Title: Truth and Lies (DI Amy Winter #1)
Author: Caroline Mitchell
Genre: Psychological Thriller/Mystery
Pages: 348 (Paperback)
Publisher: Thomas & Mercer
Publication date: August 30th, 2018
Synopsis from Truth and Lies' Goodreads page
Meet Amy Winter: Detective Inspector, daughter of a serial killer.
DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one half of a notorious husband-and-wife serial-killer team, it contains a revelation that will tear her life apart.
Responsible for a string of heinous killings decades ago, Lillian is pure evil. A psychopathic murderer. And Amy’s biological mother. Now, she is ready to reveal the location of three of her victims—but only if Amy plays along with her twisted game.
While her fellow detectives frantically search for a young girl taken from her mother’s doorstep, Amy must confront her own dark past. Haunted by blurred memories of a sister who sacrificed herself to save her, Amy faces a race against time to uncover the missing bodies.
But what if, from behind bars, Grimes has been pulling the strings even tighter than Amy thought? And can she overcome her demons to prevent another murder?
Synopsis from Truth and Lies' Goodreads page
Meet Amy Winter: Detective Inspector, daughter of a serial killer.
DI Amy Winter is hoping to follow in the footsteps of her highly respected police officer father. But when a letter arrives from the prison cell of Lillian Grimes, one half of a notorious husband-and-wife serial-killer team, it contains a revelation that will tear her life apart.
Responsible for a string of heinous killings decades ago, Lillian is pure evil. A psychopathic murderer. And Amy’s biological mother. Now, she is ready to reveal the location of three of her victims—but only if Amy plays along with her twisted game.
While her fellow detectives frantically search for a young girl taken from her mother’s doorstep, Amy must confront her own dark past. Haunted by blurred memories of a sister who sacrificed herself to save her, Amy faces a race against time to uncover the missing bodies.
But what if, from behind bars, Grimes has been pulling the strings even tighter than Amy thought? And can she overcome her demons to prevent another murder?
THOUGHTS
Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review!
This is another psychological thriller book, however, this one is from the perspective of a cop, which I found to be different and refreshing! I don't want to give too much away about the things that happen in the beginning of the book because I don't want to spoil anything, however it dragged me right in from the beginning and I read it in one sitting!
I absolutely LOVED the suspense and the plot twists in this book - I found it to be fast paced and was taken by surprise for a fair amount of the twists and turns in the book.
I loved how the characters developed and changed throughout the book as well as how the affected and changed each other. I loved how the main character, Amy Winter, was forced to make some hard decisions, and I also enjoyed that she put others in front of herself - she is very selfless, and it made reading about what happened to her in the past as a child painful, but also very eye opening as well. Reading about what happened to her shows the reader why she is the way that she is, as well as why she makes the decisions that she does. It shows who she is, and I really enjoy books that show characters in that way, as well as books with characters that have had something bad happen to them in the past, so that the reader can see how they have overcome it as well as how it has affected them. It makes them feel more real, and I find that it is easier to connect to flawed characters than to perfect, unrealistic characters.
I also really enjoyed the setting of the book - the author did an amazing job of describing the settings, the surroundings, and the people and objects in the book. It felt like you were right there with the detectives when they were trying to find the bodies of the victims.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The characters were flawed in ways that made them easy to connect to and felt realistic, the twists and turns kept the book interesting and fast paced, and the descriptions of the setting and people in them were very well done and made the story, and the book, more life like.
I can't wait to get my hands on the second one!
This is another psychological thriller book, however, this one is from the perspective of a cop, which I found to be different and refreshing! I don't want to give too much away about the things that happen in the beginning of the book because I don't want to spoil anything, however it dragged me right in from the beginning and I read it in one sitting!
I absolutely LOVED the suspense and the plot twists in this book - I found it to be fast paced and was taken by surprise for a fair amount of the twists and turns in the book.
I loved how the characters developed and changed throughout the book as well as how the affected and changed each other. I loved how the main character, Amy Winter, was forced to make some hard decisions, and I also enjoyed that she put others in front of herself - she is very selfless, and it made reading about what happened to her in the past as a child painful, but also very eye opening as well. Reading about what happened to her shows the reader why she is the way that she is, as well as why she makes the decisions that she does. It shows who she is, and I really enjoy books that show characters in that way, as well as books with characters that have had something bad happen to them in the past, so that the reader can see how they have overcome it as well as how it has affected them. It makes them feel more real, and I find that it is easier to connect to flawed characters than to perfect, unrealistic characters.
I also really enjoyed the setting of the book - the author did an amazing job of describing the settings, the surroundings, and the people and objects in the book. It felt like you were right there with the detectives when they were trying to find the bodies of the victims.
Overall, I really enjoyed this book. The characters were flawed in ways that made them easy to connect to and felt realistic, the twists and turns kept the book interesting and fast paced, and the descriptions of the setting and people in them were very well done and made the story, and the book, more life like.
I can't wait to get my hands on the second one!
Overall - ★★★★☆
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