Saturday, April 21, 2018

Let Me Lie/ Clare Mackintosh/ 386 pgs

Let Me Lie is the third book I've read by Clare Mackintosh. She writes unconnected suspense novels set in England, usually with one perspective from the victim and the other from the police. I like her writing but there seems to be an instance in each book where I think "That course of action does not make logical sense." It happens again here, but I still enjoyed the book. Anna is a new mother. It's just before Christmas and also the one year anniversary of her mother's suicide, which followed seven months after her father's suicide. Things have been rough for her, to say the least. She receives a card questioning whether her mother committed suicide and goes to the police, asking that they investigate again to determine whether her parents might have been murdered. The police in this instance is Murray, a semi-retired detective with a wife who suffers from bipolar disorder. The mystery surrounding Anna's parents kept me guessing almost until the end. Even more well-done, however, was the subplot of Murray and his wife. Well-done, but heartbreaking.

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