Erin rapidly becomes inconsolable as the shock of what's just happened hits her and she asks herself how on earth she didn't see it coming.

The Perfect Lie by Jo Spain | Goodreads The Perfect Lie by Jo Spain | Goodreads

Erin thought she knew everything about her husband and their life together, but it was The Perfect Lie. This really forms the central question to Spain’s new mystery, and it’s something you will ask many times as the story unfolds from it’s jaw-dropping opening chapter to the final tying up of threads. I intended to read Spain’s popular standalone release The Confession in 2018, but unfortunately it has been sitting on my shelves begging to be read.The story unfolds in an unusual format: after the shocking opening scenes, here we have the POV of Erin in the present as she is awaiting trial for the murder of her husband. When the truth eventually emerges it’s extremely shocking and I love how the author fools the reader several times - kudos! Unfortunately, the fact that it was overly long and drawn out was its ultimate downfall, because several characters continuing evasiveness sadly gave me too much time to dwell on why, so by the 60% I knew what was coming. it's a view, a roam around the island that will show you the shadows and darkness where these people live, what wealth and privilege really mean and what being an outsider of any kind really means.

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She also doesn’t trust what the police are saying about Danny, but knows there’s something he hasn’t told her.

Erin Kelly is plunged into depths of grief and confusion following the unexpected death of her husband. When I'm writing it's like preparing a crossword, putting the clues all out there so that when the reader reads it all comes together perfectly at the end. I was suspicious of the characters that pop up in this novel, I didn’t trust many of them, they all seemed to have their dark secrets!