Blog tour ~ book review: Her Last Lie by J.S. Lark

I am delighted to be on this blog tour ~ thanks to Rachel’s Random Resources for organizing.

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3.5⭐
Genre ~ psychological thriller
Setting ~ England
Publication date ~ October 23, 2023
Page Count ~388 (31 chapters +p)
POV ~ single 1st, with a few extra POV’s at the end
Featuring ~ child death, secrets, lies

Jen’s 15 year old son, Eli, has been found naked with a head wound in the lake. Was it suicide or murder?

As the story flows along we learn more and more about what Eli has been doing since they moved to town. Jen is also a single mom to 10 year old Jordan and I did feel the grief the family was feeling was well written, but in turn it was weird, too. Maybe because Jen was feeling Eli’s presence near the lake, like he was trying to help her solve his case, which wasn’t very realistic to me. I liked Jen’s relationship with the boys father, Andre, and how they leaned on each other. Andre’s mom was great, too!

What was interesting to me is that we got to watch the trial of the murderer for quite a few chapters. Usually it’s just briefly stated how many years in the slammer they get, not full on court proceedings like we got here, which I did like.

Overall, I did enjoy this one well enough but I wasn’t as gripped as I’d hoped I’d be. I liked the extra POV’s at the end that rounded out the story to give us closure. The truth was quite shocking.

There is already some early love for this one, so don’t let me deter you from reading it if you fancy the plot.

Side note ~ I absolutely love the cover and feel it depicts the scene perfectly.

*Thanks to the author and Rachel’s Random Resources for the ARC. I am voluntarily leaving my honest review*

Book blurb:

Guilt. Motherhood. Murder.

When the body of Jen’s teenage son, Eli, is found at the edge of a lake, her shock and grief are overwhelming. She feels guilty because she wasn’t at home the night he was killed.

As the police investigation intensifies, and her son’s estranged father reappears in her life, Jen hides a secret, while yearning to know what really happened.

Soon she begins to wonder if her son’s friends are hiding something. And after she learns that Eli had a girlfriend it becomes more and more difficult to separate the truth from the lies…Did her son have a secret life she knew nothing about?

And can she unlock the truth about what happened to Eli on that fateful night before someone else gets hurt?

Praise for J. S. Lark:

“Dark, deceptive and utterly delicious.” —Louise Douglas, author of The Secrets Between Us

“Engrossing . . . [A] psychological thriller that will leave you stunned and satisfied.” —Lisa Regan, USA Today–bestselling author of the Detective Josie Quinn series

Purchase Links

Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0CGF41BD1

Amazon USA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CGF41BD1

Author Bio –

Jane is a coffee, chocolate and red wine lover, and a late-night writer of compelling, passionate, and emotionally charged fiction. The kindle bestselling author of The Twins and The Secret Couple…

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