Lying In Wait

Goodreads Description

The last people who expect to be meeting with a drug-addicted prostitute are a respected judge and his reclusive wife. And they certainly don't plan to kill her and bury her in their exquisite suburban garden. Yet Andrew and Lydia Fitzsimons find themselves in this unfortunate situation. While Lydia does all she can to protect their innocent son Laurence and their social standing, her husband begins to falls apart. But Laurence is not as naïve as Lydia thinks. And his obsession with the dead girl's family may be the undoing of his own.

My Review

This book has one of the best opening sentences that I've ever read. I don't want to spoil it for you bookworms and so I won't mention it here, but trust me, it sucks you right into the story from the very first line. As soon as I read that line, I knew I was going to love this book. And boy, did I love it!

This is what I would call a genuine psychological thriller. Yes, there is a murder involved, but from there, the book becomes about people: it's about their psyches, their characters, what makes them tick, how they think, how they deceive, how they act in certain situations. This is one of the best examples of a true psychological thriller that I've ever read.

The characters are so interesting and so well described. I was enthralled by them all. I was hanging onto each page, clawing my way through to the end, dying to know how everything was going to pan out. Annie was a fascinating, weird, double-sided character, Laurence was a total enigma, Lydia was an unlikable nutcase, and Helen was just plain bizarre, but yet something about her was so genuine and honest. And there are many other characters that were equally enthralling. Oh my, what a read.

This is a very easy novel to read, and it flows effortlessly towards its shocking conclusion. The book does lag perhaps a tiny bit in the middle, but it by no means grinds to a halt. I was still absolutely hooked. And my word, that ending, although not a true twist in the genuine sense of the word, still enough of a twist to leave me reeling. I finished the book, put it down, turned off my bedside light and then spent the next 30 minutes thinking about it. I love it when books do that!

This is a book that delves into the dark and deep nature of the soul. It's about people acting in ways that you would never expect, but which are totally possible. It's a book that left me asking questions about human nature, about love, about selfishness and about independence.

Oh my...yes, it's another one that's been recorded in my diary as one of my 2017 favourites. I can't believe that I bought this book last year and only got to reading it now. Boy, was I missing out! It's fantastic.

My Rating: * * * * *

Publication Date: July 2016

Genre: Psychological Thriller

Format: Trade Paperback

Source: My own purchased copy.