I always enjoy Heidi Perks books and this one was no different. It kept me interested right to the very end. Lots of twists and turns. I have to say that I didn't really like the mother of the daughter - I found her a little irritating. She kept talking about how much less they had than the father's lifestyle - but didn't realise that having a house paid for, a new kitchen and an expensive car - showed a lack of self awareness that grated on me a little. Having said that the story itself was really interesting and it kept me hooked.

4* What would we do for our kids, and still be able to live with ourselves?

This is my first book by this author, and it's a very well-done one. The twists in this tape have a sinister edge, and had I been Jess, I'm sure I'd have been as pulled as her. I'm glad her honesty, latent as it'd been for too long, came to the fore and that she did the right thing.

Issy? Not a nice 17/18yo, more her father's daughter than her mother's. And ugh, that her dad was prepared to pay and lie to make everything go away, was less about love and more about control as getting his own way, like his daughter likes to.

It's a tale that ends with justice being done, and actually feels quite real. Some women are plain manipulative bitches and boy, so some learn how young. I'm glad the innocents in this tale weren't as damaged as they could've been. The author did well with her red flags and red herrings, but ugh, that ending. I think my heart would've broken and my relationship with my kid forever irreparably broken.

ARC courtesy of NetGalley and Penguin Books, for my reading pleasure.

Holy cow! This is one of her best books ever! Jess gets worried when her daughter’s 18th birthday appears and she can’t find her. Issie is with Dylan traveling through Portugal, but Jess has never trusted Dylan with her daughter. Where is issie? Is she ok? I don’t want to give too much away but the second half is def not what I expected. Great book! Kept me powering through it.

I love books by Heidi Perks, her storytelling is amazing and this thriller is just brilliant..

We meet Jess, a loving single mother who just adores her daughter Issie When Jess's husband leaves it's just her and her daughter so their bond is strong. Then Issie meets Dylan and things change. Jess isn't keen on Dylan so when Issie tells her they are going travelling she is a little broken.

When Issie’ disappears and Jess cannot contact her daughter her fears grow.

This tale is about the relationship between a mother and her daughter and is both heartfelt and emotional.

The tension and suspense kept me on edge and I was gripped.

Someone Is Lying takes us through a mother's nightmare as her teenage daughter heads across Europe with her boyfriend. When Issie suddenly stops answering messages, Jess knows something is badly wrong. But her daughter is an adult and no one will take her pleas seriously.

Jess heads for Portugal, looking to find Issie and also to force the local police into action. But she finds out more than she had bargained for.

This is a well told novel that has suspense and mystery, but turns into an examination of the parent-child relationship. It's engaging and thought provoking.

This book really had me hooked from the very start. An emotionally charged thriller where parents are put through their worst nightmares. The parents in this novel face an emotional nightmare and are powerless to help their child.

Jess is a loving single mother who lives for her daughter Issie who have formed a tight bond having spent the last seven years together since Jess’s husband left her. But all this changes when Issie meets Dylan and their tight bond starts to show weaken. When Issie and Dylan announce that they plan to travel Jess is left heartbroken and worries about her beloved daughter. Jess doesn’t trust Dylan and is concerned about the influence he appears to have on her.

On the eve of Issie’s eighteenth birthday she suddenly disappears and all communication stops. Jess is instantly concerned even though everyone else puts her silence down to her age. With no communication from either Issie or Dylan Jess’s fear grows and grows. Once Dylan does make contact he offers no answers that appease Jess and she faces an emotional journey against a wall of silence. Jess contacts the police to raise her concerns for Issie’s safety but faces a reluctance to make any investigations due to her age. There is plenty of suspense and the novel twists and turns leaving you unsure who or what to believe.

The relationships between the mother and offspring are fascinating and emotionally charged. Both mothers are fighting to protect their child and face the consequences. The tension and suspense builds throughout as the story unfolds and is well paced.

This novel is an emotional rollercoaster that deals with trust, betrayal and the lengths a parent will go to protect their child.

An emotional page turner.

I would like to thank both Netgalley and Random House UK for supplying a copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review.

Jess Addams is a single mother living with her teenage daughter Izzie in happiness in Hampshire.

Then Izzie meets Dylan. Dylan changes her and,after her A Levels,persuades Izzie to go travelling in Portugal.

Jess' worst nightmare occurs when Izzie goes missing and Jess must travel to Portugal to find her.

But all is not as it seems. There are many twists and turns as the plot unfolds.

A good holiday read!

I would like to thank Netgalley and Penguin Publishing for the chance to read and review this book

I really felt for born Jess and Kay in this book.
It’s also really timely as I’m the parent of a nineteen year old daughter and you do feel conflicting feelings snd emotions when the little girl you’ve raised is now a young woman.
Overall I found Jess a bit over bearing and she made me feel claustrophobic. But then I don’t know how Kay felt other than terror when her son was missing and asking near impossible things of her. A mother’s love runs deep at the heart of this. Thank you for the information to read it. #SomeoneIsLying #NetGalley #HeidiPerks