Fatal Lies by Anita Waller

For Matt Forrester, The Forrester Detective Agency is going from strength to strength: they’ve expanded their office space and even hired a new office manager – a qualified and astute woman named Carol.

What starts as a simple burglary case soon turns into something darker. The victim of said burglary soon turns up dead, after engaging in threats with the local yobs she believed to have been responsible.

But it soon becomes clear that there’s more at play here, and Matt – alongside sister Hermia, partner Steve, and life partner Karen – will have to put all their skills to the test, even if it puts them in danger.

About the author

Anita Waller is the author of many bestselling psychological thrillers and the Kat and Mouse crime series. She lives in Sheffield, which continues to be the setting of many of her thrillers.

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Review

‘Fatal Lies’ was compelling, with brilliant characters and writing, a real page turner that kept me engrossed up to the last page! This is the follow-up to the first in the series ‘Fatal Secrets’ but it can be read as a stand-alone. I do recommend reading the first one though as it was a cracking read!

The Forrester Detective Agency is going from strength to strength. They are so busy that they have had to hire an office manager, Carol, who fits in seamlessly with the lads and of course, Harry loves her scones! Carol had bags of experience and had transformed the ‘back office’ into a working heaven and I loved the idea of ‘Watson’. It was lovely to see the two main characters, Matt and Steve, progress in their personal lives as well as professional.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this follow up and it did not disappoint at all! It felt as if I was coming back to characters that had been going for a good few books. What I mean by that is, they were nuanced, familiar to the reader and it felt like they were a well formed unit. Plus, of course there is Matt’s son Harry who I just adore! The plot was well balanced between the main murder and the interconnecting subplots and it was directed to a satisfying conclusion. I flew through this book in a couple of sittings as it was a compelling and addictive read! There were lots of twists and reveals, it was a tense read but enjoyable at the same time.

Let me know if you pick this one up!