Pillar of the community Joe McKee has cancer everyone is in shock.He wants his family around him but his daughter Ciara and step daughter Heidi feel as if they don't want to be there but decide too. Joe ruined their lives and their relationships
Joe died quicker than they thought was it natural or had somebody helped him along.
This book was very dark in places and everyone seemed to have secrets.
Another well written book by Clare Allen
Thanks NetGalley

Wow, what a book.  If you have triggers about sexual abuse on minors, then you need to steer clear of this book, as it’s a prevalent part of the book.  While this book was not very shocking, it was absolutely well written, dark, disturbing, chilling, and thrilling.  I would not recommend if the themes mentioned above will bother you, but if you are not triggered by the subject I think you will find yourself immersed in this dark world Claire Allen built.  
Will make sure to buzz it up on all the different platforms; while a tough subject, Allen did well in tackling it with respect!

The pace of this book left me frustrated. Although I was intrigued to find out what was going on, I did want more from it. I liked the way it jumped from past and present and each character and I did feel for them.
Thank you Netgalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

To say that I enjoyed this suspense thriller by Claire Allan is an understatement. The first few pages were 100% what I love to grip me straight into a thriller and Claire Allan I have found is becoming a firm favourite of mine.
The book starts off so descriptive I literally felt a grey cloud over my head when reading this book. You meet the main characters in the first couple of chapters and as there aren’t many main characters I found them easy to remember who they are.
This book was dark and at times quite sinister. I loved that there is only a few characters and that even though at times you didn’t like them you could definitely feel sorry for them. You immediately get the vibes from the beginning of the book that something isn’t quite right with the family.
Joe McKenna is who the book is about but the main focus is on Heidi his step-daughter and Ciara his daughter. There is definitely some tension between all three and even though  I kind of guessed what happened between them but the tension leading up to the reveal was immense. It had my heart palpitating and me keep turning the page to find out what happened.
I didn’t really like Ciara, I know she had an awful time herself but my goodness the bitterness. I do find however if I don’t like a character its usually as they are so well written by the author. I did like her more towards the end of the book but she definitely needed a slap at times.
Heidi was a bit more likeable. I felt sorry for her from start to finish. She literally felt that she was being attacked by everyone, and I could actually see this. Add in the fact that she had just given birth and she was trying to look after herself and her stepfather on very little sleep you can definitely feel for her.
The suspense built up throughout the book and the last few chapters were definitely explosive. I literally had my heart in my throat and as I said the pages just kept turning, I needed to know what happened and why! I also have to admit the ending was a but of a twist for me which I do enjoy.
An overall rally good Suspense Thriller, I would highly recommend this if you want a page turning book that will keep you awake till the early hours.

This is such a compelling book.

Everything in this book contributes to the chilling plot. There is an atmosphere in the house, you can just feel that it is a house of secrets and unhappiness. Even the season, with its dark and cold weather, storms and rain, creates the ideal setting for the events that take place. It’s a dark and disturbing plot, and the scene is perfectly set for this.

The pace is a real slow burner, building the tension all the while. It makes for page-turning stuff.

The story is told from several points of view, but predominately from Heidi and Ciara’s. I didn’t particularly like Ciara at the start, but as I got to know her, I began to understand her. The timeline switches from past to present, giving us hints as to what happened.

I’ve often heard of jaw dropping plot twists, but this one genuinely did make my jaw drop! I thought I had it all figured out, but I hadn’t.

A superbly written, dark and compelling novel. This is a book that pulls you in and doesn’t let go, even beyond the last page. So good.

I enjoyed this but it was fairly predictable and I thought it could have been faster paced. I sympathised with the 2 daughters of Joe, and appreciated their issues.

Joe McKee has cancer and his Stepdaughter Heidi is caring for him. His Daughter arrives on hearing that her Father doesn’t have long to live. After the funeral the secrets of Joe’s life emerge with lots of horrifying truths. The police are involved and find out that Joe didn’t die in the circumstances we were first led to believe. 
Having read and enjoyed all of this author’s previous work, I was eager to read this book. However, I felt that the story was just too drawn out for me. The lead up to the ‘who done it’ was very long and didn’t grip me in a way that I had hoped or expected from all of Claire Allan’s previous books. The issues raised in this book were dealt with very well and with much sensitivity.

The Liar's Daughter by Claire Allan discusses a very important and timely subject. Pedophilia and domestic violence are not to be taken lightly and lately these has taken fair share of attention but I don't think we can discuss it enough. 

Entire story is woven around two female protagonists. Ciara and Heidi, Two step daughter's of Joe McKee who was diagnosed with an incurable cancer. Girls seems to loath him and the chapter after chapter keep the reader engaged to find out why. beyond a point it get s obvious and plot becomes bland and repetitive.I expected the author to discuss deeply about domestic abuse but this entire plot clearly lacked the punch I have been looking for. 

I really enjoyed how the female characters are built and well nuanced behaviour. Two girls though they have experienced same kind of physical and emotional trauma both of them have entirely different personalities. Whilst one is rebellious and the other is a bit nieve. Towards the end Joe's sister takes the cake. Now that's the plot twist I never saw coming.It was crafty and realistic. 

Story resonates around "whodunit" vibe. It is an undoubtedly crafty psychological thriller. It's educational and indeed thought provoking. Writing style is easy breezy and engaging. Sure do give it a try.

The Liar’s Daughter is a novel about family lies and terrible secrets that I found incredibly compelling. I really don’t want to give anything away but the big issue was relatively easy to guess from the beginning, however the twists and turns kept the suspense high. The characters in this story are all very different and each have their own motive for wanting Joe dead. This gives the story an almost Agatha Christie feel to it, with a closed cast of characters in the middle of the ‘whodunnit’

The story is told mainly from the viewpoints of Ciara and Heidi, both in the present day and when growing up. We also hear from Joe at the beginning which gives an additional element to the story. This is quite a dark and emotional story and deals with some hard issues, the murder of Joe is almost a secondary story. Therefore using the term enjoyable in a review doesn’t feel quite right, but I would recommend it. The issues are dealt with sensitively and the quality of the writing means that the story flows easily.

I’d never heard of the author before I decided to read this. What kind of rock have I been living under? Consider me better informed now. First off, I love that the book is set in Ireland. I love Ireland. Yeah, Derry! The Liar’s Daughter is structured differently than the usual thrillers I read. In a typical thriller (if there is such a thing), a body is found, police declare they were murdered and hunt the killer. This terrific book takes a slightly different approach. A man is dead, a man who’s been dying of cancer. His death isn’t a surprise. Until the police suspect foul play. This is when the story moves back and forth between the present and the memories of his daughter Ciara and step-daughter Heidi, gradually revealing what kind of man Joe was and the powerful motive to kill him. This structure worked really well and kept me hooked. I didn’t have a clue who really killed Joe and was on edge when this is finally revealed. The Liar’s Daughter is a terrific book.

This is a book full of secrets . I was gripped from the start. I have read Claire Allan's previous books and she just gets better and better. This is the best one so far. Highly recommended

I thought that this one was well written as are most books by this author however I did find the main content of the storyline rather difficult to digest in parts.

I want to start off by saying thank you for the opportunity to read and review this book, it was a very good read easy to follow along with storyline and characters. This was a new author for me but I very much enjoyed it, thank you for the opportunity and I look forward to reading more by this author again. I highly recommend this book to everybody.

As cancer slowly takes over Joe's final days, his remaining family comes together for him. But not as willingly as you'd expect a family to gather around a dying loved one. Probably because no one truly loved Joe or what he'd done.

Once the final days of him come to an end, though, things aren't over. The police realize the death was foul play. Could it be his estranged daughter, Ciara, whom Joe left for another woman? Or his step-daughter, Heidi, who couldn't stand to be around him?

The Liar's Daughter had a very good, compelling premise, Unfortunately, though, it wasn't as compelling as expected. The plot dragged on and on, with whole sections that, honestly, felt unnecessary, and the underplot was obvious from page one. Also, the murderer was way too easy to figure out, which made the book sadly predictable. All in all, not a favorite read.

I’ve really enjoyed Claire Allan’s previous books and she’s one of those authors whose books I want to read without knowing very much about them. I actually think, after reading The Liar’s Daughter, that she’s getting better with every book.

This is the story of two women: Heidi and Ciara. Ciara is Joe McKee’s daughter and Heidi is his stepdaughter. As Joe lays dying each woman feels compelled to return to help care for him, despite the fact that there is no love lost between any of them at all. I had a really good idea about why this was, and I wasn’t wrong, but the unfolding of this dark tale of twisted relationships still moved me emotionally.

It’s not an easy book to read because of the subject matter, and I imagine it wasn’t an easy book to write too, but Allan has done a brilliant job at portraying not only what the women have been through but also the knock-on effects of it, of how they both felt alone and how they dealt with their inner demons.

Joe’s death wasn’t a natural one in the end and part of the story concentrates on what happened to him. However, the larger part focuses on how those around him dealt with his life and his death. It’s such a sad story to read and I found it absolutely compelling from beginning to end.

With the exception of the odd flashback scene, almost all the action takes place in Joe’s house as his family gather before his death and then deal with the aftermath. This makes for a quite claustrophobic setting, and given that there are only a few people there, almost a locked room mystery as to the nature of his death.

The Liar’s Daughter is a powerful and absorbing story and a triumph for the author.

Claire Allan is back with a sensational new thriller that is sure to chill readers to the bone and keep them reading all through the night: The Liar’s Daughter.

Joe McKee was a pillar of the Derry community. Loved, respected and admired by everyone in town, the news that he was terminally ill had shocked and saddened every single person who knew him and when he had succumbed to his illness, his friends and family were deeply saddened that cancer had taken this much-loved man so prematurely. The entire community is reeling from this tragic loss and everyone is grieving and mourning a man who had done so much for Derry. However, there are two people who are not the slightest bit sorry that Joe is dead. Two people who know the real Joe McKee and who lived with the dark demons that consumed and overwhelmed him: his daughter Ciara and stepdaughter Heidi. Joe was meant to love and protect his children, but Ciara and Heidi had to endure untold horrors at the hands of a man who behind closed doors was worlds apart from the man revered by the entire Derry community.

As the mourners gather to celebrate his life and mourn the loss of this great man, they are left gobsmacked by the shocking news that the police are treating Joe’s death as suspicious. Joe was a man whose life had been claimed by illness and it is preposterous that the police cannot see that, but as doubts start to be cast about his last few days, everyone in Derry starts wondering who was the real Joe McKee? What secrets has he taken with him to his grave? As the twisted and tangled web of lies and deceit begin to unravel, it soon transpires that Ciara and Heidi might have just had the best possible reason for killing him…

Just what part did Ciara and Heidi pay in Joe’s demise? Did he die of natural causes? Or were the secrets of the past so sinister that murder was the only option?

Claire Allan is on top form once again with The Liar’s Daughter. A top-notch thriller that grabs a hold of readers from the very first page and keeps them on the edge of their seats throughout, The Liar’s Daughter has more twists and turns than a rollercoaster and plenty of shocking secrets and jaw-dropping revelations to keep the pages turning from dusk till dawn.

Terrifying, captivating and impossible to put down, The Liar’s Daughter is another winner from the fantastic Claire Allan.

I've pretty much read all of Claire Allan's books and I can safely say without any doubts that this author never disappoints she writes complete page turners and this for me was the best of them all! I read this in 2 sittings at break neck speed of was just so compelling i had to know how this would all unfold and it definitely gave me hard core Agatha Christie vibes it's just a sheer fast paced whodunit, perfection!

The story begins with the death of Joe Mckee, a man who appears to be a pillar of the community expect his daughter Ciara and step daughter Heidi seem not to sad about the fact that there father is dead and so begins the clever, fast paced page Turner that is often hard to read yet just as hard to put down story of a man who hides his evil well.

Heidi was just such a strong character i loved her fighting spirit although she appears not as strong as Ciara i felt like she was, she had dealt with so much at such a young age i just really felt for her the most she was so brave! I had an idea of whodunit all the way through and I was right in the end but it was such an excellent ending i won't forget this book for a long while. 

Honestly this was just so well done, I was so angry at times reading this and at other points it totally made me cry, cannot rate this high enough.


I voluntary reviewed this book Thank you so much to the publishers who sent me a ecopy of this book via netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

The Liar’s Daughter is a powerful, emotional thriller which has stayed with me long after reading.

I have to admit I wasn’t expecting this to be as much of an emotional read as it was. The author has written about a distressing subject with compassion without ever over dramatising things. Some of the scenes were really heartbreaking and very poignant which made them hard to read at times.

This was a bit if a slow build though there was enough mystery and intrigue to want me to keep reading. I was very glad I did as the pace soon picked up and the many twists kept me firmly gripped. I liked how the author kept me guessing until the end, where the huge twist had me gasping in shock which I always love!

Huge thanks to Sanjana from Avon for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book. If you like gripping, haunting thrillers then you’ll love this book.

A very emotive and powerful story told as always, brilliantly by this author.  Not a subject that everyone wants to read about but the author wrote it in such a way it was hard to put the book down.

The Liar’s Daughter is the kind of thriller that I absolutely love to read – and I did absolutely love this book! The first thing that pulled me in was the easy narration which was first person. You jumped between the two main characters but you could really tell that each was different and unique which is always good. On top of that, the words just hooked me straight in. The story pulled at my curiosity and had me itching to continue reading and find out what was happening.

I flew through this book in the end. I think it took me about two days to read in the end because I simply could not put the book down. This may not seem like much but I am the kind of person that often takes a week to finish a book because I get distracted or want to read a different book. So the fact that I didn’t is a good testament to how much this book was addictive and intense.

The atmosphere in the book was truly incredible. You could feel the tension between all of the characters. I was thrown off on who did it just once but my second guess was on the money – which may seem like a bad thing but it also added to the suspense while you watch the characters try and sort through everything that was happening.

If there are four people in the house when a murder occurs – who can you trust? This is essentially how this book played out and the lack of trust between the characters was so fascinating to read. I would highly recommend this book if you like claustrophobic type thrillers!