One Perfect Lie is the latest offering from Lisa Scottoline. From the first chapter the reader is drawn into this story. Some twists and some edge of the seat moments (while holding your breath!). Another winner from Ms Scottoline. I was given an early copy to review.

Lisa Scottoline hits another "home run" with this fast-paced thriller, One Perfect Lie. Chris Brennan begins the story when he applies for a teaching position at a Pennsylvania high school using a false name and false documents. It was so creepy to me as he cons the principal of the school into hiring him and befriends three young men on the baseball team. The story jumps into separate stories about the three men's families and continues to whip around and twist until the end. I was so on edge reading this story as it brought me up and down the emotional roller coaster. I love Lisa Scottoline and her witty, down-to-earth demeanor that builds deep and engaging characters. Her writing style is so smart and thrilling, I always feel like I need to rest when I finish one of her books! If you haven't read one of Ms. Scottoline's books, make sure that you read this one! If you have read her books, make sure that you read this one! Three cheers to Lisa Scottoline for her excellent thrillers that appeal to so many readers!

One Perfect Lie by Lisa Scottoline will be available April 11, 2017 by St. Martin's Press. An egalley of this book was made available by the publisher via Netgalley in exchange for a honest review.

Received an ARC copy from Net Galley for an honest review.

What a great book.. another hit from Lisa Scottoline
Loved that you are kept guessing about Curt.. lots going on this book that keeps you guessing!

Lisa Scottoline has down it again! Great read which keeps you on the edge of your seat. The characters come to life and keep you riveted. This author is totally amazing.

**I received a free e-copy of ONE PERFECT LIE from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.**

4.5 stars

Chris isn't who he says he is. He wasn't born in Wyoming. He's not really a teacher. His name isn't even Chris. He seeks to rent a truck, stockpile fertilizer and ammonium nitrate. The anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing is just a few days away. Before that time he'll infiltrate a high school baseball team and the families of several players will implode. Before the explosion.

Lisa Scottoline is hit or miss for me, and ONE PERFECT LIE is a home run. I had a bit of difficulty in the first part of the book, inundated with too major and minor characters to keep track. At 25% into the story, I finally understood the plot and subplots, who was who and what was happening. Once I realized the intricacies, I became hooked on the story and invested in the characters.

ONE PERFECT LIE has some interesting characters, although is basically a plot driven story. The reasoning behind The Big Planned Event felt a bit shaky, but wasn't a let down. It was less interesting than the subplots of Raz, Jordan and Evan's family dramas.

I'm purposely being cryptic, to avoid spoiling the twist revealed after the first 25%. Don't read too many reviews before reading, someone spoiled it for me without warning.

ONE PERFECT LIE, one of Scottoline's best efforts, will appeal to a broad audience, enough heart for those who enjoy Women's Fiction and enough action for Thriller/Mystery readers.

Lisa Scotttoline never disappoints. Once again I stayed at the edge of my seat. Totally captured the high school life and twisted it in such a way that I stayed up all night reading

For a Philadelphia ex-pat, there is no one better to read than Lisa Scottoline. She never fails to include in her excellent detective type thrillers a brief travelogue of Center City that brings back memories. This time, the story starts in the ex-urbs of the city, in a small, sleepy suburban town where new teacher, Chris, joins the Central Valley High School staff as a history teacher and a baseball coach. He doesn't plan for a long tenure. Chris is actually Curt, and he is an undercover agent for the Fed'l government searching out a suspected bombing plot planned for the anniversary of the bombing of the Murrah building in Oklahoma City. Curt focuses on four players on his baseball team as likely bombers.. Is it perfect Ethan? Slightly crazy Raz? or Logan, son of a single mom who Chris finds unexpectedly attractive. The arrow moves from one to the other as deep family secrets are unveiled, including an illicit affair between one of the boys and a teacher. Then the action moves upstate where a farming community has been destroyed by fracking and people want to get even. The book ends with a cinematic chase right into Independence Mall and Chris ends up saving Ethan from kidnapping in a rescue maneuver worthy of the flying Wallendas.
Perhaps not Scottoline's strongest book (she perhaps does better with a female protagonist), but it will certainly please her strong fan base. Fun to read and with an unexpected romantic ending that will please book clubs.

The very first sentence of Lisa Scottoline's "One Perfect Lie" hooked me, so I expected this to be a page-turner. It soon became apparent that the first few chapters were the best part of the book. Scottoline fills pages with unnecessary conversations and detail about minor characters that are a waste of time. Instead of gaining strength as the story progresses, the action and character-motivations weaken until the inane and unbelievable ending.
Scottoline has some good books out there. This isn't one of them.
I received a complimentary copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Lisa Scottoline is by far one of my most favorite authors. ONE PERFECT LIE does not disappoint. A great suspense novel with a twist that you will never guess.

I have read most of Lisa Scottoline's novels. I particularly enjoyed the books featuring Rosato and DiNunzio. This latest book does not disappoint. The story grabbed me from the very first page and did not let go. The protagonist, Chris, was very likable. There was good character development throughout, including the boys, their mothers and families, and high school co-workers. I've worked in high schools and I have been a sports parent and this was right on. Ms. Scottoline nailed the relationships and the sports politics. WIthout giving away the plot, there were lots of twists and turns to satisfy this mystery/suspense lover. It had me fooled. It is also very timely. Overall a very entertaining and fast read. I was privileged to be able to read this in advance of publication.

OK -- this one kept me guessing until the very end. At first, I wasn't certain if I could stick with it because the protagonist was so unlikable. Until he wasn't. And then I was completely sucked into the story and had to stay up -- way too late -- to see the story all the way through to the end. Readers will not be sorry that they picked up the book.

This is a book that grabbed me from the very beginning. At first, I kept reading and reading just to see where the author was taking me. I wondered about who Chris Brennan really was and what he was up to. I will not go into this because of spoilers. In the story, Chris is a fill-in teacher for a well-loved teacher, who has had to leave ASAP to take care of her ailing parent. In addition, Chris takes on the assistant baseball coach position. From the start, he fits in well everywhere in this small town. As sidebars to this story, there are several other threads going on which involve the students Chris is in contact with and researching and their respective families, which only made the book more interesting for me. I found it fascinating to watch Chris research everyone he was in contact with, finding the various conclusions/theories/etc. he came up about these people and their actions likewise interesting. It was obvious, from the start, he had ulterior motives getting the job, but none were divulged until quite a way into the story. Meanwhile, the reader followed along with Chris, as he settled into the job while researching the students and their families more, and coming up with different conclusions or theories.

The town where Chris lived and worked was a good representation of Smalltown USA. The families presented a good cross-section of life therein, as we know or envision it to be. Even the family interactions, events, and secrets were well presented and realistic. There were numerous twists and turns throughout, which only piqued my interest in seeing what was going to happen more. I will admit, the ending was not what I expected, especially after reading the first chapters, though there were not very many hints throughout either. This is a book that most readers will easily devour and which will stay with them for a while after the last page. I received this from NetGalley to read and review.

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for the review copy of this book.

I've read several books by the author and my reviews seem to run hot and cold. This one is a keeper. A quick one day read, but a novel that could have been ripped from the headlines with domestic terrorists, high school kids sexting, and doctors cheating the system. The uncover ATF agent is a likable, believable character, as are most of the characters in the novel. Aside from the dramatics at the end of the book, which were a bit over the top, I enjoyed the novel and will look forward to more from Scottoline.

This is a tense well written terror story... The tension builds up slowly as more details are revealed about the teenagers involved in the plot. I felt a subplot involved the stress and struggles of single mothers
I enjoyed reading this book and hope others will too.

WOW! This book had me on the edge of my seat from page one. Lisa Scottoline has done it again in creating suspense fiction at its best.

Buckle up before you read as you are getting ready for a roller coaster ride. The twists and turns you will take as you follow Coach Chris through his time at Central Valley will leave you breathless.

Thanks to Jordan Hanley and St. Martin’s Press for a free electronic ARC of this novel, received in exchange for an honest review.
I am a huge fan of Lisa Scottoline. I have read many of her books and praised them all equally, and was over the moon to receive a copy of her new novel, “One Perfect Lie”.
In “Lie”, a handsome stranger moves into a small community, taking up a position as a teacher and baseball coach at the local high school. However, we quickly find out that this stranger (let’s call him “Chris” to prevent spoilers) is not who he says he is at all and in fact he has made up everything about himself- from his name to his credentials. He quickly forms bonds with three boys on the baseball team, all who have missing pieces in their home lives that make them the perfect candidates for Chris’ master plan. But who will make the final cut?
This novel tells the story from not only Chris’ standpoint, but also we hear a bit from the mothers of the three children Chris befriends. Mindy (whose husband is a surgeon and her son is the baseball superstar), Susan (who is trying to raise two boys after the death of her husband) and Heather (the single mother who is managing to care for her son Justin, the newcomer to the team). All of these families are also not what they seem on the surface and are struggling to keep their own secrets hidden.
The first section of this novel (entitled “Step One”) had readers forming their own opinions and beliefs about Chris and who he really is, only to be sidelined by the “truth” in “Step Two” (literally, sidelined. Like- wham. Holy cow). Scottoline gets right down to the twists, not wasting a minute, as she continues her suspense-fueled story from one chapter to another. I really loved the direction I thought the book was going in Step One and was actually disappointed when it changed in Step Two (but that is just my quirky preference I guess), but the storyline itself was well-written and riddled with drama and action.
I loved all of the characters in this novel. Their honesty, bravery and genuine dysfunction helped to create the strong emotional bonds a reader needs to feel with the characters, while at the same time clarifying and making each character distinct from its counterparts. It is often difficult to separate characters, when there are so many similar ones in a novel, but Scottoline’s prowess made it easy to differentiate between them and follow the story’s action-packed plot.
This novel has everything- intrigue, mystery, hanging from helicopters (yup!) and even a bit of romance thrown in. The story builds up with just the right amount of suspense and follows this path right to the succinct and satisfying ending (all t’s are crossed and all i’s are dotted—there are no unanswered questions by the end which is quite a feat from a novel with so many plot twists and characters).
Scottoline is definitely not a rookie writer, and her experience is evident in her creative plots and genuine characters. This novel surprised me in positive ways, and it definitely was not what I expected! A hands-down crime drama that will leave you talking (and thinking!) about it for weeks to come. Scottoline continues to create cleverly told, addicting stories and after years of releasing novels, I don’t know how she does it. But I encourage her to continue pressing on- I will definitely read anything else she chooses to print.

“One Perfect Lie” revolves around Chris Brennan, who is applying for a teaching and coaching job in a small town. But nothing about Chris - including his name is real. After securing the jobs he starts to focus on three boys and we become immersed in their lives. We see how the single mom, the widowed mom and the country club mom and their family dynamics evolve.

The storyline develops from there but to say too much would ruin the story and I hate spoilers. But I will say that you will be kept guessing and pulling for the good guy in the end.

I received a copy of this boo through Net galley for my honest review.

I have actually never read anything by this author before although I have certainly heard of her. I am very glad that I had the opportunity to receive a review copy from the publisher and NetGalley because I would have missed finding this gem of a suspense novel. Wow, what a read! It kept me riveted. I can't wait to read more of her work.

Lisa scottoline is definitely a tried and true author. Once you pick up one of her books, you know you're in for a good read. This story definitely took an unlikely turn from what my mind was brewing up, and it made for a very enjoyable story.

Loved this book! What a great read! Highly Recommend!