4.5 stars!

I had just been complaining about mysteries/thrillers ending too abruptly with too many unanswered questions and then I read Little Voices by Vanessa Lillie. WOW what a breath of fresh air.

A stunning g debut, where murder mystery meets politics, thriller. Devon Burges may be one of the most well-developed characters in a book I've read in awhile. As the chapters progressed we learned more about the voice inside her head. Is this her own internal monologue or something much bigger?

I was continually surprised as I flipped each page and every time I thought I had something figured out, I was surprised again.

I've noted this before but I really love how reading educates me on topics I may not of learned about until later. Little Voices highlights postpartum depression, which I found to be so important because as a society we don't talk about it much or the horrors of pregnancy, child birth, etc.

If this wasn't a debut, I'd be searching for other books by Vanessa Lillie!

This IS a debut yeah?
Crickey it’s just so dam well written that you wouldn’t know.

You get a lot more from this read than you will ever bargain for, a lot more and then some.

The main character being Devon. A very well developed character and well rounded that you can’t help but be pulled into her life.

It’s a political thriller come mystery. I got drawn into all what was happening, the money laundering, the death of her best friend, and got used to the italics surrounding Devon, the little voices, the negative voices. The author had me fooled until quite later.

Don’t be mistaken, definitely don’t be mislead as this story impacts a lot on family and family secrets too. Corruption and lies.

Dark secrets from Devon’s past emerge slowly shockingly taking me to a whole new level.



And I got to learn more about postpartum depression too. I had heard of it, but not it’s impact so much.

Mystery/legal thrillers, this may be what some will think it’s about, but, I can’t express more than to say there’s a heap loads of “stuff” just grabbing you into this story. I lost myself between the pages many a time as the clock was ticking towards my bedtime but I was reluctant to put the story down.

Not once did it lag, not once was this a chore to pick up, I was eager for the next chapter, then the next.

If I hadn’t had known this was a debut novel I’d easily be seeking out what else she had written, so, I’m really eager to see what the author comes up with next.

I’m so glad Ludwig and I are connected as book lovers on social media. He was reading this and I just had to get my hands on a Copy.

I’ll remember this one for some time to come.

Highly recommend this to those who love thrillers, mystery, legal thrillers and family drama thrown in and definitely in tune with factual things.

This is a new author you need to consider.
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Devon Burges is investigating murder charges against an old college buddy. She’s also suffering severe postpartum symptoms as she tries to readjust to her new roles and realities. She'll use her professional skills of detecting financial fraud to follow the clues, but this isn’t a professional matter, it’s personal. Alec’s been arrested for the killing of his nanny, one of Devon’s good friends.

Debut author Vanessa Lillie is new to the publishing world, but she writes like she was born to do it. Lillie has taken the standard crime novel and added several fresh angles. I often pride myself on picking up clues to the surprise suspense twist early on in a novel, but I did not see this resolution coming at all.

A huge thank you to the author for gifting me a NetGalley copy to read and review. This surefire hit doesn’t pub until October (full review in the fall), but put it on your radar now.