The Woman Who Lied

Definitely a unique thriller I have ever read. Highly recommended for those in book slump or even for beginners starting the habit of reading..

🔹 My take: 3.5/5🔸 Emilia Ward is best selling author of 9 books and the fictional detective in her books Miranda Moody is a character readers have loved. Emilia is on verge of writing her 10th book which she feels is the most difficult since she is planning to make some big changes in them and coincidentally her life starts mimicking those troubles in real life too. Strange incidents start popping up in her life and she starts connecting dots that these incidents are same to scenes she has written in her earlier books. Then an incident occurs which is identical to the scene she is writing for her current book and hell breaks loose. Emilia and her family are in danger and try to break the pattern.💖 Wows - Claire Douglas continues to be one of my favourite thriller authors. The Woman who lied starts with a bang and the thrill aspects begin from chapter 1. The writing is as always fast paced and interesting. Different characters are introduced at regular intervals and contribute to the overall story. And of course the plot of a writer writing books is always lovely to read.💔 Ows - I found the other books by the author like ‘The Couple at no. 9’ and ‘The Girls who disappeared’ better. This one had all the right elements but maybe the mystery was a tad bit predictable and hence I am unable to give it full 5 stars.💫 As a fan of Claire Douglas, I would recommend this to all thriller lovers. ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨

The story revolves around Emilia Ward, a bestselling author of DI Miranda Moody series, is happily married to her second husband, Elliot and two children, Wilfie and Jasmine. She's working on her tenth book in DI Miranda Moody series, Her Last Chapter.Everything was going good but then strange things started happening to her. Someone is mirroring the plots of her books, one by one to scare her but why are they targeting her? What is their motive?On the other hand, DI Janine Murray is investigating the latest case of The Praying Mantis Murderer who kills women & carve insect heads just like in DI Moody Series. When her best friend Louise is murdered, Emilia is too frightened to tell the truth about her book to the police. DI Moody's best friend is killed on the book and Emilia knows the ending of her unpublished book that DI Moody is going to be next and that means that the killer is coming for her.She starts questioning the character of everyone closest to her because only they have read her unpublished book. It means that the killer is one of them.Told from three POV's of DI Janine Murray, Emilia and Daisy, this book is one of the twistiest reads I've read this year. Characters of the book are very good. I loved the characters of Emilia, Elliot, Jonas, Daisy and DI Janine. Other characters are good.Narration of the book is buttery smooth and kept me hooked until the end. I really wanted to know how these things are connected and who's the killer.Overall, it's a brilliant mystery psychological thriller you mustn't miss.

First of all, It's a good thing I'm retired. It's 1:00 AM and I just finished this freaking story. Is it likely? Possible? Not so sure. Did it keep me on the edge of my seat? Oh yeah. Was it a challenge trying to follow its hopscotch plot? Absolutely. Will I have trouble going to sleep thinking about it? Definitely.

Love the way Claire Douglas writes

This kept me on my toes until the end. I could not put it down. It was a very interesting and very sad twist.

Descubrí a Claire Douglas porque buscaba un libro de intriga que fuera fácil de leer en inglés. Y este ya es el tercer libro que compro.Un libro dinámico, en el que hasta el último momento no descubres toda la trama. Y esto es lo que más me gusta, te mantiene en vilo durante todo el relato.Sin duda, una de mis escritoras preferidas.

朝日新聞 GLOBE の園部哲氏の紹介で本書を知った。ロンドン郊外の Richmond が主な舞台で、以前何度か訪れたことのある場所が懐かしく思い浮かんで、それだけでも楽しませてもらった。平易な英語で書かれているのだが、構成はなかなか複雑、人物相関図をメモしながら読み進んだ。ミステリー作家エミリアは、シリーズの10巻目を完成させようとしているところだが、突然不可解な事態に見舞われる。シリーズの以前のいくつかの巻に出てくる小道具が、身辺に密かに置かれるようになる。夫の協力も得て、家のセキュリティーを万全にしたつもりでも、忍び込んでくる。さらにまだ出版されてない10巻目の内容に酷似した状況まで現れて、しだいに心理的に追いつめられていく。本書はこのエミリアの暮らしを中心に展開するが、併せて、彼女の10巻目の小説からの抜粋、そして、Devon 州で頻発している連続殺人事件を追っている女性刑事の1人称での語り、が合間に挿入されて、やがてそれらが一点に収斂されていくという構成。彼女の家族、前夫との関係、それぞれの両親、愛する子供たち、大学時代の友人たち、最近知り合った女性警察官、様々な人物を配し、サイコスリラー的に展開する。大いに楽しめる内容ではあるが、当初の謎めいた状況から、犯人を疑う心理が次々に変わっていくようすが、しだいに説明口調になっていく点が少々物足りなかった。いずれにしても、意外な展開の連続でページターナーであった。なお余談ではあるが、朝日新聞の GLOBE で長年ロンドンのベストセラーを紹介してくださっている園部哲氏の初のエッセー集『異邦人のロンドン』が集英社から9月に刊行されて、早速購入、氏のロンドンでの暮らしぶりなど興味深く、ときに感嘆しつつ、読ませていただいた。