This book was an excellent mixture of thriller and a whodunnit! A story set from two perspectives and how two mothers do or don’t know their children. It kept me in a chokehold from start to finish. An absolute belter of a story.

An excellent read but an uncomfortable read in many ways. Someone is definitely lying but your take on who and about which parts of the story is easily changed. Added to this is a recognition that we all judge people but the story shows how often we get that wrong . When it comes to your own child this all becomes so much more fraught, right up to the very end .

A great read from Heidi Perks and having read her previous books which were all excellent this latest book didn't disappoint. A brilliant thriller which I would recommend be read.

This was an interesting take on the relationship between parents and teenagers/young adults.
The plot is good, but I don't want to include any spoilers. The characters are interesting, as is the interaction between and within the different families. I didn't find the story very realistic, but it was a good read.

This is definitely my favourite book by Heidi Perks so far. I really enjoyed it and was gripped from page 1 and became truly engrossed in all of the characters.
The writing style is engaging but also fast paced. It’s a must read.

𝘐’𝘮 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥,’ 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘺, 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘐 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘨𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰. ‘𝘐 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘴,’ 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐 𝘥𝘰. 𝘋𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘨𝘶𝘵. 𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸. 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘨.

Single mother Jess and her 17 year old daughter Issie, have the perfect mother-daughter relationship. That is until 19 year old Dylan comes along, and soon enough creates a divide between the pair. As an end of college and pre university treat, Issie and Dylan decide to go off travelling together, much to Jess’ concern.
Jess hasn’t heard anything from Issie since the day before she turned 18. Her phone is off, Dylan isn’t saying anything and no one believes her daughter is missing…
What lengths would you go to, to help your child?
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I was lucky enough to get an ARC from Netgalley and I can honestly say, I ate this up.
Filled with suspense, two POVs from the teens mothers & inserts from a podcast, I found this to be an enjoyable read that I wasn’t able to put down.
It had me guessing who was lying till (quite) near the end.
Will be checking out more from Heidi Perks.

What an interesting book
My favourite by Heidi perks so far !!
The characters were interesting and complex
I enjoyed learning about them and their life’s
I can’t say much without spoilers
But it’s a brilliant read definitely a must !

This was a brilliant read and once I'd got to the 60% mark I just couldn't drag myself away from it. The story is told from two POVs; Issie's mother Jess and Dylan's mother Kay plus there are extracts from a true crime podcast which give an unbiased viewpoint. It's a book that makes you question just how far you'd go to protect your child and would be a fabulous book-club choice. I loved it.

I do love it when you think you know where a book is going and then it does a complete about turn and you realise you actually had no idea!! And for about 25% of this new Heidi Perks psychological thriller I thought I was reading a fictional copy of a real life case but I was so so wrong!! This book is a real credit to the author who handles a sensitive subject really well with sympathetic characters and asking that age old question of how parents will go to protect their children. I loved the ending and thought it the perfect cherry on top of an emotionally driven plot.

Another really good thriller from Heidi Perks. Issie & Dylan go on holidays. When Issie goes missing the story kicks off & plenty of twists & turns are in store. Thr characters are really well written & this is a,great fast paced novel.

I am going to go four stars possible 3.5 tbf. This was the first Heidi perks book I have read. I was fortunate enough to be gifted a copy prior to publication next year by NetGalley. Grateful 🙏

I enjoyed the book and will certainly read more by this author. So….. first the negatives! I struggled at first as I am a huge thriller lover and my favorite authors in this genre I find write much more descriptively than Heidi perks, it is certainly less descriptive than writers I am used to. This for me is a negative. There were a fair few typo’s and grammatical errors throughout which I didn’t think was great when she is a well established author. They are what lost the star from me.

Now for the positives! I love the fact the twist leaves you open to speculation at the end. Perhaps it could leave the book open to a second story that follows on 🤔 in the future maybe! I could imagine the characters well, I found myself hating Dylan as I work in domestic abuse and it was playing out like that was the general of what was occurring initially. Then I went to hating on Izzy. Then I thought am I this judgmental 🤷🏻‍♀️😂.

The general story was good, it does leve you wanting to page turn to find out what’s happening next. That’s a sign of a decent book right! I will read more by this author and would recommend it :)

The way it played out flowed well and I would say it was medium on the gripping scale. It took perhaps a little while to get going but overall an enjoyable read and one I would recommend to others!

#randomhouse #randomhousepublishing #someoneislying #netgalley

A good book by Heidi Perks. Lots of twists and turns but I saw the ending coming before I read about it which is why I only gave it 3 stars.

Thanks to net galley and the publishers for this arc.

A very interesting take on how far we would go for our children and if what we to be true actually is.

When issie goes travelling with her boyfriend her mother has doubts but doesn’t stop her, however when issue goes off radar she is convinced something has happened to her.

Follow the story that unfolds and find out who is lying.

4 stars

As a mother having been through the teen daughter years I could really feel the anguish Jess felt when her daughter Issie meets and falls for Dylan and life takes a change. Having been a single mum with just the 2 of them Jess struggles to come to terms with giving Issie hwr wings to fly and was she right in having those doubts and struggles?!?! Sometimes mother’s intuition knows best!
Excellent thriller to read enjoyed it immensely.

A slightly different slant on controlling and manipulative relationships and the effect they have on everyone around them - these relationships are also not quite what they seem giving the book a different edge and an element of surprise.

Izzy is about to turn eighteen and is whisked off to Portugal to travel and explore. Jess, Izzy’s mum dislikes Dylan the boyfriend but doesn’t want to alienate her daughter by preventing her from going

When Jess doesn’t hear from Izzy in her birthday she becomes concerned, increasingly so as the days pass with no call. Jess reports her missing and flys out to Portugal - convinced that Dylan has harmed her.

A really good read with an element of surprise. An insightful look into family relationships

Someone is Lying by Heidi Parks had the potential to be a gripping domestic thriller, but overall it left me feeling a bit underwhelmed.
While the premise was intriguing and the multiple perspectives kept things interesting, the twists weren’t as shocking as I’d hoped, and the story became a bit of a drag to get through. The pacing felt slow at times, and I found it difficult to connect with the characters. Although I did enjoy seeing the varying impact the dads had on Issie and Dylan and how each mother expected the dads behaviours to affect their kids.
I really wanted to love this book, but it fell short of delivering the suspense and excitement I expected. Still a decent book that I would recommend to fans of Heidi Parks or slow paced thrillers. Thank you for allowing me the opportunity to read this ARC.

I enjoyed this. Very good suspenseful story with a twist.
I liked reading from the two mother’s points of view.

I absolutely devoured this.

Really easy to read thriller with the perfect amount of suspense.

Well written and constructed, well worth a read.

This was outstanding! I loved it. I did not expect that at all. The story was kind of heartbreaking having the two mothers describe this story. Wasn’t a fan of the podcast bits but it tied in so well. A mother’s worst nightmare come true. It felt very real reading this and it’s quite refreshing to read that it’s not always men and there is justice being done to the women as well.

Heidi Parks is adept at making her characters instantly like or dislikeable, only to have their realities completely contradict your first impressions.
Issie is lucky to have Jess searching and fighting for her after she disappears on holiday with her slightly suspect boyfriend, whose own Mother doesn't seem the least bit concerned about his complete silence.
However, when the plot changes from a missing person search by a desperate Mum to a hit and run investigation things get messy very quickly.
A great read- edge of seat stuff!