I am a Parks fan and was looking forward to this one! Parks is a good writer and does dialogue very well. This is a fast-paced psychological thriller with a nasty baddie. Daisy, the main character was a little frustrating and acted foolishly at times. I wanted to scream at her. I would have a liked a bit more backstory as to why she was so passive and inclined to be such a victim. There was also a plot thread at the end that was still not resolved (the Dales). But nevertheless I enjoyed the book and devoured it in almost one go (hey, I'm on holiday!).

I went into this one blind - well, Adele Parks had written it and that was good enough for me. Happily I wasn’t disappointed.

With a title of Lies, Lies, Lies, it’s clear that there will be secrets galore, some of them close to the surface, just waiting to be discovered, whilst others are deeply buried and closely guarded.

Daisy, a primary school teacher, and interior designer husband Simon should have a great life since their marriage was completed 6 years ago with the birth of their daughter Millie, after many IVF failures. However, Simon’s drinking is getting out of control, and where once upon a time Daisy would have made excuses for his behaviour, it’s obvious that it’s become an addiction, but of course Simon thinks she’s making a big deal out of nothing, and their once happy marriage begins to crumble.

I won’t go into any more detail about the storyline, other than it deals with some really difficult issues including alcohol addiction, sexual violence and post natal depression. The characters are mostly flawed and not always likeable, but that adds an extra level of interest. It was a riveting read with many surprises along the way, and then came that ending.

I thought the truth had already been revealed, but then right at the very end the REAL truth came out. The massive secret that I never even guessed at. Terrific!

This book didn't really sit well with me, I understand there are many important factors which are explored in this book but it just didn't really seem to have much of an overall purpose.

I can understand that the author is trying to introduce little shocks throughout the story but I didn't feel that they had the impact that they were expected to.

The end of the book was better because it picked up pace and had more going on. Half way through the book I felt a bit bored and like it was a bit of a chore to push on through.

Wasn't a bad read, did keep me gripped from beginning to end, didn't particularly warm to the charecters though, but all in all not a bad story that was wrapped up well at the end

This is the first novel i have read by Adele Parks and I have clearly been missing out by the looks of the the others which have been published, so I will need to do some catching up.

‘Lies, Lies, Lies’ is an awesome read which addresses so many issues prevalent in society today. One of which is how to deal with an alcoholic in a relationship and this covers anyone with an addiction.

Daisy and Simon, a functioning alcoholic, have a daughter, Millie, who was born after IVF treatment and years of believing they would never have a child. Daisy is a teacher and Simon an interior designer with their daughter showing beauty and elegance with the potential to be a ballerina.

There are a group of long-term friends, some of whom met at university and the inter-relationships cast doubts all around. This is a dark, scary tale in parts which had me cringing at times and holding my breath at others.

Many thanks to NetGalley, HQ Women’s Fiction and Adele Parks for my ARC in return for my honest review.

Highly recommended.

Another triumph by Adele Parks. This book draws you in from the opening pages to the finale, and gives you barely room to breathe. The characters are complex and believable and lead you to question the truthfulness of some of the narrative. With plenty of twists along the way, I wholly recommend this book and would like to thank Netgalley and the Publishers for this arc.

Plenty of twists and turns in this domestic thriller and I enjoyed the book. Most of the characters are pretty hideous and don't elicit much sympathy apart from Millie, an aspiring ballerina who has her dreams cruelly dashed after a horrific car accident.
Some issues are covered very well including alcoholism and prison life, they are both depressing but realistic. I don't know if the author has perhaps tried to include too many issues but the domestic noir side of things I felt a bit unrealistic. I couldn't find much sympathy for Daisy, she was a bit wishy washy and I felt that the way she dealt with things was to hide her head in the sand and ignore what was happening. However, this was a very readable book with plenty of surprises, although not my favourite of this author I would certainly recommend it.

Thanks netgalley for allowing me to read this very heart wrenching story.
Daisy and Simon are married with one daughter.
Simon is convinced daisy is having an affair with one of their friends and Daisy is not his child.
Their life is full of lies.
Then Simon starts drinking more and more and then an accident happens, and everything about their life is a lie.
The story was a little too long, but I enjoyed it very much.

I love Adele Parks and her books and this didn’t disappoint! I couldn’t put it down when I started it!
As the title says lies and secrets run right through from page one. The story has done well with the trigger issues such as alcoholism and depression too.
Not an easy read for people who suffer from this issues but I would recommend it.

Look forward to her next novel

Lies, Lies, Lies" is a book that pulls you in from the first page which I love as I don't like books that are slow to get going.
It follows various characters there families ,relationships and how things can blow them apart.
There are issues of alcoholism, adultery and fertility.
When tragedy strikes it rips a family apart , How do you get back from this ?
As the story unwinds there are many unexpected twists and turns,

This was the first book of adele parks i read, I was hooked from the start. Great read will definately read her other books!

A really good read - I enjoyed the story development for around 75% of the time, I struggled towards the end with the Daisy & Daryll dynamic, I wanted to shake her, and he felt 2 dimensional after the depth the other characters had. However, that said I enjoy the book as I do all of Adele Parks novels, I like her style and content.

Lies, lies, lies describes the life of Daisy and Simon. They love each other and their ballet mad six year old but neither is honest with the other. He finds solace in the bottle and she becomes a prissy, dutiful daughter in law, employee and mother. Despite this she is still likeable and she desperately wants Simon to sober up. When he does she is beyond caring.
The whole cosy set up with uni friends holding dinner parties and their children having sleepovers is nice rather than nauseating, They so obviously do their best and are genuinely kind.

There are some breath taking surprises and you find yourself rooting for the couple and urging them not to make a bad situation even worse.
I found prison insights fascinating. We are a;; aware that drugs and mobiles are smuggled in to prisoners but I’d no idea alcohol could be made from some of the ingredients. Then there is the stench! My only question is - when did the busy author find the time to serve a prison sentence!
I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It is so unpredictable and the pace never slackens.
I really enjoyed it.

First off I need to say that the book is very well written. I personally found the subject matter a bit tough to read but Adele has a way of drawing you in and so I kept reading to find out the outcome of the story. As the title suggests, there are a lot of lies in this book, and some twists and turns that are unexpected. If you were hoping for a light fluffy read, this book is not for you. Thanks to #netgalley for letting me read an advanced copy.

The first time I read Adele Parks was in 2013 when I was on a flight from London to Abu Dhabi. I'd downloaded 'The State We're In' mainly because I'm a nervous flyer and reckoned a romantic plot between two strangers who meet on a plane could just be the ideal antidote to hold at bay a baseless, senseless fear that I'd developed out of nowhere. Fast forward several years and I'm happy to report that although my anxieties over flying have acutely diminished, my initial awe at Adele Parks's masterful genius at weaving extraordinary stories from the humdrum of the every day has not. Her 19th novel 'Lies Lies Lies' comes out in September and is as wild a ride as there'll ever be this Fall Season

Her latest offering 'Lies Lies Lies', out next month, centres around Simon and Daisy who've been married for 17 years and have a six-year-old daughter Millie who despite her young years seems destined to become a ballerina. Simon, an interior designer, and Daisy, a teacher, are not only successful at their jobs but are surrounded by a network of supportive friends they've known since uni. But, despite the seeming outwardly perfection of the family, from the get-go readers are thrown hints that behind this family's closed doors things are not so great as one chapter after the other chisels at the perfection until it shatters into a million tiny pieces.

Simon is a functioning alcoholic (not a spoiler trust me) and Daisy is the ever dutiful wife who lives in the hope that nobody finds out. Delusional? absolutely. Saintly? Not by any stretch. For, as we move on in the novel, not only do the roots of Daisy's insecurities, struggles with her self-esteem, and pursuit of perfection surface but what emerges is also a portrait of a woman who, just like her husband, not only harbours secrets but also obsessively - maybe even selfishly - goes after what she wants regardless the consequences or the price albeit for very different reasons.

Besides Simon and Daisy, we have a large cast of characters presented in the family and friends that surround the couple and it seems that birds of a feather do flock together. Despite the disparity in the friends' financial status, they are a tight knit group who have known each other for a long time and whose children are growing up together and look to each other as surrogate siblings rather than mere friends. They all seem to think that they know one another more than they know themselves but of course, we realise as do the characters, that everything with time changes and they are no longer sure of who the person they are dealing with really is like when all is said and done - this is particularly evident in how they react towards the novel's major traumatic incident and the persons involved in it when it takes place.

So what's the novel really about? although the title is in itself self-explanatory, the novel is so multi-layered: marriage, addiction, friendship, trauma and memory, and ultimately second chances. As a domestic thriller, it is packed to the brim with twists and turns although at one point I started wanting less of both especially towards the end of the novel where too many twists left me feeling that the writing became more concerned with the shock factor than the characters' developmental arch. But that's just me nit-picking.

That said, all in all a very entertaining read.

Daisy and Simon and their longed for daughter Millie should be the perfect family but Simon drinks....lots. He seems to have kept in under control but he has found out something that sends him into a spiral of drinking and hatred of his wife.
They have good friends who try and help but there's a whole denial going on and no one speaks the truth.
Simon wasn't a likeable character but I did get to understand him more through the book. Daisy really frustrated me. At times I thought she was weak and spineless but I think her situation will send a message out to other women.
This is a roller coaster of a story and to say much more about the content would spoil it for everyone. I couldn't put this book down so happy reading.

Loved, loved, loved this. Couldn't put it down. It really did strike a few chords with me in the description of the husband and his drinking problem. I saw so many things I could identify with, and I think the author got it just right with the description of how the wife was dealing with it. Really enjoyed it with a very surprising ending. Can't recommend it enough.

Thank you to Netgalley, Adele Parks and HQ for my arc of Lies, Lies, Lies in exchange for an honest review.

Synopsis: Simon and Daisy have, to all outer appearances a great marriage, made greater by the arrival of their daughter Millie who seals the deal as a family of three, especially after so many years of trying. Simon likes a drink, but that's ok right? Everyone needs to relax, but as Simon wants to try for another baby, secrets begin to come to light and at a party one night, everything spirals suddenly out of control.

This book is a hard one to review, while I can't say I 'enjoyed' it l, I found it a gripping read and found myself needing to know what happened in the end. None of the characters were very likeable, some like Daisy I could feel pity for but certainly not like. Simon, was weak and an alcoholic, Connie a gossip and one of those saintly annoying people who don't side with anyone, then there were all the ins and outs of the friendship which were unpleasant and bitchy. But it was fascinating all the same so I'm going somewhere in the middle with 3*.

my 1st read buy this author and so enjoyed I so love a twisty book story so good its quite a cant put down book a bit sad in places SIMON and Daisy look like the perfect couple one likes to drink . but things change saying no more so recommend a must read

In many respects, this is a pretty dark read with the central subject matter being alcoholism, bullying, imprisonment, infertility, a marriage falling apart and the effects of all of these on a young girl. The amount of research that has gone into making this such a realistic book is seriously impressive. It creates an entirely believable backdrop to the constant lies from the main characters.

Simon doesn’t think he has a problem with alcohol and his wife, Daisy, constantly turns a blind eye to his erratic and unpleasant behaviour until a tragedy strikes which smashes their world and that of their daughter, Milly into pieces.

Simon and Daisy takes turns to tell the story and it has plenty of clever twists and turns. It is very well written and is explicit about the torment the couple go through to have a baby and the devastation that alcohol abuse can cause on a day-to-day family life. The characters may not be particularly pleasant but they are entirely believable and fully realised. The plot is skilfully developed and the action is well paced.

Thank you to NetGalley and HQ Stories for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.