No Secrets

Another excellent book by David Jackson!

This time it involved Izzy. She worked in a bookshop, but her talent, or was it a curse? lay in being able to read peoples emotions and allowing her to know when someone is lying.

She tries to use her talent for good, but as you can imagine it doesn't go well. No one wants to believe her. They all think she's a crackpot, seeking attention apart from the lovely Detective Josh Frendy.

Despite this, through sheer determination? bravery? She keeps going. I didn't know whether to admire her courage, determination, bravery or tell her to stop putting herself in danger especially when noone seemed to believe her.

David Jackson definitely knows how to write a thriller with plenty of action, dark humour and wit and he's done it again with this one!

I definitely recommend this!

Thank you to PH, NetGalley, David Jackson and publishers Serpent's Tail / Viper / Profile Books for the chance to read this book.

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Another excellent book by David Jackson!

This time it involved Izzy. She worked in a bookshop, but her talent, or was it a curse? lay in being able to read peoples emotions and allowing her to know when someone is lying.

She tries to use her talent for good, but as you can imagine it doesn't go well. No one wants to believe her. They all think she's a crackpot, seeking attention apart from the lovely Detective Josh Frendy.

Despite this, through sheer determination? bravery? She keeps going. I didn't know whether to admire her courage, determination, bravery or tell her to stop putting herself in danger especially when noone seemed to believe her.

David Jackson definitely knows how to write a thriller with plenty of action, dark humour and wit and he's done it again with this one!

I definitely recommend this!

Thank you to PH, NetGalley, David Jackson and publishers Serpent's Tail / Viper / Profile Books for the chance to read this book.

Izzy Lambert has an distinctive ability to read a person and know if they are telling the truth or a lie. This has not been a blessing for Izzy, rather a curse, causing much pain to those around her. But after discovering that a young girl has gone missing from her old high school and watching her old caretaker report a recent sighting of Rosie getting into a car, Izzy is absolutely certain that Kenneth Plumley is not telling the truth. Izzy is torn with what to do and decides she must go to the police with this information, but having no evidence she finds herself being ridiculed and not taken seriously. Having no other option, Izzy feels it is her duty to investigate further and find the evidence that the police need to take her claims seriously, putting not only herself but her family and friends in danger,

No Secrets is a cat-and-mouse chase for the truth. I was routing for Izzy to find the evidence needed but also had my doubts about whether her intuition was correctly. I adored Detective Sergeant Josh Frendy and his unrelenting patience with Izzy. Jackson definitely knows how to create a host of characters that are three-dimensional. His use of suspense and gore adds to the tension of novel and just when you think you have everything sussed the twists and turns change your perception of everything that has come before.

A very clever, engaging read which I thoroughly enjoyed. Another Viper classic, the hits just keep on coming.

If you love a good thriller then I highly recommend

Merged review:

Izzy Lambert has an distinctive ability to read a person and know if they are telling the truth or a lie. This has not been a blessing for Izzy, rather a curse, causing much pain to those around her. But after discovering that a young girl has gone missing from her old high school and watching her old caretaker report a recent sighting of Rosie getting into a car, Izzy is absolutely certain that Kenneth Plumley is not telling the truth. Izzy is torn with what to do and decides she must go to the police with this information, but having no evidence she finds herself being ridiculed and not taken seriously. Having no other option, Izzy feels it is her duty to investigate further and find the evidence that the police need to take her claims seriously, putting not only herself but her family and friends in danger,

No Secrets is a cat-and-mouse chase for the truth. I was routing for Izzy to find the evidence needed but also had my doubts about whether her intuition was correctly. I adored Detective Sergeant Josh Frendy and his unrelenting patience with Izzy. Jackson definitely knows how to create a host of characters that are three-dimensional. His use of suspense and gore adds to the tension of novel and just when you think you have everything sussed the twists and turns change your perception of everything that has come before.

A very clever, engaging read which I thoroughly enjoyed. Another Viper classic, the hits just keep on coming.

If you love a good thriller then I highly recommend