A 3.5 star read with a four for the first half .. kept you guessing and then surprised you .. I enjoyed this book told in two different voices ..
my thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my arc which I have chosen to review

So Sibel hodge does it again, another fantastic book that keeps you guessing and reading into the early hours!
Loved the characters and the storyline, which had me thinking about who and how along the way. Another fantastic book from her.
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This is a difficult book to review without giving too much away, but I can safely say it was an excellent psychological thriller with many shocks and twists along the way.

I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys a twisted story with some shocking moments that will make you gasp out loud and will keep you enthralled until the final page has been turned.

A thrilling 4 stars.

Is there anything more exciting than discovering a new to you author that you really enjoy? Not to me there isn’t! Immediately after I finished Duplicity I rushed to Goodreads to see if Hodge had any other books and I was so thrilled to see she has others with outstanding ratings from some of my most trusted friends. Now to find the time to actually read them…

I was hooked by this one right away, there are two viewpoints, the Detective and the Other One. The detective is DI Carter who is looking into the murder of Max. I really liked Carter, in fact I think he’s the only character that I actually enjoyed. He is relentless in his pursuit of the truth even if it means risking it all. The Other One is clearly the person responsible for killing Max but you have no idea who it actually is until much later. I’m a fan of alternating timelines and it worked so well here, the truth was slowly revealed in bits and pieces and it left me hanging onto every word. Part one is the slowest section but I was still very interested, but when part two starts? BAM! The pace really picks up and there were so many plot twists I think I may have whiplash.

I can’t talk about the plot very much here, but I can say that it is dark, twisted and full of shocking surprises. I was patting myself on the back for being so clever and correctly guessing which direction things were headed, until Hodge decided to spin me around and smack me upside the head for being so bold and presumptuous. I love when an author manages to deceive me and I was mislead so many times here that I lost count. This is an excellently crafted psychological thriller with all the necessary elements that I need in the genre. The pacing was right on, the tension was heavy, you don’t know who to trust, and there are surprises up until the very end.

This was an intriguing thriller to say at the least. The only problem that I had was I really felt like it was circular thinking and writing. So many times we analyze and go over the same narrative over and over again, to the point that I started skimming those parts. I understand that from the perspective of the police officer, he's only doing his job, but the author made him over-analyze and emphasize it in his head.

My first problem, which is my personal mistake, is that I got extremely confused with who our "mysterious" other POV was. For some reason, I don't that it was childhood flashbacks of DS Warren Carter. So for some weird reason, maybe until the middle of the story, I was dragging along my idea that this is told from a single POV, until I realized that this was a separate antagonist. That ruined the suspense of reading most of the first half of this thriller.

As psychological thrillers go, I thought that the outcome here was pretty unrealistic and coincidental. This "plot twist" is the type of thing that makes national news on TV (in my opinion) meaning that this wasn't a typical or ordinary case at all. Generally, I found myself staring at my Kindle in disbelief when the final reveal came because I just couldn't wrap my head around exactly how this happened.

<blockquote><b><i>I was ten years old when he made me commit murder. </i></b></blockquote>
Also, I know that this is part of the plotline, but some of the animal abuse that happened me, got really graphic and annoyed me. I know that this was a "plot device" to make an excuse for one character to become a vegan, and I can understand why the author would use that trauma. However, as a vegetarian myself I don't want to go into a book being specifically triggered in the descriptions of animal slaughter. No thank you.

<i>**Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy in exchange for my honest review.**</i>

This is a book that has to be read in one sitting as it is unputdownable. The twists and turns in the storyline had me hooked and I certainly did not foresee the ending. I loved the style of writing and cannot wait to read more from this author..

I've read previous books by this author and so was slightly dissatisfied with thgthge current offering tbh....I didn't really gel with any characters and wasn't very gripped by the book. Thought it was a bit boring, but my friend enjoted it so maybe its juyst me!!!

A truly fantastic read! This book is extremely well written with an amazing plot that is seriously mind blowing. A book split into three parts with each one giving a different angle, I cannot fault this book at all. Magnificently twisted and devious .

Max, a wealthy developer, is murdered and his newly-wed wife, Alissa, gets out of her bath and walks in on the murder. She escapes by locking herself in a bathroom and escaping out a window, running naked to a neighbor's home. Alissa is beautiful, sweet and gentle according to everyone that knows her so the police immediately take her off the suspect list, except Detective Carter. Detective Carter senses something is not as it seems with Alissa and Max based on his gut instinct as a experienced detective but as he digs everything seems to point at Alissa's ex-boyfriend, Russell, who still had not gotten over Alissa after 3 years of being broken up and gate-crashed the wedding reception trying to get her back. Even after Russell is arrested, Detective Carter is still looking for something that will rid him of the suspicion that they did not arrest the right person. This book has you guessing to the end on who actually murdered Max. There are actually chapters where the murder is talking to you but you have no idea who it is. A great mystery and psychological thriller I would recommend to anyone into these genres.

I gave this book a 4 out of 5 stars on Goodreads.

I received an advanced readers copy of this book from NetGalley for review consideration.

Yet another fab read from Sibel Hodge. This is an intriguing read! A great plot which had me second guessing throughout. Well written and I thoroughly enjoyed the chapters for the characters involved. I will be looking out for more books from this author!

<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31447013-duplicity" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img border="0" alt="Duplicity" src="https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478195794m/31447013.jpg" /></a><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/31447013-duplicity">Duplicity</a> by <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3517050.Sibel_Hodge">Sibel Hodge</a><br/>
My rating: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1846650122">4 of 5 stars</a><br /><br />
A really good book about the murder of a wealthy, newly married young man. There are many characters who could have committed this crime. Every time that I thought I had it figured out, some new facts would emerge. The ending was a real surprise!! <br /><br />Thank you to Netgalley, Thomas & Mercer, and the author Sibel Hodge, for the copy of this book.
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