Author: Lisa Jewell
Genre: Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Atria Books
Format: Kindle ARC
No. of Pages: 384
No. of Pages: 384
Date of Publication: June 24, 2025
My Rating: 4 Stars
My Rating: 4 Stars
DESCRIPTION:
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Lisa Jewell, three women are connected by one man in this kaleidoscopic thriller.
He’s the perfect man. It’s a perfect lie.
Nina Swann is intrigued when she received a condolence card from Nick Radcliffe, an old friend of her late husband, who is looking to connect after her husband’s unexpected death. Nick is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. But to Nina’s adult daughter, Ash, Nick seems too slick, too polished, too good to be true. Without telling her mother, Ash begins digging into Nick’s past. What she finds is more than unsettling…
Martha is a florist living in a neighboring town with her infant daughter and her devoted husband, Alistair. But lately, Alistair has been traveling more and more frequently for work, disappearing for days at a time. When Martha questions him about his frequent absences, he always has a legitimate explanation, but Martha can’t share the feeling that something isn’t right.
Nina, Martha, and Ash are on a collision course with a shocking truth that is far darker than anyone could have imagined. And all three are about to wish they had heeded the same warning: Don’t let him in. But the past won’t stay buried forever.
He’s the perfect man. It’s a perfect lie.
Nina Swann is intrigued when she received a condolence card from Nick Radcliffe, an old friend of her late husband, who is looking to connect after her husband’s unexpected death. Nick is a man of substance and good taste. He has a smile that could melt the coldest heart and a knack for putting others at ease. But to Nina’s adult daughter, Ash, Nick seems too slick, too polished, too good to be true. Without telling her mother, Ash begins digging into Nick’s past. What she finds is more than unsettling…
Martha is a florist living in a neighboring town with her infant daughter and her devoted husband, Alistair. But lately, Alistair has been traveling more and more frequently for work, disappearing for days at a time. When Martha questions him about his frequent absences, he always has a legitimate explanation, but Martha can’t share the feeling that something isn’t right.
Nina, Martha, and Ash are on a collision course with a shocking truth that is far darker than anyone could have imagined. And all three are about to wish they had heeded the same warning: Don’t let him in. But the past won’t stay buried forever.
MY THOUGHTS:
Nina, Martha and Ash. All connected to one man, Nick. Gaslighter extraordinaire. The things Nick does in Lisa Jewell’s latest book are utterly cringeworthy. With his affable personality, making everyone feel comfortable, gaining people’s trust comes easy to him. His romantic relationships are a breeze. He is Nick. Alistair. Jonathan. Andre. Simon. How he pulled all of these personas off for so long was not only shocking, but quite remarkable.
Starting with two of the women Nick has bowled over, Nina and Martha, both of whom have been completely unaware that Nick and Alistair are the same man for the longest time. Their lives intersect in a chilling way. Nina’s daughter, Ash, was never easily fooled by Nick. Still not over the death of her father, a man Nick claimed was once friends with, she is determined to discover who this man is.
What a thrilling story! Shocking in its intensity, and utterly compelling, Lisa Jewell proves that she excels at her craft of writing. The reader’s attention is snagged from the opening scene and keeps us focus to the very end, an epilogue that will leave you breathless.
Many thanks to Atria and to NetGalley for this ARC for review. This is my honest opinion.
She worked for the fashion chain Warehouse for three years as a PR assistant and then for Thomas Pink, the Jermyn Street shirt company for four years as a receptionist and PA. She started her first novel, Ralph’s Party, for a bet in 1996. She finished it in 1997 and it was published by Penguin books in May 1998. It went on to become the best-selling debut novel of that year.
She has since written a further nine novels, as is currently at work on her eleventh.
She now lives in an innermost part of north London with her husband Jascha, an IT consultant, her daughters, Amelie and Evie and her silver tabbies, Jack and Milly.
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