil. He is the reason I won’t give this book a 4 star instead of 3.5. Reading about him was very upsetting and while I give kudos to the author for invoking such a strong reaction the fact remains that when I read a book that is a thriller/mystery I don’t want to feel something that I would define as border line devilish. I want tension and suspense, not pure evil. Reading about a child that did some of the things that Miller does was the hardest part of this book for me. Most of this book is not confusing really but it does need some re-reading in certain places. You need to read patiently to see how the seemingly 3 u related stories are going to collide. The author has done a fabulous job of running 3 individual plots that seem like they could be their own books and then intricately weaving them in to each other to tie in seamlessly. Disclaimer: if you believe that all children are innocent angels and you don’t want that belief shaken then don’t read this book but if you can believe that some people are just born evil then I would surely recommend this book.

I enjoyed this book, although it took me a few chapters to get a feel for what was going on with three different times and people. Once I did I couldn't put the book down. I really had to concentrate at parts because this is truly a book where there are many different things going on. I enjoyed the authors style of writing and the characters are so well written.
My favourite chapters where Miller's which tell of a deeply troubled child who does shocking things.
A really well written debut novel and I look forward to reading more.
Full review to be published as part of blog tour.

Right so my head is still spinning, I’m not quite sure if I understood the ending correctly as who did it was not who I thought it was or vice versa (if that makes sense) but I’m putting this down to how you should be feeling having read this book. You really need to keep your wits and brain cells about you when reading this book.

It is told in three narratives, Miller, Maisie & John. Miller’s narrative is based on his childhood which is quite dark, chilling, disturbing, a sociopath in the making! Maisie’s is told from the viewpoint of her being an ICU nurse looking after a patient named Tim, who was beaten up and left for dead and who may or may not recover. The third narrative is from John whose daughter has been kidnapped and her kidnapper is sending pictures of his little girl Bonnie in various states of distress and physical injuries, taunting both himself and his wife Jules. What do all these people have in common? Come on, I’m not going to tell you, you have to read it!!!

I initially found the book quite confusing flitting between the three stories, it was like I was reading three individual books but you need to stick with it as Ronnie Turner is laying the foundation and intrinsically and cleverly pulls them all together for an explosive ending. What a dark, intense, disturbing psychological thriller, outstanding.

Many thanks to Netgalley and HQ Digital for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

John, Maisie and Miller- 3 strangers, 3 different lives with 3 different stories however they are all connected to each other in some way.
Great read -Keeps you on your toes. This is the kind of book where you need to keep your white about you as you can so easily get lost in it and lose the story.
Thank you to both NetGalley and HQ Digital publishers for giving me the opportunity to read this in exchange for my honest, unbiased review

The debut novel by Ronnie Turner was an excellent read. I became engrossed immediately and the carefully developed plot was unusual in that there were three different, apparently unrelated, perspectives.

The narrative alternates between Miller, Maisie and John. Miller’s narrative is from a childhood, which is sinister and quite scary. Maisie’s viewpoint is as an ICU nurse who is looking after a patient who may not recover. John has had his daughter kidnapped and him and his wife receive notes and pictures of what the kidnapper is doing to their daughter.

The story line gradually began to intermingle and I became aware of how these characters could potentially know each other. Having said that I didn’t guess all the twists and turns.

‘Lies Between Us’ has a wicked twist.

I would like to thank NetGalley, HQ Digital and Ronnie Turner for my ARC in return for my honest review.

Excellent Read. Highly recommended.

I thought the writing was incredible. The writing style as it flicks between the various characters almost made me feel as if different authors had written each character and then meshed them together to make a book. The way the author adopted her writing to fit with the personalities of each character is really impressive. I haven’t noticed this done as well in any book i’ve read recently.

It doesn’t become apparent until much further on in the book how the various timelines and groups of characters fit together. By the time I was given some clues as to how the pieces of the puzzle join I was completely gripped wanting to know what the finished product was going to turn out like.

For me the making of any good thriller is where I am kept guessing through the majority of the book and this book did just that for me. Many books have been written previously with the theme around a missing child, but the twist the author has given this story made it a unique read for me and it will stand out in my mind apart from other books I have read around these topics. See if it stands out for you and give it a read! It’s a thumbs up from me and I can’t wait to see what the author thinks up for her next book.

For a debut novel this book reads very well and for me it slots well in to the busy, popular and very competitive psychological thriller genre - the story is definitely one that I enjoyed!

The book has some very well developed characters and I felt that their interaction within the story was completely on point and it really helps to carry the plot through to the ending. I enjoyed finding out more about them as the story progressed but I did guess quite a few key points in the plot before they were confirmed. It kept me engaged and I'd read it in 2 days.

I enjoyed the plot and how the story is told through several characters. In the main I didn't find it confusing but I will admit that I did have to read the ending more than once as I found it a tad disjointed but it didn't really detract too much from my enjoyment overall of the story.

Four stars from me, it is a well written story with a great set of characters and I loved the main storylines that run through it - looking forward to see what the author releases next!