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A brilliant novel cleverly told from multiple points of view. I particularly enjoyed the psychological aspects and how each person's story was woven together; as you delve further into their stories your perception of what the truth is continuously changes. Definitely worth reading!

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Not a bad read wasn't as fast paced as I'm used to with Heidi's books, but a good story with a nice bit of a twist

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I found this an exciting story. There are many time shifts as the reader is moved between then and now. Initially it seems that the main couple are moving apart and cannot communicate. As the story progresses, it becomes clear that there is something else happening and the couple are obviously in the dark. Eventually the solution is revealed and disaster strikes.
I enjoyed the book and was keen to pick it up again to read more.
Recommended.

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Wow, I was totally blown away by this book!

Heidi Perks has been on my TBR list for a while now so I was very excited to request 'The Last Resort.' Eerie and chilling right from the first page, this was a beautiful and cleverly written novel that had me racing to the end to find out what happened.

I'm not usually a fan of jumping back and forth between past and present but the author executes this perfectly to create tension and drama and it had me hooked.

I loved the idea of repressed memories and how the story all came together at the end, it kept me guessing throughout.

I have already bought 'The Other Guest' and am excited to delve into her other novels.

This is a must-read for anyone who loves a mind-twisting thriller.

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Fast paced thriller.

What a page turner. Read so fast I couldn’t wait to find out the end.

Love this author and the way she keeps you in suspense right until the last chapter. .
There are so many seeds planted throughout this book you wonder who’s done what and how it is all connected. But it comes together in the end and a classic twist that you’d never see coming.

Loved the characters and how this book was told from their side of the story. Such an easy and enjoyable read.
Highly recommend it!

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I really enjoyed this book. It centres around Erin's and Will's marriage and repressed memories. Can they find the truth about Lily's killer? Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for letting me review this book.

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Erin and Wills marriage is in trouble. Feelings that Erin cannot explain lead her to believe her husband is lying to her. From being a happy wife and mother, Erin no longer trusts her husband and Will appears confused and unhappy. They decide to go to couples therapy, but even an experienced therapist as Maggie is, she doesn't know who to be believe, who the liar is in this marriage. Maggie finds her own feelings playing a part too. Then Erin is taken to hospital in a serious condition, the victim of a hit and run incident. Someone must know something about this, family and friends are all under suspicion, as Erin knows something that someone does not want her to tell.
This was the first book I had read by this author, I will definitely be reading more. It was a real page turner, I suspected everyone in turn, and was kept guessing until the last page.

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This was a really engrossing read, with traits and turns that I didn’t see coming. I thoroughly enjoyed it!

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If you enjoy gripping thrillers with unexpected twists that keep you hooked make this your next go to read. Very good.

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The last resort by Heidi Perks was a fantastic engrossing thriller which hooked up from start to finish and what an ending it was. With great character development I could not work out what was going on and who was telling the truth.

It is told from multiple perspectives and going from to past to present. Which helped build up the suspense. Erin and Will, married for years and with a young child have unexpectedly reached a crisis point in their marriage. They both don’t know why things have deteriorated so much in such a short time. The couple decide to go to marriage counselling with a woman called Maggie Day. After a few visits Maggie doesn’t know how who to trust and believe. Erin says she does not trust Will and that she feels scared of him but cannot explain why. Will says is wife is lying when she mentions various incidents that she claims have taken place between the two of them.Then Erin is brought into hospital in a critical condition following a hit and run accident.

Fantastic thriller which had me blown away with ending. Highly recommend this to everyone excellently written. My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

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The Last Resort is an amazing thriller told throughout multiple POV's. Erin is the victim of a hit and run and as we go back to the last six months we start to see the true story of what happens through Erin and her husband Will. I didn't see any of the twists coming and I was blown away by how well everything linked up in the end. I couldn't put this down and thought this was a brilliant thriller and a quick read I highly recommend.

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Well this book went in a direction I was not expecting so that’s a good sign of a good author. I really enjoyed this dark thriller about a therapist trying to help two new clients when everything changes for all of them. If I say anything else it will spoil it but you won’t be disappointed.

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Erin and Will, a long-standing couple - married for over a decade and with a young child - have unexpectedly reached a crisis point in their marriage. They both describe themselves as having been happily married for many years and are desperate to understand why things have deteriorated so much in such a short time.

When the couple go together to visit a marriage counsellor, Maggie Day also finds herself struggling to make sense of it all. Erin says she does not trust Will and that she feels scared of him but cannot explain why. Will says is wife is lying when she mentions various incidents that she claims have taken place between the two of them.

It would be unfair to describe this book simply as a psychological thriller, because the character development displays far greater depth than you would normally see in a work of that kind. Heidi Perks has intimately examined the psyche of her 2 key female characters in particular, and really succeeds in bringing them to life in the reader's mind.

My only criticism of this book is that it took some time to warm up, so it was hard to see where the story was going, and the first few chapters could do with some tightening in terms of editing. But having said that, this is easily one of the most interesting books I have read in a while - and I read a lot of books!

The story is nuanced, clever, and very confusing. Deliberately so, given the number of red herrings that Perks sends the reader's way. The result is a book that hugely picks up the pace after a slightly slow start, and does not let up until the last page. The twists are, well, fairly twisted. This is definitely worth a read for anyone who enjoys domestic dramas as well as those who like psychological thrillers.

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This was an engrossing thriller about a couple in crisis told from multiple viewpoints from the moment the wife, Erin, is a victim of a hit and run and going back over events from the last six months when the cracks started to show. The stories that Erin tells their therapist clearly seem so true to her yet they’re bizarre on occasions and it’s hard to understand her yet equally her husband, Will, sounds plausible so it’s difficult to understand how both are so believing of themselves. This is woven together extremely well and links past and present brilliantly, the characters are so complicated and the truth very believable. This had me glued to the story and I read it very quickly but that’s a great sign of a brilliant book!

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Another fabulous read from Heidi Perks.
Who is lying? I changed my mind several times, everyone seems to have there own agenda......or so it seems.
I love it when i don't have a clue and the twists keep coming right up till the very end.
Try as i might i whizzed through far to quickly.
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

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