“One Perfect Lie” by Lisa Scottoline

I received this book for free from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.

Wow! What a ride. “One Perfect Lie” by Lisa Scottoline is a thriller/suspense novel and it is certainly in the correct category.  I could not put it down.

I have read several of the author’s novels, so I was ready to start reading; therefore, I did not read the synopsis beforehand and did not know the storyline.

This book is so expertly written that I had no clue what was really happening. From the reader’s perspective, it seems Chris is involved in something truly sinister. I enjoyed trying to guess what he was up to so much that I almost wished I did not know his identity and the plan to blow up something so early in the book.

“One Perfect Lie”… let’s ponder that a moment. What is the perfect lie? Is it Chris and his undercover life? Is it Paul and his affair/medical fraud? Is it Evan and his sordid affair with his teacher or his plot to blow up something? Is it Mindy and the lies she told herself about her son/family? So many lies in this book… it was great! To quote the cover, “the most perfect lie is the one you tell yourself.” However, we learn that no lie is perfect, even one told for a good/valid reason as the truth always comes out in the end.

After reading the section of the book where Mindy FINALLY finds out what her husband has been hiding from her it truly made me think about my relationship with my husband. Do I really know him as well as I think I do? Is he really at work when he says he is working late? (No worries to my friends who may read this… it’s hard to fake the sounds of the machine room and far too many people to rat him out!) But, it did give me reason to pause. Then I started wondering about my friends (sorry, peeps). What are they up to behind closed doors? What are their spouses and children up to in the dead of night? Do I really know anyone?

Great story line and ending… everything is wrapped up very neatly. Lots of twists and turns that I truly did not see coming. Solid 5 stars. As with her other best sellers, this is a “don’t miss” novel.