Wife, Mother, Liar is an intensely twisty thriller, taking the reader down shocking paths with every turn. The story follows Jill and Wendy throughout a weekend get together as they try to come to terms with a tragedy affecting their families two years ago. Told from multiple perspectives, the book slowly peels back the layers, uncovering lie after lie until it reaches a shocking conclusion. If you think you know what really happened, think again. Excellent narrative and well structured story.

Talk about "frenemies"! I was breathless and sleep deprived by the time I finished this one.

Sue Watson nails it again with this twisty tail of loss and revenge. I don't know who I liked less/more but the twists kept coming and the lies kept being revealed and Watson's brilliance was once again on full display.

Thank you to the publisher for gifting me a copy. It is my pleasure to write an honest review.

Another brilliant read from Sue Watson and I was completely hooked from the first page.
Jill’s life has fallen apart, her son Leo has passed away and her husband has had another affair. Jill decides to invite her old friend and neighbour Wendy for a trip away to a remote area of Wales.
This book was filled with twists and turns and had me on tender hooks.
It was good that the chapters alternated between Wendy and Jill as I think this added to the suspense of the story,
The ended was fantastic and not what I was expecting at all.
Thanks to NetGalley, Sue Watson and Bookouture for an advance copy in exchange for an honest and unbiased review.

Truely awesome. I was glued. In the beginning it sounds like an usual murder story premise., But as you read further, you feel intrigued, and the story gets more suspenseful. Very well written.

Many thanks to netgalley, the author and bookouture for approving my request to read this book and what a book it is!!

I absolutely loved this twisty, fast paced psychological thriller and couldn't turn the pages quickly enough-I desperately wanted to know how it was going to end and enjoyed every page leading up to it immensely.

This book had me guessing throughout and the final chapter was an absolute corker.

One of the best books I've read this year-5 stars from me!

WIFE MOTHER LIAR by Sue Watson
Release date set for the 10th of January 2025.
I have been really excited to start this book.
I was hooked by the end of chapter 1.
I binge read this book and i couldn't put it down.
I loved the POVs from Jill and Wendy.
This book follows the story of neighbours who used to be best friends until their kids went to prom together.
Only one of the kids returns home.
Packed with twists and turns that you don't see coming.
This is my first book by Sue Watson and i have already downloaded my second book of hers to read.
Brilliant storyteller.

I have read all books from this author and I never cease to be amazed by them. I thought this was slightly different from her previous books but definitely just as good.

The storyline was brilliant full of lies and deceit with two friends and it was definitely a page turner which kept me involved all the way.

Thank you to Netgalley and Bookouture for this ARC which I have no hesitation in recommending.

Wife Mother Liar
By: Sue Watson
Pub date: January 10, 2025
Publisher: Bookouture

Watson always gives her readers fun and twisted psychological thrillers, and this is no exception.

Two families with secrets that can have devastated consequences. The mothers Jill and Wendy are very different and their children are set to go to prom. A past secret comes to front as this novel is told in alternating views and when someone is murdered, things come out. Who could possibly have a motive? Lies, affairs, backstabbing, jealousy and more are motives alone.

Thank you Bookouture for having me on tour.

Title: Wife. Mother, Liar
Author: Sue Watson
Publisher: Bookouture
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Pub Date: January 10, 2025
My Rating: 4 Stars!
Pages: 317

Story is told from the POV of best friends Wendy and Jill.
Wendy and Jill were friends first – then Wives, then Mothers.

Wife ~ Jill is Tim Wilson’s wife and Wendy is the wife of Robert Jones.
Mother ~ Leo is Jill’s son and Olivia is Wendy’s daughter /
Much to the mother’s delight the children are friends - they were born within weeks of one another, played together as children and when they are sixteen and in high school they go to the prom together.
Life had been just perfect for both Wendy and Jill until ~ someone is a liar.
Liar ~ Who is the liar and why did they lie?

The Mothers are now ex-wives and go on a so called ‘Stargazing’ trip to bond after experiencing the tragedy of one of their children coming home from the prom and the other found dead.
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It got a bit bizarre when they go stargazing. There was so much happening I thought - Wait a minute am I reading the same book?
My head was swirling - I honestly was speechless the last part of this story.

This is my seventh Sue Watson – I call myself a fan!
She once again delivered and outstand read.

Want to thank NetGalley and Bookouture for granting me the pleasure of reading this GREAT early eGalley.
Publishing Release Date scheduled for January 10, 2025.

If you love a Sue Watson thriller you will love this one!
The beginning of the book, you think that it is a story of revenge between two female friends who had been neighbours for 20 years but as the story unfolds it shows how much the neighbours families were entwined.
So many twists and turns . You think you know the ending but with the turn of a page you find out you don't!

Couldn’t put this one down. I was gripped from the beginning and loved every second. Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this ARC!

This book is set in this eerie cabin in Wales, and let me tell you, Sue Watson nails the atmosphere. You can practically feel the, oppressive darkness of the place..it’s so vivid!

Okay, imagine this!
Wendy and Jill are best friends and neighbors.. they’re super close. But things start getting weird when Jill notices her husband acting a little too friendly with Wendy. At first, she convinces herself it’s nothing, he’s just being his usual charming self, right?

Then, fast forward a bit, and Jill’s son ends up taking Wendy’s daughter to prom. And Jill? She’s not thrilled. She’s never really trusted Wendy’s daughter because, honestly, she’s just too much like her mom. And then, everything falls apart. Something tragic happens, and only one of the kids comes back that night. It’s devastating, and you can’t help but wonder what really happened? Who’s hiding what? It’s intense.

The prologue hooked me right away, it was so gripping that I couldn’t help but dive in. Every chapter had some kind of revelation or cliffhanger that kept me turning pages like crazy. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any better, it did!

Wowsers!!! That was a head spinner. A deliciously tangled web of lies that had me screaming 'oh no!' in my head on a few occasions. I think this is my favourite book by this author so far, just because of the way the truth reveals itself, building up and up and up to a fabulous ending. If you like stories about neighbours getting too involved in each other's lives, then this one is for you. Absolutely loved it!

Once again another fabulous book by Sue Watson, one of my favourite authors. When I see one of Sue's books I do not worry about reading the blurb, I just immediately request them.

This is a story about families, love, friendship, lies and betrayals. Jill and her husband Tim struggled for many years to have a baby and finally they welcomed a baby boy into the world, Leo. Jill was besotted but also a very nervous mother and for his whole Life she kept Leo close.

Next door lives Wendy and her husband Robert, they have a daughter Olivia and two other sons. Wendy is a much more relaxed mother than Jill but they become good friends.

On the night of their prom Leo and Olivia attend together but a terrible event happens that changes everyone's lives. Soon friendships will be tested and love that they thought they new may not take on a different light.

Once again I was turning the pages at a fast pace, lots of surprises , tension and suspence that will keep you entertained. I highly recommend this book and can't wait until Sue writes another.

Two old friends go on a weekend away together, both have completely different agendas and ideas on how the weekend will end. After their children attended prom together a year and a half earlier and only one came home, their relationship has been strained, with the dead child’s mother believing the other child is to blame and convinced their mum is covering for them.

The story is told through alternating chapters from the two friends POV- Jill and Wendy and as we read we find out their intentions for the weekend as well as the truth of what happened the night of the prom.

This is a twisty thriller that kept me guessing to the end, as usual a great read from Sue Watson.

I received this book from NetGalley as an Arc reader in exchange for an honest review. I found this story to be very intriguing and captivating from the minute I started reading. The author did very well to keep the story interesting without adding unnecessary storylines or plot points. I enjoyed both POV’s from Jill and Wendy. The only reason this fell down to a 4 star to me is because once the major plot twist is revealed, I just felt there was random twists added one on top of the other which made it predictable to me. Overall I quite enjoyed this and would recommend it to people in need of a good thriller!

𝑺𝒉𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒃𝒂𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒅𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒅, 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒇𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒅𝒂𝒚𝒔 𝒂𝒇𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒇𝒊𝒓𝒔𝒕 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎. 𝑯𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒋𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒊𝒙𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒚𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒔 𝒐𝒍𝒅.

I thought this book was going to be about two neighbors who became two best friends, enjoying the camaraderie of raising their kids together, becoming extended family to one another, and always being a sympathetic ear to the other, but that description doesn't even scratch the surface.

The two women have very different personalities and parenting styles--Jill is tightly wound, perhaps because it was so difficult for her to conceive and bring a pregnancy to term, so she's very Type A and protective over her son Leo. She makes her disdain known over her friend Wendy's more relaxed parenting style with her daughter Olivia. Things get interesting when the kids go to prom together, and through alternating points of view, we discover that neither parent is especially thrilled over the interest their children are showing one another.

As if losing her precious only son weren't enough, Jill's marriage is falling apart after she discovers her husband's latest affair, just another in a string of many. Because Wendy had confided in Jill in the past that she was cheating on her husband, she can't help but feel uneasy. Is there something going on between her husband and her best friend? And even worse, after Leo's death. Olivia suddenly moved out of the country to live with her father. Jill is convinced that her friend knows more than she's letting on about what happened the night of prom when Leo ended up in the river.

With every chapter ending on a cliffhanger, the tension was high, and when Jill invites Wendy to a getaway in a remote cabin in the mountains under the guise of repairing their strained friendship, what really happened on prom night will implode the lives of these women forever. With layer after layer of deception, this is an absolute must read!

Many thanks to NetGalley and Bookouture for this early read. At the time this review was written, this title was expected to publish January 10, 2025.

A nicely twisty one that will keep you guessing. Jill and Wendy tell their story a story centered around Jill's much loved son Leo who died after going to the prom with Wendy's daughter Olivia. Both women have secrets, secrets which are more painful than will be immediately obvious. I gotta say Wendy really should not have accepted that invite but then we wouldn't have had this page turner. Thanks to Netgalley for the arC.

This is a dark tale of grief and revenge following a mother’s loss of her son. After her son dies following his high school prom his mother is consumed with grief and determined to find someone to blame for what happened to him. Her search has alienated all of those closest to her but when she reaches out to her best friend for them to spend a weekend together in Wales it looks like she’s finally ready to move on with her life but the truth is darker than anyone imagined. She wants someone to pay and she knows those closest to her have the answers she needs. A great edge of your seats read.

Wow! This was a great read! I will be recommending to all fans of twisty thrillers. I could not put this down - I kept saying “one more chapter”. Jill and Wendy are former neighbors and besties….both have huge secrets and neither one are what they seem at first. Throw in a murder on prom night and a creepy older couple with an even creepier shed and you’ve got a winner here! Told from alternating points of view, I loved getting to know both characters and enjoyed their outrageous behavior. I am new to Sue Watson, but will be reading more of her work now. Thanks to Net Galley for an advance copy!