Perception is a State of Mind with Mary Kubica
Thank you to
Parker Row Books for a copy of Every Last Lie.
I was given this copy in exchange for an honest review.
Mary Kubica
is known for getting inside her characters and creating the right amount of
tension to make the story flow. In Every
Last Lie she explores what happens when a family loses a loved one and how that
impacts those around them. So what journey will she take her readers on
in this novel?
Synopsis:
Clara last
sees her Nick husband as he offers to pick up their daughter from ballet and
get dinner. Later that same day Clara is
still waiting for dinner to arrive for her and the infant son, but receives the
police instead. They direct her to the
hospital where she finds out that her husband is dead but their daughter Maisie
has survived the crash. Once home from
the hospital Maisie starts having night terrors which are so bad she locks
herself in the bathroom. Clara wants to
ignore the bills and the well-wishers that drop by, but something does not seem
right; about Nick’s death. She starts to
believe that maybe there is something that the police aren’t telling her. Maybe there is a bad man like Maisie says
that caused her daddy’s death. Could
this bad man have killed her husband?
Who is the secret man who seems to appear it odd times around the house?
My Thoughts:
I am not a
huge fan of psychological thrillers, but Mary Kubica always finds a way to draw
me into one of her stories. I look forward to seeing her grow as a writer. I loved how she split the story with Clara’s
story being in the present. Nick’s story
is in the past leading to the present.
The audiobook was narrated well with both narrators representing Nick
and Clara well in character. For me it
is sometimes hard to love a psychological thriller because so much of the
action takes place inside the character’s head. I had hoped for a different
outcome to the story.
Mary Kubica
still tells fascinating stories!
Rating:
4/5
Mary
Kubica’s next novel When the Lights Go Out can be preordered here.
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