I've enjoyed the previous novels from Heidi Perks, the twists of Now You See Her and the intrigue of Come Back For Me, and the new release cleverly combines the two. The story starts at the end, with a boutique office building on fire and three women watching it unfold. Was it an accident or something more sinister?

We then jump back, not all the way to the beginning, but near to the fire. We first meet Laura, who is going back to work after the birth of her first child. Her circumstances and emotions will ring true with many readers, you can't help but empathise with her career vs mum guilt. We then meet Mia and Janie, who have their own stories, and secrets.

Whilst the story unfolds at a pace, the answers are revealed slowly, and sometimes unexpectedly. As with Heidi Perks' other novels, you are very unlikely to be able to predict everything and that's part of the enjoyment.

As a working mum, the situations in the book are very familiar and that added to the intrigue. I've certainly looked at some of my colleagues in a different light since finishing it!

The story fluctuates between the police enquires after the fire and the months, weeks and days that lead up to the action. This is done seamlessly and doesn’t detract from the storyline. The three main characters of Laura, Mia and Jane, all very different but all have their problems. I don’t want to give anything away but suffice to say their stories gradually unfold as some of their secrets are revealed. I must say I hadn’t worked out who was responsible as there were a number of possibilities. This was a real page turner and will keep you guessing until the end. I received a copy and have voluntarily reviewed it. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

Really enjoyed this book. I wouldn't say it's fat paced, but that's not bad thing in this case. You get time to get to know (or think you know!) the characters, and they are all believable with their strengths and their flaws. Loved the air of mystery throughout re the fire and Miles Morgan. And often books like this fail to deliver on the ending, but this one all tied together really. Will read more by this author for sure.

Loved this book !! I was hooked from the first page and did not want the story to end !! Told from various point of views I was totally thrown by the twists and turns , this book kept me up way past my bedtime !!

I thoroughly enjoyed Three Perfect Liars. I was hooked from the start, and although it's a pretty slow burn, and very character rather than plot driven, the characterisation was so artfully done that I cared about every character, and about every step of their journeys through the story. I loved that even though the characters' lives were shown in a lot of depth, every detail was relevant and the prose flowed incredibly smoothly. The format of the police interviews was perfect. Straight to the point with no extraneous information dragging the pace down. The tension built slowly to a very satisfying and touching climax and I was subtly provoked to think about several important issues that were presented in the book without the author ramming politics down my throat.

1/2 a star off because the ending wasn't quite as explosive as I'd have liked, but was still a fitting close to a fascinating and suspenseful book.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for sending me a free ARC in exchange for my honest review.

4.5*

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Heidi Perks is back with her explosive new thriller Three Perfect Liars. Told from different time periods and from different POV it brings together three totally different women all with a common interest. Heidi sets out the book was though she is playing a game of chess. The plot is the chess board and the characters are the chess pieces. They are moved through the pages with perfect precision. Each step is carefully plotted with the end game always in her sights. Every character has a path to follow and you are compelled down said paths to see how the game will unfold. Is Laura being paranoid over the actions of Mia the temp covering her maternity leave. If she is no one is listening or believing her making her life more and more fraught. What is Jamie’s secret that we find out she is willing to do anything to keep it a secret. What is Mia up to , what agenda is she following ? What ever force is driving these three women is going to bring them together with cataclysmic consequences.The tension builds as we see life through their eyes, page after page, sentence after sentence . The story coils its way into your psyche making you captive to its thrall. This is not my first book by the author who just keeps delivering brilliant novels that thrill you, chill you and keep you guessing to the end. If you want a tense, taut whodunnit that hooks you from the first sentence then go out and buy this one.

The book starts two months before a fire in a office where the CEO Is found dead.
The three main Characters all have a motive to kill him but which one is responsible?
Could it be Laura who has just returned from maternity leave or Mia who was filling in for Laura and really wants to keep the job or the CEO's wife Janie?
This is a fast paced novel which will keep you guessing until the end.

What a cleverly plotted novel! Three women, one crime and no straight path to the guilty.

Laurie chose her own replacement to cover whilst she took maternity leave; on her return she's shocked to find Mia still in place. Mia, in turn, has worked hard to make herself useful and popular and has no intentions of being squeezed out - she needs this job - but why? Janie, whose husband is CEO, gave up her successful career to look after their children, but isn't completely happy about it. All three women have secrets, and when a fire destroys the iconic building where the business operates from, all three come under suspicion.

I have visions of the author with a plotting board getting her threads in a tangle trying to work out this one - I know my thoughts were twisting this way and that as I tried to come up with 'whodunnit'! Every time I had to lay this book aside (I feel asleep whilst reading late into the night), I couldn't stop thinking about the characters and wondering who, what, where and why! The answer comes at the end, and what a shocker that was .. I never would have guessed. This is a novel for modern times; a story which will grab you and keep you hooked all the way through and it's an excellent piece of work. The author deserves a huge pat on the back - I enjoyed this one immensely and have no hesitation in giving it a full five stars.

My thanks to the publisher for my copy via NetGalley; this is - as always - my honest, original and unbiased review.

In the aftermath of a fire at an advertising agency, Laura, Mia, and Janie find themselves as suspects. What happened before and how do they know each other? I was excited about this book, expecting a workplace thriller! But this is more of a domestic drama with the mystery of the fire in the background. I thought the three main characters are interesting with their own distinct voices. I liked watching how their relationships unfold and trying to guess where it went wrong. I enjoyed the writing and the dialogue that sounded natural.

That said, I found the story to be predictable with familiar tropes of suspected infidelity, working women vs motherhood, and women blaming other women for men’s bad behaviour. I also thought the male characters to be thinly sketched so it was hard to care about them. Overall, I would recommend this only if you’re looking for a slow burn character-driven domestic drama with a touch of mystery.

Ominous, slow-burning, and secretive!

Three Perfect Liars is a compelling, malicious, character-driven thriller that takes you into the lives of three main characters. Janie, a big-city defence attorney, turned stay-at-home mom; Mia, a temporary employee with a hidden agenda; and Laura, a new mom returning to work where her replacement seems to be bound and determined to steal her job.

The writing is tight and tense. The characters are consumed, secretive, and troubled. And the plot told using a mixture of narrative, police interviews, and alternating timelines, before-and-after the fire is a suspenseful tale full of well-timed twists, unforeseen surprises, deception, insecurities, lies, obsession, manipulation, violence, arson, and murder.

Overall, Three Perfect Liars is an addictive, clever, tortuous tale by Perks that highlights the complex relationships that exist within a company and reminds us that revenge often has no limits.

Very good premise of a storyline. Well written. Plenty of suspense to keep me guessing. Enjoyed it from the beginning until the last chapter . Would definitely read her next offering. Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the chance to review it.

Three Perfect Liars I found to be an thoroughly enjoyable read. With a slower pace than most of the psychological thrillers I’ve read, I didn’t feel compelled to binge my way through it, but I liked that it didn’t go down the overly literally route and as such it was a welcome and highly accessible companion to dip in and out of.

The 3 potential ‘liars’ are suspects in a fatal arson attack. These 3 career women, Mia, Janie and the aloof Laura I found to be pretty bland and unlikeable characters, but I enjoyed reading their troubled tales all the same! Laura has just made an emotional return to work after a 6 month maternity leave to find her maternity replacement, Mia, has no intention of leaving the company, instead ingratiating herself to her colleagues and pilfering Laura’s top client. Janie is the boss’ wife and while it is clear she has issues early on, these are well disguised with smoke and mirrors until the final chapters.

We are left guessing until pretty late on as to who the arsonist is, with the victim and the motive being equally well guarded secrets.

I expected a little bit more of a plot twist at the end (such that I wonder if my e-device has failed to deliver the final page!) Even without this twist I’d unreservedly award 4 stars.

My thanks to Netgalley, author and publisher for the opportunity to review this book in exchange for an advance copy.

A real page turner. I was really gripped following two of the main characters- Laura and Mia, wondering what the outcome would be. Laura felt Mia was out to get her for some reason.

This is a really good book. The structure is similar to the US series Little Big Lies - starts with what happened but you don't know who or why, then an intermix of police interviews and flashbacks to develop the story and events. My only concern on the book is that there is a lot of text on the weeks before the event and some of these were quite lengthy. This is a book that will transfer very well to the cinema,
The pace quickens when you reach the last 25% of the book and you really (well I didn't) don't know who is the culprit as a number of parallel 'whys' develop in the story.
The ending is very clever and very good. A book not to be missed

Three Perfect Liars is a whodunnit that had me from the first chapter. I loved the writing style in this thriller.
We start two months before the fire, the fire that burns down a state of the art office block and sees a body found. Murder but who is responsible? Laura has just returned to work after being on maternity leave to find Mia her temporary replacement is still there and what’s more has been taken on as a permanent member of staff. Laura is struggling juggling trying to be a mum and working hard so she keeps her position as she is sure Mia wants her job. Mia is happy to be made permanent but feels she has to watch her back with Laura so she doesn’t loose her job, she is balancing the job with helping her mum as much as possible with looking after her disabled sister. Janie is the CEO’s wife, she is struggling with leaving her career of a barrister to look after her daughters full time whilst her husband spends more and more time at the office but who is he spending it with?
I enjoyed this book, the story is told from all three women’s perspectives both before and after the fire with police interviews between the three interspersed and this I thought worked well. I didn’t guess beforehand who the culprit was so that was a plus.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone, Century for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

And what liars they are!
Meet Laura, Mia and Janie
All 3 have a mission, all 3 are strong determined women all 3 are linked but they just don’t realise it...yet

Laura returns to work after maternity leave, she expects to see Mia, her temp cover, if not already,gone, soon to be leaving......what she doesn’t expect to see is Mia sitting at her desk and now ‘part of the furniture’ and taken over her lead account
Janie, well Janie is married to Laura and Mia’s boss and has a big burden of a secret in her life that she intends to keep hidden
All 3 dislike each other, at various degrees and for different reasons ( that become apparent ) and so when the office building is burnt down one evening and a body pulled out of the wreckage and all 3 were in the vicinity its game on to find out who these 3 really are and who, if any of them, did this and why

Told in narration by all 3 leading up to the fire and then after the fire plus police interviews of all 3 the book draws you in to its secrets and keeps you there as you are entangled further and further into each of their lives

Its a really good, clever read, it could be complicated but the way the author writes means it isn’t and each stage is explained well so you know exactly where you are with each of the 3

I liked 2 of the 3 and loathed 1 but will let you see why and then can bet, like me, you will change your mind as the story comes to its conclusion

A fairly long book at nearly 500 pages but I didn’t lose interest on any 1 page and can only recommend this as a ‘cracking read’ that I loved

10/10
5 Stars

3.5 stars rounded up to 4

The three women in this story all share a connection toma successful advertising agency with extravagant offices. The local residents had tried to stop the building being built. Now, there has been a fire in the building. Laura has just returned from maternity leave to find that her replacement is still working there. Mia had been Laura's maternity cover. She's made herself too valuable to be let go off. Then there's Janie. She's the wife of the company's CEO, Harry.

The story is told from the three women perspectives. The story is told before and after the fire. But whomsdt the fire? Theres a few twists and turns. Of course, thenwomen are all hiding something, the title hints at that. Thenchaoters after the fire are the police interviews. I found this book to be quite addictive at first but the ending, for me let the book down a little.

I would like to thank NetGaley, Random House UK, Cornerstone and the author Heidi Perks for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

To her colleagues Laura is the workaholic, the not interested in social interactions and very competitive co-worker. They don't see the woman who is torn between the baby she wants to nurture and the career she loves. When she walks back into her job after a short maternity leave she doesn't expect to find the temp running her accounts and more or less in charge.

Mia is perceived as the interloper by Laura, but to everyone else she is the competent worker and to her family she is the rock that holds them together. Is Laura right, is there something more nefarious behind the way Mia has wormed her way into a job that doesn't belong to her?

Then there is Janie, the woman who has left a successful career to support a husband, who is distracted and holds a torch for another woman. A man who has disdain for the serious complaints his female colleagues and women in general have about his workers and associates.

What do they all have in common? They are women living in a world governed by men, a patriarchal society that ignores the abuse, the assaults and sub-human treatment due to their gender. The only thing worse than a man supporting other men doing all of the aforementioned are women who support the misogyny and cheer the perpetrators on from the sidelines. Is one of our characters guilty of doing exactly that?

It's a psychological thriller - the kind of story that teeters on the boundaries of morally right or wrong. For me one of the main points is how we as women are often our own worst enemies, whether it be in the workplace, educational environment and most definitely in the home environment. The stay-at-home mom vs the working mother debate has got to be one of the most vicious in regards to women hurting and insulting other women. Oh and bottle vs breast, and ect. Yeh, instead of sisterhood there always seems to be something that divides us to the point of becoming enemies.

Perks always delivers a great read by combining crime, suspense and that question that sits on your shoulder - right or wrong?

Thanks to Net Galley and Random House UK for an ARC of this book in exchange for a review.
Once you start this book you will want to remain sitting and turn the pages.
A fire burns down a state of the art office building, a body is found and the police want to talk to three woman all of whom have strong motives for arson. Laura, who has returned to work from maternity leave, she is feeling threatened as the temporary replacement she had found is extremely good at her job, is being kept on and to top it all is keeping Laura’s biggest client.
Mia is the girl covering for Laura, why is she being kept on, she has made her self indispensable and it seems she can do no wrong.
The 3rd woman is Janie, who is the. Bosses wife. All 3 seem to be hiding something.
Lots of twists and turns to the story which is told in the present and then the 5 weeks leading up to the fire. A well woven story which keep the reader intrigued. 4.5 stars.

Heidi Perks just gets better with each book!
This one drew me in from the start and was written in alternating chapters of before and after the fire using the three main characters Laura, Mia and Janie coupled with the police interviews as they investigated what had happened. At the beginning there did not appear to be a connection between the three women. Laura returning from maternity leave surprised to find her temporary replacement Mia still in place and well embedded in her role to the point of seemingly usurping her or was she just being too sensitive and emotional? Janie, the once high flying barrister wife of the company boss, gave up her career and settled as a housewife and mother. Was one of these three responsible for the fire and that resulted in someone's death? We slowly begin to see the connections appearing as the story unfolds. Brilliant writing and addictive reading