5.0 out of 5 stars Great read

A.J. · 25 April 2025

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Woman who Lied

S.O. · 18 May 2025

Well worth a read. Keeps you guessing.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent story line.

S. · 17 May 2025

Keeps you in suspense all the way through.

3.0 out of 5 stars Slow

C. · 11 August 2024

It took me almost 2 week of daily reading to get into this book. I almost gave up many times. It is very slow with a lot of characters and it seemed like three disjoint plot lines. After almost half way, it becomes clearer and more absorbing, I finished the second half in a day. Once it gets going it is quite clever as the main character Emilia suspects almost all her friends of stalking her and murder until one by one they are cleared leaving just one.

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting read

M.K. · 23 February 2025

A good read with a few twists and turns. Not her best book and a little convoluted and rushed in the end. Sometimes simple plots are better even if it’s a work of fiction.

5.0 out of 5 stars Another Claire Douglas hit

A. · 12 April 2025

Another hit from Claire Douglas. Working my way through her novels and this one is as good as the others. Ticks all the boxes.

5.0 out of 5 stars This's the book I most enjoyed reading in ages. And I read a great lot!

S. · 2 February 2024

This's the first book I read by Claire Douglas. Initially, I read the first few pages but I thought that it wasn't for me. A few weeks later, as I ran out of books to read, I thought I'd give it another go. Well, I absolutely loved it so much so, I read it all within one day. I couldn't put it down. I didn't guess the ending, something that I usually do. I guessed something about one protagonist, but not the full plot. In fact, I thought it was something else all together. She can write were well and capture the imagination. So many plots and twists taking the reader into different possibilities. I good at spotting red herrings, but not this time. I just bought 2 more books by Claire Douglas, 'The Couple at No. 9' and 'The Girls Who disappeared'. They've just been delivered. I'm looking forward to reading them. Great author of crime books.

4.0 out of 5 stars Be careful what you write

M. · 5 December 2023

Emilia Ward always dreamt of becoming a crime writer but, after leaving university and being flat broke, she chose to be a journalist instead. Unfortunately, having then met and married her first husband Jonas – after unexpectedly becoming pregnant – she soon found there was little time to pursue either career. However, when Jonas then decided to leave her for her best friend Kristin, Emilia used the time she had while her daughter Jasmine was at school to start writing her first detective novel, which culminated in the success of her DI Miranda Moody series. Finally, she had achieved her dream.Now, happily married to her second husband Elliot, with whom she has a son Wilfie, Emilia has decided to kill off her detective heroine and concentrate on a standalone novel – a concept she is not sure will go down well with her publisher. However, while she waits for a verdict on her latest manuscript, she begins to experience a series of strange incidents, all mimicking events from her new novel. It is only when she realises that the manuscript had only been read by a few close friends and family, that she begins to suspect someone close to her must be responsible and that, if they stick to the story, it will ultimately end in the death of DI Moody … and therefore potentially her own.I really enjoyed this novel as its complicated format challenged my powers of deduction. Once the initial mystery has been established, the story then divides into three threads. The first follows Emilia’s gradual decline into paranoia as she struggles to understand who is threatening her. The second thread follows a storyline from Emilia’s manuscript, while the third follows the investigation of Emilia’s stalker through the eyes of the detective in charge of her case. This might sound confusing but as the story nears its conclusion, everything falls into place.‘The Woman Who Lied’ is written in such a clever way that everyone is a plausible suspect. Each time I thought I knew the guilty party, another plausible suspect presented itself to change my mind, keeping me engrossed to the very end when all is revealed. The whole novel is a rollercoaster of action and suspense, and one which I can thoroughly recommend.

WONDERFUL BOOK

D.W. · 13 September 2023

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Me ha encantado

M.G. · 15 September 2023

Descubrí a Claire Douglas porque buscaba un libro de intriga que fuera fácil de leer en inglés. Y este ya es el tercer libro que compro.Un libro dinámico, en el que hasta el último momento no descubres toda la trama. Y esto es lo que más me gusta, te mantiene en vilo durante todo el relato.Sin duda, una de mis escritoras preferidas.

Unique plot

K.C. · 23 March 2024

Definitely a unique thriller I have ever read. Highly recommended for those in book slump or even for beginners starting the habit of reading..

ホラー性に富むミステリー？

Y. · 26 February 2025

女性同志の人間関係の複雑さ、過去と現在の時制の違い、そしてなにより主人公の過去の著作と現在の出来事の相似性、などが絡み合って、フォローしづらい面があった。ミステリーなのか　ホラーなのか　両面性も感じた。しかし本書を手放せないことは紛れもない事実だった。YY

Recommended

m. · 2 April 2025

Entertaining and hard to put down.