A reunion with extra motive…

Synopsis

Madelaine had everything she wanted.
Friends, a successful film career, and a loving boyfriend.
Then she was dead… 

Lexie’s friend Helen was part of a close-knit group at university. Now, ten years later, Helen is fearful when another of the group reappears and suggests a reunion.

Lexie contrives an invitation to the weekend get-together at one of England’s ancient stone circles where one of the group admits they believe their long-dead friend was murdered. 

Lexie discovers each of the group has secrets and each has lied, but could they also have committed murder? 

There is another death at the stone circles, and Lexie uncovers information that may connect the two crimes… and implicate her good friend. 

Is someone targeting the former students, or is the killer one of the group? 

The Worst Lie is the second standalone novel in the exciting Lexie Wyatt murder mystery series. 

If you like British crime novels featuring ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, then you’ll love this gripping tale of secrets, lies and obsession that leads to murder.

My review

Lexie and Helen are friends for a few years now. Helen was part of a group friends during her university period. But when a reunion weekend is suggested, Helen is not so eager to participate…
This because 10 years ago, after a similar weekend Madelaine, a friend, died… And someone suspects it wasn’t suicide like presumed…

Lexie manages to receive an invitation to the weekend, and quickly discovers that each member of the initial group has secrets. Keeping secrets is not a crime, but did someone murder Madelaine? And is it the same person committing the same crime again?

I love it when I am reading a thriller and I have totally no clue of who the culprit it!
It all starts with Lexie wanting to help her friend Helen and wanting to find out about the death of Madelaine 10 years ago.

What starts rather innocent, soon evolves to something darker…
Lexie manages to let other people spill their beans and get closer to the truth.
But the more secrets are out, the more suspects there are. And I am not only talking about what happened 10 years ago…

The reunion is just an excuse for the truth, but the truth is not only about Madelaine, but also about what the group did that evening, and the following days.
Each time Lexie discovers something, the suspicions only grow bigger and I found myself distrusting everyone.
The obvious suspects made me think they were great at hiding their tracks, but even people I never thought of, became suspects after their secrets were out.

A gripping thriller, which made me not rest until all secrets were out, and the truth was out.
Although having the truth, isn’t the end of the story.
Solving one mystery doesn’t mean that it’s the same solution for the other mysteries. And the strange events just keep taking place, so you know that there still is more than meets the eye…

And when the end was finally there, I found myself finally taking a breath of air, as I was holding it (figuratively speaking of course) during the whole story!