The Good Lie
A.R. Torre has done it again. This woman can write!
When 17-year-old Scott Harden shows up at his home after being missing for almost 7 weeks, he becomes the first victim of serial killer, The Bloody Heart Killer, to escape. To everyone’s surprise he fingers Randall Thomspson, a long-time science teacher at his high school as the perpetrator. So why is attorney Robert Kavin, the father of the BH Killer’s 6th victim, Gabe, stepping forward to defend this man - pro bono, no less?
That’s a premise! How could I not want to get to the bottom of this?
Enter Gwen Moore, a well-known psychiatrist to the most depraved and violent minds. Her job is to get inside the minds of these potential killers and help them steer clear of their impulse to harm and kill. When Robert Kavin hires her to do a psychological profile of the BH Killer, based on the case files of all the victims, she begins to draw conclusions about who this person might be, but she also wrestles with Robert’s motivations. Are they personal or professional? It doesn’t help that the line between personal and professional is getting blurred between her and this handsome attorney.
The story twists and turns from here, leaving you guessing what everyone’s motivations are and what “facts” can be trusted. I had my ideas about who might be guilty and what was going on, but kudos to Torre for shooting down pretty much all of them like ducks in a barrel! (For those who’ve never heard this saying - it’s a carnival game with plastic ducks. No real ducks were harmed in the writing of this review. 😉)
Torre will be a go-to author for me after loving this and Every Last Secret. She writes characters you may not always like, but you feel invested in nonetheless. As an aside, I adore Gwen’s fellow psychiatrist, Meredith. She’s a bottle of saucy fun! The strength of this book is the characters, and the mind games that each of them are playing. If you like action - this isn’t that book, but if you like to get inside characters’ heads for a bit - try this one. I think you’ll like it!
★★★★ ½ (rounded to 5)
I listened to this on Audible, while reading along on my Kindle, and the narration by Susan Dallian was fantastic. Thanks to Kindle Unlimited for this one.
When 17-year-old Scott Harden shows up at his home after being missing for almost 7 weeks, he becomes the first victim of serial killer, The Bloody Heart Killer, to escape. To everyone’s surprise he fingers Randall Thomspson, a long-time science teacher at his high school as the perpetrator. So why is attorney Robert Kavin, the father of the BH Killer’s 6th victim, Gabe, stepping forward to defend this man - pro bono, no less?
That’s a premise! How could I not want to get to the bottom of this?
Enter Gwen Moore, a well-known psychiatrist to the most depraved and violent minds. Her job is to get inside the minds of these potential killers and help them steer clear of their impulse to harm and kill. When Robert Kavin hires her to do a psychological profile of the BH Killer, based on the case files of all the victims, she begins to draw conclusions about who this person might be, but she also wrestles with Robert’s motivations. Are they personal or professional? It doesn’t help that the line between personal and professional is getting blurred between her and this handsome attorney.
The story twists and turns from here, leaving you guessing what everyone’s motivations are and what “facts” can be trusted. I had my ideas about who might be guilty and what was going on, but kudos to Torre for shooting down pretty much all of them like ducks in a barrel! (For those who’ve never heard this saying - it’s a carnival game with plastic ducks. No real ducks were harmed in the writing of this review. 😉)
Torre will be a go-to author for me after loving this and Every Last Secret. She writes characters you may not always like, but you feel invested in nonetheless. As an aside, I adore Gwen’s fellow psychiatrist, Meredith. She’s a bottle of saucy fun! The strength of this book is the characters, and the mind games that each of them are playing. If you like action - this isn’t that book, but if you like to get inside characters’ heads for a bit - try this one. I think you’ll like it!
★★★★ ½ (rounded to 5)
I listened to this on Audible, while reading along on my Kindle, and the narration by Susan Dallian was fantastic. Thanks to Kindle Unlimited for this one.
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