As always with this author a twisty, tense read. Erin begins to experience feelings that her husband Will is dangerous. These come seemingly from nowhere, beginning when Will fastens a new necklace on her on Valentines Day. Then her dog goes missing and Erin blames Will. They seek couples counselling from Maggie Day. Maggie's 14 year old sister was murdered 23 years previously. Maggie is consumed by the murder and her life is still affected by it. What is the connection? And do Erin's feelings towards Will have a basis in fact? What trauma is she repressing. There is of course, a twist at the end which I'm not sure I saw coming. An excellent read. #netgallet #thelastresort

"I am questioning the man I love, and this in itself scares me. But now it has got its claws into me and it won't let go. Because if I pass it off, I find I'm left with a lingering uncertainty – a 'What if I am right'?"

When a woman is found badly injured by the side of the road after a hit-and-run accident, police are interested. What was she doing by herself in the early hours of the morning seemingly in the middle of nowhere? Who hit her and then failed to stop?

Rewind six months. Erin and Will have a happy marriage and a beautiful little girl. Until one day, when Will tries to give Erin a Valentine's gift she has an odd reaction – suddenly, she's slightly afraid of her husband for seemingly no reason. She doubts his motives: could he be behind her beloved dog's disappearance? Is she safe around him?

The two decide to go to couples therapy to try and resolve their issues, but it doesn't seem to help. Their therapist, Maggie, believes one or both of them are holding something back. Maggie herself has a dark past. Decades ago, her 14-year-old sister was murdered. She's never let that affect her professional life, not until Erin lets a detail slip that has Maggie questioning everything she thought about what happened to her sister.

This is definitely a one-sitting kind of domestic suspense novel although it wasn't as tense as I usually like books in this genre. I was keen to understand the deepening mystery of why Erin suddenly and increasingly didn't trust her very loving husband. I also thought the author was deft at misdirection: I believed one answer was true and turned out to be wrong. I did find the denouement a bit unbelievable – people just don't forgive each other as easily as that (or maybe I'm just someone who likes a grudge!).

This was a bit too much of a slow burner for me. Also, struggled to get behind either of the main characters and started skimming just to get to the end and find out what was going on.

I have enjoyed reading several books written b yHeidi Perks and this was no exception.
This was a pschological thriller told over 2 timelines. Just when I thought I had worked out who had killed Maggie's sister, another twist in the story meant I was wrong.
A heartbreaking story and a surprising ending.
I definitely recommend reading this book
Thank you to Netgalley, Heidi Perks and Random House UK, Cornerstone for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

I would like to thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. I thoroughly enjoyed it, the characters were well drawn and it kept me guessing right up to the end. I would definitely recommend this book.

I think I must've been reading a different book to all of the other reviewers. I unfortunately didn't find this fast paced or exciting at all. I found it very slow to being with and just a bit odd to be honest how a seemingly very much in love couple fell apart within 24hrs with the wife having flashbacks from her past coming from nowhere. I was unable to warm to any of the characters which is usually where I find biggest fault as I don't find that I'm routing or supporting anyone. They all treated each very disrespectfully and I didn't like how justice wasn't served. I certainly wouldn't expect my husband to behave that way if I was showing signs of a mental breakdown, no matter how much pressure he was under, he would never act that gas lighting way towards me.
I continued through as I was curious how the story would pan out and it did end with 1 final twist I didn't see coming, again, I found this quite sad and justice not served too so all in all I was left feeling a bit deflated at #TheLastResort 2.5 stars rounded to 3, thank you for the advanced copy #NetGalley

I thought I had read this author’s work before but, having looked at her back catalogue, I obviously haven’t; that will be rectified. This latest psychological/domestic thriller is a standalone & an excellent read.

Erin & Will are married & have started couples therapy. Neither of them are sure why there are tensions in their marriage but it soon becomes clear to their therapist that Erin has suppressed memories. Maggie, the therapist, has her own demons to deal with relating to the murder of her younger sister some twenty years before.

Told from multiple POVs & timelines, this is a tension filled read; don’t be put off by the slow start. Recommended.

The Last Resort is a great psychological thriller with a different theme.
Erin and Will are having problems, they’ve had a happy marriage for a few years but Erin is starting to think she doesn’t know her own husband. They start seeing Maggie a couples counsellor but after something Erin says it becomes apparent that the sessions are based around what Maggie wants to find out and not how to help Erin and Will as a couple. Maggie needs to find out who to trust and how she is going to do it. Then Erin is involved in a hit and run and the truth needs to be revealed sooner rather than later.
This was a really good read that after a slump got me back into it. I enjoyed the twists and then when I thought I’d got it……no I hadn’t. The storyline was original and one I enjoyed.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

If you want a highly entertaining, fast-paced, edge of your seat read with clues as rare as winning the lotto, Heidi Perks is always a safe bet!
This was another great read!!

A 34-year-old woman, Erin Harding, is found unconscious after a hit and run. Nobody knows how she got there and what happened to her.
Then the story jumps 6 months back and we meet a happily married Erin and her husband Will.
It is Valentine's Day but it is also the day that things start unraveling in this marriage with Erin suddenly getting premonitions of impending danger.
"There's a simmering deep in the pit of my stomach - that sensation you get when you think something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what."

What is real and what is not? Will their visits to Maggie Day, a couple's therapist, help their relationship or will it cause more confusion?
Some things are just too painful to remember.....

Thank you to Netgalley and Random House UK, Cornerstone for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion

The Last Resort by Heidi Perks was a book that just kept me turning the pages and I could not turn then quick enough as it was so good, especially as it is about relationships and their secrets. From the outside Erin and Will has a perfect marriage but when it starts to fall apart they go and get help from a marriage therapist called Maggie. She tries to help them especially to open up to each other which will hopefully mend their relationship. However, Maggie becomes concerned when Erin mentions something connected to Maggie's past which has left Maggie disturbed and confused!

Why does Erin know anything about Maggie’s long-missing sister?

How is Erin connected to her?

Maggie has now become obsessed with what Erin has told her and is no longer interested in helping them!

Six months go by and Erin is involved in a hit and run accident, she is in critical condition and may not survive!

Was this a horrible accident or did someone purposefully hurt her?

WoW.....Pages turning but I can't read it quick enough!!! But, we all know secrets will come out in the end and it doesn't matter how hard you try to hide them.......they will pop up when you at least expect them!

This book was so good with brilliant twists and turns that will have you thrown about in your seat!! I loved it!

I highly recommend this book 5 star read!

Big thank you to Netgalley and Random House for my ARC IN exchange for a honest review.

A cleverly written story telling of a couple who all of a sudden find their marriage disintegrating due to the wife and attend counselling to help them find a way back which has greater detriment to them than was expected. Set in two timelines with reference to the past as well, you are drawn into the story , not quite sure who to believe . Add to that an interfering mother in law ( and most of us will have had one of those!) and a best friend who finds her pal isn't who she thought she was, and we have a gripping tale of love and loss.

Thanks to Netgalley for the ARC to review

A gripping read. I found this book very hard to put down when I started it, full of twists and turns that keep you hooked from the very first page.

Heidi Perks is so good at bringing you into the story and keeping you hooked until the end, I have enjoyed very book I have read by her,

The Last Resort is a fantastic read. It really got me hooked from start to finish. I loved all the twists and turns and the extremely shocking ending.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for my ARC.

An excellent physiological thriller. A cast of characters that you find yourself shouting at in your head, a twisty turny plot that keeps you guessing and a true case of “Physician, heal thyself”

I’ve never read anything by this Author before. The blurb sounded good so I thought I’d give it a go.

It had a great storyline which kept me turning the pages to find out what was going to happen next. I wasn’t keen on some of the characters though, but my thoughts of these characters had changed by the ending. I really enjoyed reading this and I will definitely be reading more of this Author’s writing.

Thank you to Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC of this ebook in exchange for my honest review.

This is a fantastic, nail biting book that keeps you guessing right up until the last few pages. This is my favourite book by this author.

I was never sure where this one was going, but the end was worth waiting for!

Erin and Will had a happy marriage - until they didn't, and Will doesn't know why. Come to that, Erin's not sure either. Seeking couples counselling in order to save their marriage, they become clients of Maggie Day and even she struggles to work out whose truth is the real one . . .

I've read a few books by this author before and really enjoyed them which drew me to this but I admit to struggling a bit. However, it's well worth sticking with! There is a lot going on and I thought I had it all worked out; in fact, I was busy patting myself on the back for doing so when I realised that I had got it wrong (again). I do love a book which ticks all the boxes and leaves no unanwered questions, and this one does just that. A terrific thriller and, for me, 4.5*.

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

‘Therapy was meant to save them - what if it kills them?’ - cover tag line.

My thanks to Random House U.K. Cornerstone for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘The Last Resort’ by Heidi Perks.

Her latest domestic noir opens at an emergency department as 34-year-old Erin Harding is brought in following a hit-and-run accident. She was found on the roadside by Harberry Woods just after midnight. What was she doing there on foot at that time of night? Will she ever regain consciousness?

Five months ago Erin and her husband, Will, began couples therapy hoping to fix the rift that had appeared out of nowhere in their marriage. Their therapist is Maggie Day, who finds their case intriguing especially as Erin seems to have suppressed memories.

Maggie herself is haunted by the murder of her younger sister, Lily. The man who had been convicted of the crime has been in prison for the last twenty-three years and is up for parole. He asks to meet with Maggie and claims that he is innocent. This causes Maggie a great deal of stress.

As with many thrillers of this type, the story moves between various characters’ viewpoints as well as the past and present.

As with other novels by Heidi Perks I was quickly caught up in the lives of her characters. Once started it was difficult to put down and I finished it in a day.

Overall, I found ‘The Last Resort’ a slow burn domestic noir containing a number of satisfying twists.

3.5 stars rounded up to 4.

A brilliant thriller that keeps you turning the pages until the shocking ending. Tense and keeps you guessing. Really enjoyed it!