Her Dark Lies - J.T. Ellison

Her Dark Lies

By J.T. Ellison

  • Release Date: 2021-03-09
  • Genre: Mysteries & Thrillers
Score: 4
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From 315 Ratings

Description

“Elegant, propulsive, and utterly unputdownable… The work of one of our most talented thriller writers at the very top of her game.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author of Confessions on the 7:45

Fast-paced and brilliantly unpredictable, J.T. Ellison’s breathtaking novel invites you to a wedding none will forget—and some won’t survive.

Jutting from sparkling turquoise waters off the Italian coast, Isle Isola is an idyllic setting for a wedding. In the majestic cliff-top villa owned by the wealthy Compton family, up-and-coming artist Claire Hunter will marry handsome, charming Jack Compton, surrounded by close family, intimate friends…and a host of dark secrets.

From the moment Claire sets foot on the island, something seems amiss. Skeletal remains have just been found. There are other, newer disturbances, too. Menacing texts. A ruined wedding dress. And one troubling shadow hanging over Claire’s otherwise blissful relationship—the strange mystery surrounding Jack’s first wife.

Then a raging storm descends, the power goes out—and the real terror begins…

Don't miss J.T. Ellison's next thriller, IT'S ONE OF US, coming February 2023!

Reviews

  • Not the best but had a few twists

    3
    By JeanneInDallas
    Jack & Claire fall in love and are getting married at the Compton Villa on the coast in Italy. Then terrible things begin to happen, small at first then deadly. Wedding has to be cancelled. But it’s tied up in a neat little box in the end.
  • Great twists

    5
    By Angie foodie
    Thought provoking. Great suspense with. Twists and turns.
  • Fun but ....

    3
    By Guzin1
    Fun but way too many unanswered questions, plots holes and time lapses that don’t align. Like (partial spoiler alerts so I’ll omit the names) when two people part ways and person #1 goes to another floor where he discovers a body and figures out who the mystery woman is, all of which takes at most 30 minutes, person #2 goes to several floors, has long conversations with different people, gets dressed for his wedding, stops the wedding at the procession, drags the bride back up to the room, has another revealing conversation while the bride strips AND THEN answers the phone call from person #1 who is out of breathe and racing to person #2’s room to explain his big discovery at the exact time the mystery woman pops into the room with a gun. I mean, it was very dramatic for the story but unless person #1 fell into a time and space wormhole, there’s no way each person took the same amount of time to get to that point. Also, again without giving away names, there’s a point in time where the killer supposedly kills a woman and drags her to a cave to pile her body with the others then gets back to the room for the perfectly timed big reveal in what was at most 5-10 minutes. How? And what happened to the damning tapes showing who really killed the burglar? The authorities found all the other tapes, so why not that one? I’ll tell you why, because then Claire would have been arrested and that would have ruined the ending so instead that pesky little plot point gets glossed over which was weird since it was such a big deal in the beginning and of course that tape was with the others. But other than those and many more convenient lapses in time and explanations, the overall story was a fun summer thriller. Just don’t look too hard at the details.
  • Twists and turns like an old Italian road

    5
    By az painter
    JT Ellison has finally come into her own. From creepy Nashville murder stories to the the British spy in the FBI, JT has been learning her craft . Her Dark Lies is by far the best. Great flawed characters. A handsome and dangerous old Italian villa with a past, and lots of venom. Lots of fun but hard to put down, grab a comforter and some brandy and finish it whole.
  • Too much of too much.

    2
    By ledoss
    Could there possibly be more mayhem rolled into one book? So many unanswered questions. Such as how and where did Morgan’s funds and rehab happen. Much of this story was left unlinked and OMG, the death and disaster abounds. Too much, just too much. The potential was there, but missed the mark.
  • Gothic Suspense!!

    4
    By The Reading Nano
    I have to say J. T. Ellison writes excellent suspense.This one reads like a gothic mystery of old. Towering cliffs on a island owned by a powerful family. So many secrets in both sides. Twists and turns so crazy you never see what’s coming and a shocking ending. Great job!!

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