A Killer Secret

Summary: Two families with overbearing and controlling husband’s find both wife’s looking to escape there power. In the middle is a young son who looks for revenge against his father for all the lies he’s created.

Comments: Rouda again brings out the crazy in crazy and excels masterfully at it. She hooks the reader fast.

Such a good read that is full of tension and atmosphere that grips you right from the start. I couldnt stop reading

BooksGoSocial thank you for this ebook copy!

A Killer Secret by Berney is such a fabulous thriller!
I was hooked from the very first page. This was one of those books I couldn’t wait to finish because I had to know how it ended, but I was also devastated because I wanted to keep reading. Like a ride that you didn't want to get off of!
This book sucked me in at page one and kept me turning the pages. This psychological thriller was full of mystery, suspense, and twists and turns!
The writing was done so well! And I can't wait to see what he comes up with next!

Thanks again NetGalley, Publisher and Author for the chance to read and review this amazing book!
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Would you kill to keep a secret?
That's the question haunting three people whose lives become inescapably intertwined by the secrets that define them and ultimately threaten to tear them apart.
A disgraced professor, a disenchanted psychologist, and a deceitful patient are about to learn more than they expected about each other and themselves.
Will their relationships survive their secrets? Will they?
Everyone has secrets.
Some are just darker than others.
And some, well, they're worth killing to keep.

I really enjoyed this twisty thriller.
I think the author has given us an insight to something no one really thinks about.
Very well written plot and story line that keeps you engaged from the start.
The world building is excellent and helps bring all this together.
I look forward to reading more from this up and coming author.
Recommend reading highly.

I was provided an ARC from NetGalley and the publisher. This is my own honest voluntary review.

It took me a few pages to get into this book but..once I did I couldnt put it down. A mindblowing tnriller to the very last page.

Thank you Netgalley, BooksGoSocial, and Author Jeff Berney

I wasn't immediately hooked. In fact, it took me a few chapters to really get engaged but once I finally did it was an awesome, thrilling ride. So well-written with unexpected twists, I was absolutely dying to find out how it all concluded. It was binge-worthy and wholly satisfying. I'll definitely be returning to this author for more.

I wasn't sure I was going to enjoy this book initially but boy, did it prove me wrong lol. Such a captivating storyline and really nicely written. There wasn't any character that I found myself rooting for but I was still desperate to know how it all ends. A nice dark and twisty story that will definitely have you wondering

Secrets can run pretty deep. They can also torment you. That’s how it is for Dr. Edie McEvoy, trapped in an endless hell between her own past trauma and her lover Dr. Adrian Hillary. But when Edie takes on a deceitful patient, Timothy Ridle, her world starts spiraling. But everyone has secrets right? The only difference is, would you kill to keep those secrets safe?

For a debut book, I just first want to say bravo. It took me a few chapters for me to really get pulled in, but once I did I was hooked. I spent all day, stuck at work, just waiting on the clock so I could finish reading.

I think the author did a great job on each character’s personality to create emotions toward each one of them. Edie has a messed up past, and feels trapped. Adrian still dreams of being back in his prime before Edie dragged him down. And Timothy, if anything he says is true, could be a sociopath. I also did not feel like I was left with questions. Everything is revealed in a satisfactory fashion.

My only con is the slight twist at very end. Part of didn’t make any sense and I felt like it was not needed.

I highly recommend reading A Killler Secret by Jeff Berney!

Brilliantly executed, Jeff Berney is a master at writing believable, relatable, engaging characters. I felt like I was there with them and knew them.

Secrets threaten to destroy all who keep them in this tightly written, unputdownable thriller...and all who are in their path. I hated for it to end but I couldn't stop reading!

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

A psychologist out of control, her partner a control freak and a patient who ends up controlling everything. An interesting thought provoking first novel that keeps you guessing until the last page.

At first, it was a little slow for me but I hung in there after checking others reviews. So glad I did. It really starts picking up. You may not like the characters but this isn't Mary Poppins, is it?

Give it a chance. You'll be happy you did.

Will definitely read more from this author.

Edie, the jaded wife of a Great Man in the field of psychology, meets more than her match when one of her clients, Timothy, confesses to being a serial murderer. How is your oath of confidentiality supposed to sit comfortably with a bombshell of that nature? Then there's the little matter of the fact that he seems to understand her so well and wants more secrets from her if he is to share more with her.

As they do.......

The founder of the practise where she works and her husband, Adrian. is scarcely a sympathetic character, being overweight and self-absorbed. He buys her sexy underwear and wipes himself on it after practising his conjugal rights. When his dead body washes up, the police are sure Edie did it, but can she get her psychopathic patient to confess?

Not sure the writer really needed to allude to other stories from psycho-land, surely it should be able to stand on its own merits. There is a twist to all of this though, which I didn't see coming, so from that point of view, and beyond the sleaziness and mysogyny of one or two of the main characters, this ceverly written and well crafted.

I wasn't immediately hooked...It was a little slow at first but once it started to pick up I needed to keep reading, needed to know who was lying, who was telling the truth and what their secrets were. None of the characters are particularly likeable but the writing compelled me to read on and unravel the mystery surrounding them. I did not see the end coming and I loved it! I'm looking forward to reading more from Jeff Berney

⭐⭐⭐⭐Thanks to #netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. A great thriller for me to end 2021 on. A psychologist who has her own demons...her patient who tells her he is a serial killer and her older partner who is also her rather creepy mentor....this book had me captivated from the start. I loved how dark the characters were and how their secrets were slowly revealed. #akillersecret #jeffberney #netgalley #tea_sipping_bookworm #goodreads #litsy #thestorygraph #amazonkindle #bookqueen #bookstagram #thriller

The character depth was amazing! Just how far will you go to do the wrong things for the right reasons!
This was one of those books that sucked me in from the beginning and didn’t let go until I finished!

You will enjoy the book for its amazing plot line but it will also leave you thinking - questioning what your own limits might be. Pay attention - the plot is a twisty one and the characters will try to lead you down different paths. Well written without spare prose to detract from the pace, this is a cracker of a thriller.

A lot of the time I discover new to me authors to read though Netgalley and that how I found this one frist because of the cover and 2nd becouse of what the book is about . Ok so I didn't read all of what it was about as soon as I saw Would You kill for a secret, I was like ok that's all I need to know and I'm so glad that I went in with just knew that one little part . This book kept surprising me through out it ,and every time I thought I knew what was going to happen ,man was I wrong. Not going to say more then that except its a most read .

What a good surprise! A Killer Secret is a story told from the point of view of two psychologists and one of their clients. At the beginning the reader may think why there's so much talking about feelings, facts lived and outlived so much analysis, but as the story keeps on going you realize that everything is part of the plot and to help put together each character in the book. Each one sees every tiny action differently from the other, they may even believe that their actions are benign and helpful, or sometimes that being hard, resolute, not being afraid is what is important. In reality, the weaker are the strong ones! The plot grows as the tension also grows and the ending is unexpected in some ways.
A real good book that is a must-read for thriller/suspense lovers!

A Killer secret was not what I expected, so I liked it. I think I am going to buy a physical copy, because I want to read it one more time to get all the details.

This was a great thriller and just kept me gripped all the way through from the very start right to the unexpected twist at the end! The author knows how to weave an intriguing plot line and I will be looking out for more from them.