I usually start a review on a series book with the recommendation to start from book and and read in order. Sometimes this is just to get the best from the series and its characters, other times it is a bit more than that. This is one of those times. Cyrus and Evie are a bit complex and, although there is enough catch-up to be informed of their back stories, in my opinion, it's not quite enough to really get to grips with them. Oh, and anyway, the two preceding books are great so, why wouldn't you?!
So... a man is murdered and his daughter, Maya, is missing. Enter Cyrus Haven to assist the police. He's a forensic psychologist and has assisted them before, with good results. Getting him in at the start gives him the best chance of finding Maya. Meanwhile, his private life is about to get a whole lot more complicated as his brother is up for release...?
Evie is determined not to let Cyrus down... again... but she is wilful and very intelligent and does not suffer fools. She also knows when someone is lying - a blessing and a curse! She starts a new job in a bar and is there when the police start to ask about Maya. Then another young woman, one she helped out, also goes missing, drawing her into the investigation as a witness.
And so begins a cracking story that had me on the edge of my seat pretty much all the way through as it twisted and turned, delivering shock after surprise. With a healthy side order of action as it races to a very satisfying ending.
I have to say that I love Cyrus as a character. Especially his relationships with Evie and brother Elias. I also have a soft spot for Evie. She is where Cyrus was before he got himself straight and I guess that's what bonds them. They both have tragic pasts which they are both trying to get over and move away from. But also respecting where they came from. Throwing Elias into the mix in this book definitely had an effect on all three characters and mixed the dynamic up a tad, making me wonder what is next for our, now, trio!
My thanks go to the Publisher and Netgalley for the chance to read this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Michael Robotham and the publisher for providing me with an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Despite being the 3rd book of the series, I still found it fine to read as part of a standalone. However, I still think it would be easier for me to read the first 2 books to understand Cyrus and Evie’s backstories.

Cyrus letting 2 different criminals stay in his house, especially with a young woman living there, who spent most of her time alone with them, was questionable.

However, I liked all the different characters and how every one of them ends up relevant and helpful in finding out who the murderer was.

Lying Beside You is book 3 in the Cyrus Haven series. It could possibly be read as a standalone, but I always recommend reading series from the start to get the full back story and feel for the characters, plus this is a great series!

In this instalment, Cyrus older brother Elias has been cleared for a staggered return back into the community after a 20 year stay at a psychiatric hospital. Understandably after the events that ended up within him being held there, Cyrus is nervous, but agrees to host Elias at his home during these release stages.

Evie is also back living with Cyrus and when he offers a room and handyman job to an ex-con, her natural gift tells her that he is innocent of the crime he was imprisoned for. And with Evie being Evie, she can't leave it there and makes it her mission to find out what really happened.

Cyrus is called in to assist the police when a man is found murdered in his home and his daughter is nowhere to be found. With his old friend Lenny leading the investigation they are up against it with this complex case.

This was an excellent addition to this gripping series. The ongoing unconventional relationship between Cyrus and Evie is brilliantly written and weaving in the other characters, namely Elias, Mitch and Lenny only heighten the depth of the story.

Such a captivating page-turner of a book, I kept having to find quiet minutes to go and sneak another chapter or two in!
Lying Beside You is the third outing for Cyrus Haven, a forensic psychologist whose brother Elias killed the rest of their family due to his schizophrenia. and has been in hospital for the intervening decades. Cyrus shares a house with Evie Cormac, a 21 year old refugee who has seen some terrible things and is hoping for a quiet life. She is a really interesting character with plenty of her own flaws, and the relationship between Cyrus and her is an unusual one built on tenderness and sensitivity.

The book begins with Elias being released to stay with Cyrus and Evie to start moving towards his eventual freedom. At the same time, Cyrus is called to work to help investigate a missing neonatal nurse who has not come home after a date; her elderly father has been found murdered in his home. The case is investigated and develops; Cyrus finds himself arguing against the police chief, who is very sure he knows what has happened whilst Cyrus is convinced that there is another motive. The missing woman is found dead, and her case shadows another from previous years. Then a second woman goes missing who is also a neo-natal nurse, and Cyrus and Evie start to spot connections that the police seem to have missed.

A complete head twisting page turner of a book, I really enjoyed reading it and will certainly go back for the first two instalments of Cyrus's story.

What can I say about this story. All the books written by this author are fab and I always enjoy them and also look forward to the next one. This book is set in Nottingham. Cryus Haven is quite a traumatised person due to his older brother killing his parents and sisters after hearing voices which told him what to do. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and was sent to Rampton (a secure psychiatric hospital) where he has been for 20 years. The powers that be have decided that Elias is now safe to return to the community as he has been a model patient through some of the time in Rampton and as long as he stays on his medication all should be well. Cyrus is totally unsure about this turn of events but has opted to have Elias stay with him so long as others agree to check his progress also. Elias is allowed to leave Rampton in short bursts to see him he gets on and eventually he is released. Evie joins the story. She is an emotional girl and finds life very difficult. She has a labrador, Poppy, which she adores and is her closest friend. Evie stays with Cyrus, although they are not in a relationship, where she feels completely safe until Elias moves in with them. The story progresses. Cyrus is eventually involved in a police matter of murder and abduction. His life is difficult. He is trying to keep Evie safe, help with a murder investigation as a Forensic psychologist and worrying and trying to help and deal with this brother. One thing in his favour seems to be that he has infinite patience for the dramas around him. He is called to a murder scene of a girl called Maya who is found part submerged in a stream and his father was also found with his head badly damaged which caused his death. After Maya was found another body who has some links with Maya is found. Evie is forever trying to appease Cyrus and she seems to have a gift of knowing when people are not telling the truth which can help in situations. As the story continues a third woman, Danielle Linares goes missing that that is when Cyrus realises that they have not been following the correct path in their investigation and changes tack. I really enjoyed the twists and turns of the story. I thought one thing was going to happen going along and was totally wrong. So many surprises I loved it. I could go on with my comments and wax lyrical but that may spoil the story for someone else. Please read this book, you will love it. I hope Book 4 is in the pipeline

With Cyrus Haven, forensic psychologist, at the hearing to discover whether his brother Elias, was well enough to enter society again, Cyrus was of two minds. Elias had been in the facility for twenty years, and as long as he continued to take his medication, he'd be alright. But would he?

Meanwhile a woman had vanished and her father had been bludgeoned to death. Cyrus needed to work out whether Maya was in danger or whether she'd run away. Cyrus' lodger, Evie Cormac, a troubled but bright young woman, was working at a bar when another woman went missing, and when it was discovered she had links to Maya, the race was on. Cyrus was working through the women's lives, trying to find a connection, but the secrets were buried deeply. Would they find the women alive? Would they find the perpetrator? And what would happen when Elias returned to Cyrus' home?

Lying Beside You is the 3rd in the Cyrus Haven series by Aussie author Michael Robotham and it was excellent! This author never disappoints and I'm hoping this series continues for a long time to come. Plenty of twists, gritty tension and breathtaking moments, Lying Beside You is one I highly recommend.

With thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for my digital ARC to read in exchange for an honest review.

I really enjoyed this book. I wish now that I had read the previous ones. Cyrus and Evie are both improbable character but very likeable. Cyrus's parents and twin sisters were killed by his brother, Elias. In his role as a forensic psychologist, he is called in to assess a murder of a young woman. Another woman disappears and Evie becomes involved. Unusually for me I read it in 2 sittings as I couldn't wait to find out what happens. Brilliant.
This is an honest review of a complementary ARC.

I have not read anything by Michael Robotham before and this book is part of a series however it was easy enough to read as a standalone and was easy to follow.

Enjoyable I will defiantely be going back to the start to read the rest of the series.

I can always count on Michael Robotham to give me a five star read and this particular series is five all the way! I am sure you could read this book as a stand alone but if you read the two previous books first it is just so much better!

Lying Beside You is written with alternate chapters for the points of view of the two main characters, Cyrus Haven and Evie Cormac. Each of them is as interesting and significant to the story as the other, so this works really well and keeps the suspense level high throughout the book. Sometimes it is hard not to get cross with Evie who struggles with a lot of personal demons, but Cyrus always manages to be patient and forgiving, so I was too.

The story is exciting and intriguing with good cops and bad ones, murders and abductions and plenty of those red herrings to lead the reader astray. Cyrus is in the middle of the investigations and at the same time coping with the release of his brother from a long term stay in a psychiatric hospital. Of course there is a satisfying conclusion and for me at least a surprise guilty party.

I hope the author gives us more Cyrus and Evie in the future (and Lenny and Poppy again too).

A great read! This book keeps the reader engaged from the start and by the end it is a real page turner.
The characters are well drawn and the pace is good with twists and turns..
It is the latest in a series about Cyrus Haven but it also reads well as a standalone.

This is a gripping sequel, although, absolutely can be read as a stand alone. The lead character of Cyrus has a violent past and his brother, Elias is being held in Rampton high security hospital for the violence.
Cyrus works as a forensic psychologist helping the police and is brought in when a young woman is found murdered and with her head shaved.
Evie is a housemate of Cyrus who has had a childhood in care, where she suffered terrible abuse.
All of this may lead you to believe this is a dark, depressing, read. Yes, it's dark in some of the subject matter but it's got humour and fantastically written characters. It's heartbreaking at times, particularly Evie's story of her refugee experience and I'd definitely recommend reading the first book.
Each chapter of this one is written from either Cyrus or Evie's perspective and this gives the storyline pace and energy. I loved it.

Thanks so much to NetGalley and Little, Brown Group and congratulations to the author. Fabulous!

This novel is such a gripping and thrilling read and I loved it. Book number 3 in the Cyrus Haven series and I love this character.

There is quite a lot going on in these novels, main character Cyrus has an awful past as his brother killed his parents when he was younger, his brother is about to be released back into the world and obviously Cyrus is apprehensive of this upcoming event. This storyline runs alongside the main storyline which is a man is found murdered and his daughter is missing and Cyrus is called as a forensic psychologist to try and figure out if the daughter, Maya is running or been abducted.

Alongside Cyrus we meet recurring character Evie who works in the evening and has a very amazing way of telling if people are lying.

I love these novels and really enjoyed both characters.

The storylines are quite loaded and I did feel that I needed to concentrate but nonetheless I did enjoy reading this novel.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publishers and Michael Robotham for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This is the first book I have read by this talented author and I wonder what took me so long to discover him. Dr Cyrus Haven, a forensic psychologist is the survivor of a terrible family tragedy in which his brother murdered his parents and twin sisters. A young woman goes missing locally and Cyrus is requested by the police to try and profile her perpetrator. Meanwhile his brother has a parole hearing that could see him released from Rampton top security hospital. Being torn in several directions including looking out for Evie, a troubled girl who lives in his home, sees Cyrus stretching himself in a race against time to get answers. Fast paced with more than one storyline that holds the reader’s interest throughout, with a well conceived main story that instills fear and tension and with a few twists along the way, it is definitely one to be read. The main characters are truly flawed but likeable. In the case of Cyrus he seems to suffer from survivors guilt and wants to help others who have also suffered major trauma in their lives. Although this book is part of a series, it stands alone very well but I now very much want to go back to the beginning and read the others. I’m also assuming there will be more in the future and I for one will be looking out for them. Thoroughly recommended.

I don't know how Micheal Robotham has escaped my book radar until now! This was my first book of his and I LOVED it: the plot and storyline are pure genius, the characters are great and real and the writing style is sublime!
Did I say i loved it? ;-) He's amongst my favourite writers already.
This is number 3 of a series, I didn't realise it when I requested it, but it can be read as a stand alone without missing anything, only take into consideration that you'll want to go buy the previous instalments as soon as you finish this one, just like I did.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC in exchange for an honest review.

A superb thriller, well plotted with plenty of twist and turns. Loved the characters and the author keeps you guessing till the end.
I received this book from Little Brown Books via Netgalley for a review.

Lying Beside You is the third book in the Cyrus Haven series. I haven’t read the first two but didn’t feel this detracted from this novel and that it can easily be read as as standalone. I found this to be a gripping thriller of a book that had me hooked from page one. The plot moved at a fast pace and it certainly kept me guessing. Thank you to NetGalley, Little, Brown Book Group and the author for the chance to review.

I loved reading this book even though I haven't read the previous two books from this series, but now I will definitely do that. I loved the plot, some of the characters too and I really liked how the possible criminal was discovered later on, almost at the same time as with the main characters.

This was a really interesting intriguing crime thriller that does not disappoint.
It is the third book in the series but you can definitely read it as a stand alone & it was a great page turner for me.
Cyrus Haven is a forensic psychologist who suffered a traumatic experience of his family being murdered twenty years ago.
Only him & his brother Elias survived the murder of his parents & sisters.
That killer is in a secure psychiatric hospital but is due for release & the name of that killer is Elias Cyrus’s brother.
He asks himself if he can truly forgive his brother as he prepares for him to live with him.
In the meantime Cyrus gets called out to the crime scene of a murdered man & his missing daughter..
The only eye witness is a young girl by the name of Evie Cormac.
The investigation takes on a whole new level as more things start come to light.
Brilliantly written this superb plot will keep you in suspense & hold you to the end.
Absolutely loved it & will definitely check out the first two in the series as would love to read them too.

would like to thank netgalley and the publisher for letting me read this book

third book in this series and at first i was a bit puzzled but soon got into it...

a man is murdered and his daughter is missing....

another woman is missing after a nightout and seems to have been drugged

cyrus is a forensic phycologist and works for the police which involves going to crime scenes and talking to witnesses

but his back story is that is family were killed by his brother who after 20 years is being released on day visits but with the aim of being released depending on how well he does on the home visits

a tense thriller with many a red herring, at first i struggled as it is book 3 but after a while i found my feet and found that i was actually enjoying this one...the characters are well established and likeable and i cant wait to see where this series goes

Cyrus & Evie are back with another thrilling instalment and with each novel Michael Robotham cleverly adds more layers to their backstories, both damaged from the past of their child hoods it’s interesting to see how differently Cyrus & Evie paths have taken them. I do think Cyrus has a habit of collecting broken people & I hope he succeeds in helping Evie find her place in the world as well as chasing down murderers. Roll on the next book.