ELIZABETH MCGREGOR's novels are always thrilling. "Little White Lies" is a keeps your nerves frayed and your eyes wide open throughout every page. I love the cover and the story of all of her novels!

Little White lies by Elizabeth Mcgregor.
A very good read. Good story. Good characters but wasn't sure if I liked them or not. 4*.

The morning that her husband David decided to drive his car into the front of a lorry started like any other, the only discrepancy being the dead bird that Beth found on the doorstep.

But that wasn't the only shock that fate had in store for Beth, apparently David had been having an affair with their neighbour Julia and had been planning on leaving Beth. He had also gone behind her back, sold his shares and taken out a second morgage. But if he had done that then where was all the money?

During her search for answers, Beth finds herself being drawn into the lives of Julia, her solicitor husband Oliver and their constantly sickly five year old daughter Rosie.

Beth finds herself struggling to differentiate the truth from the lies..What is the truth? And with the people around her hiding their true selves behind masks of deception, who can Beth trust?

Although the story is mainly told from Beth's perspective, there was also parts interspersed throughout the book that were told from the perspectives of other characters including Julia and Oliver. The author's depictions of Beth's mixed emotions and confusion were very realistic and Beth was a likeable character. But there were times when for a supposedly intelligent character,she came across as a bit dumb and she did have a bit of a stubborn streak. I can't say that I thought Oliver was a very likeable character or was just the case of me being manipulated by a very clever author. Julia was a very complex character who I had mixed feelings about and my heart went out to poor little Rosie for various reasons.

This is a enthralling thriller/domestic drama that keeps the reader guessing until towards the end of the book. It's fast paced but the story is intriguing,played with the reader's emotions and held your attention throughout. The characters were vivid and believable, there was a couple of intense moments and a jaw dropping,chilling conclusion. This is the first book that I have read that was written by this author and it most definitely will not be my last.

Beth's husband has been killed in a car accident. Beth assumes her husband was on his way to work but he has a suitcase if clothes and his passport, was he leaving her? Where is all their money? Strange story with a lot of characters and side stories to keep track of but it kept my interest.

Beth's husband tragically dies in a senseless accident. While she has to deal with her grief, she discovers secrets that he kept from her and this just adds to her grief.... Great read and very entertaining!

After several times trying to get into this book, I have to put it in my DNF pile. I am not able to connect with any of the characters. I was able to get to about the halfway point and was still not able to pick out anyone I particularly liked or wanted to root for. I feel like the plot was there, but I needed to connect. Not the right fit for me!

Little White Lies was a great book that kept me hooked from the first few pages so much so that before I knew what was happening I'd sat and finished it in one sitting. The book confused me slightly at first wondering how all the characters were coming together but I'm glad I persevered as I loved it. My first book by Elizabeth McGregor but it certainly will not be my last.

I am a fan of Elizabeth McGregor but this one wasn't for me. Too many weird characters and too many story lines that were nothing but vague...

It seems like a very normal day in a conventional marriage. Beth and David had a steady, conventional marriage until the day David left for work as usual, drove head on onto a lorry at high speed and was killed instantly. Unraveling the whys and hows was what left Beth not just with unanswered questions but led her to a morass of never ending lies and suspicions and betrayals. Did Beth even know the man she was married to.

The story led you on gently at first but it was bewildering because each day brought fresh clues to another life, which had seemed so well hidden that it was if Beth and David were strangers to each other not a husband and wife. How well one could have a second life, a second home totally parallel to the other becomes a reality with this book.

The ending was unexpected! It also got you thinking how many of us live duplicate lives!!
Goodreads and Amazon review up on 5/5/2017. Review on my blog up only end July 2017

great read and easy to follow story line. look forward to reading more from this author.

When Beth's husband is killed in an accident, it seems that Beth didn't know him at all. She thought he left that morning to go to work as usual, but he took his clothes and passport. He had mortgaged the house and taken all the money. The more the little white lies pile up, the more Beth's world as she knew it disintegrates. Her life will never be the same again.

I was completely captivated by Beth's story and couldn't wait to find out what really happened. The ending was unexpected and well worth waiting for. I am looking forward to reading more books by this author.

Thanks Netgalley. Great story, so many things and so many lies. Great book

I found this a very confusing story with too many characters that I couldn't keep up. Sorry !

Who to believe? That is the question.

Beth's husband is killed in a car accident. She had no idea he was leaving her. He had left that morning to go to work. She did not know he had his passport and most of his clothes in the car. She did not know he had been having an affair. She did not know he had taken a second mortgage on the house, and the money had disappeared. It would seem that Beth did not know much about her husband at all.

So who is she to believe? Is she to believe her husband's lover, the woman she thought of as her closest friend? Is she to believe her lawyer, husband of her husband's lover, who seems complicit both in the affair and the missing money? And what about Rosie - a sickly child caught up in the war between her parents?

This book was chilling. Because of my background in psychiatric nursing, I picked up on a few things early on and had some idea of where it was heading. But the ending? ABSOLUTELY CHILLING!

This is an author I will be following.

Thank you to Endeavour Press via NetGalley for providing a digital ARC of Little White Lies by Elizabeth McGregor for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

This book starts immediately, unlike many others where it takes forever to get into the story. It begins with the death of David, the husband of Beth. The book is then told from Beth's perspective. It appears that no one is quite telling Beth the truth and all that she believed in begins to be striped away. Beth's neighbour Julia has her own problems and Beth's involvement with this family has some sinister consequences. The plot is far fetched at times and I was a little irritated at Beth's shifting suspicions. However, i did read it and it did keep my interest. This one is probably best recommended as a good holiday read due to its pace.

I did not finish this book as I did not engage with the characters or their story.