Thanks Netgalley for the advanced ready copy of this book. So this book is based around Mum, Gemma who has 2 children Noah and Rosie and also their next door neighbour Mira! To anyone on the outside Gemma’s life seems perfect she has a high flying job, beautiful house and gorgeous kids. But is all as it seems? When Mira hears one of the children shrieking hysterically she phones the police. Gemma hasn’t done anything wrong, but soon all the involvement of the police etc threatens to expose a secret they have been keeping.

I found this scary as a mum (and a Gemma too) and once I had picked the book up I just couldn’t put it down and actually sat up until 5.30am to finish it! It’s really well written and I would recommend it to anyone!

Decent mystery/suspense novel. While the main character is not entirely a sympathetic one, it still makes for interesting reading. Not sure if I would be in lined to read the author's next book, however. Plot needs to be tightened and more believable character descriptions would help. Dialogue is a bit too oat, but I did finish it and as I said, a fairly decent read.

This book was a break from the usual psychological thrillers out there at the moment. I did enjoy it but found it a 'squirmy' and uncomfortable read on occasions. More so because I didn't particularly like the child in the story, Rosie, and who takes a dislike to 10 year olds.... aside from her own mother! I also found this raised uncomfortable questions about what the reader would do in Gemma's position. I would however, have liked to have known what happened the court case. This wasn't mentioned.

I loved this book, the storyline and the main characters caught my attention from the first page. It was a real page turner. Highly recommended.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Clare Boyd for the copy of this book. I agreed to give my unbiased opinion voluntarily.

I wouldn't call this a thriller but it is a great scenario for a play called "good intentions gone awry". The protagonist wants the best for her child. Society expects Gemma to put her children before her job and to cope with all tantrums at all times. Mira projects some of her own problems on Gemma and Rosie's situation and shows us what can happen if we interfere too much even when we mean well. As for Rosie, she uses the whole situation to her advantage without realizing that what she does will have far-reaching consequences. The scary part of this book is what happens when "well=meaning" outsiders start interfering in a family's life without really understanding what is going on. A good read but mislabeled in my opinion.

I received an ARC from NetGalley. The below is my honest, unbiased opinion. Thank you, Clare Boyd, the publisher, and NetGalley, for allowing me to read an early copy.

The perfect family... or the perfect lie?

When a child’s scream pierces the night, Mira does what any good neighbour would do: she calls the police. She wants to make sure that Rosie, the little girl next door, is safe.

Opening her front door to the police the next morning, Gemma’s picture-perfect family is forced under scrutiny of social services.

As her flawless life begins to crumble around her, Gemma must fight to defend the family she loves and protect her daughter from the terrible secret she’s been keeping.

But who has Rosie been confiding in when Gemma’s back is turned? And why has she lied to the police?

When Rosie disappears without a trace, Gemma thinks she only has herself to blame. That is, until she finds a little pink diary containing a truth even more devastating than the lie…

I really enjoyed Little Liar. I found it to be intense, thrilling, fast-paced, and I loved the twists and the surprise ending that I didn't see coming. This book uses the human condition thematically, which means I was left thinking about the plot, the conclusion, for days after I read it. That is what makes a good book great. Well done, and I highly recommend it!

I was given an e-copy of this book from Netgalley. Kudos to Boyd for exploring a topic unique to most thrillers on the market. Parenting can be very stressful, especially with a daughter who still has tantrums at age 10. Gemma, mom to Rosie and Noah, is successful in her career and appears to also be successful at mothering, at least from the outside. Then her busybody neighbor hears a scream, and eventually calls the police to report Gemma as an abusive parent.

Unfortunately, I didn’t like any of the characters nor could I identify with them. Rosie needed some good discipline and she didn’t get that. The neighbor was just weird.

I noticed this book has received lots of 5-star reviews on Goodreads, so my tastes run different from most of the readers. You should try this book for yourself when it comes on on February 1, 2018.

A first for me by this author and it was a very suspenseful and tense read. It makes you go through a rollercoaster of emotions and it’s easy to relate to as things are in the world today. I didn’t quite expect the ending and feel maybe it was a bit rushed and more thought could have gone into doing it differently but all in all a good tense read.

Have you ever been so mad at your child that you want to scream, cry, pound the wall or all of the above? Has your child physically attacked you during a tantrum? I would think that every mother has experienced this. Suppose your child has frequent tantrums and your neighbor decides to call the police and report it and this starts a process that no parent wants to go through.
This is what happens to Gemma. Her daughter Rosie is a volatile child and has frequent tantrums, screaming, throwing things, etc. Enter Mira, a neighbor with big issues of her own, who calls and reports all of the goings on next door.
This is not a suspenseful book, it's more of a family dynamics sort of read and shows how secrets and lies affect a family. I very much sympathized with Gemma and while I felt some of her reactions were over the top, for the most part she behaved like every other mother in her situation.
Mira was easy to dislike and I must say, even after knowing her story, I still didn't have much sympathy for her.
I really wanted to keep reading, to find out how it all would end. I was satisfied with the ending although there were a few things that kind of remain unresolved, at least for me. All in all, not a bad read and I would recommend it...

I’ve never read anything like this before and I think that’s what made it so compelling.

I really felt for Gemma, imagining what I would do in her shoes, but at the same time you want to scream at her - what on earth are you doing, I also wanted to do the same to Rosie.

The ending fell a little flat but this is definitely a page turner.

Thanks to NetGalley, Clare Boyd and Bookouture for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Little Liar by is the debut novel by Clare Boyd.Unfortunately for me it doesn't live up to the billing of being a gripping psychological thriller,Gemma is a mum with a high flying job a doting husband Peter and 2 children Noah and Rosie,but all is not as it seems from the outside.Rosie is a disruptive child and throws accusations at Gemma that puts the whole family in trouble and turmoil,add into the mix Mira the strange next door neighbour and you do get a good read but i wouldn't call it gripping by any means.I just found the whole book a little boring and filled with meaningless dialogue and i found my self just wanting the end to come which again to me was no great surprise.I may be in the minority but sorry this book was not for me.

This is one of those books where I really wish we could give half star ratings. I had high hopes for it going in but it never reached that peak of brilliance I was expecting. A decent story, intriguing storyline, great suspense for at least the first half. Part of the problem for me, I think, was that Mira was just so darn unlikeable. The ending left me wanting a bit more of a resolution, I’m afraid.

I received an arc copy of this book in exchange for my honest opinion of it. It was interesting and a page turner and makes you wonder if you really know your neighbors.

Great read! Looking forward to reading more by this author! Highly recommend!

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and the Publishers, Bookouture, for this review copy given in exchange for an honest review. Also thank you to Kim from Bookouture for organising the blog tour!

Mira hears her neighbour’s 10 year old daughter scream one night and is convinced that she is being abused by her parents. She feels this strongly that one day she calls the police. The police turning up on Gemma Bradley’s doorstep turns Gemma’s and her family’s life upside down. Gemma is accused of hitting her daughter, Rosie but whilst Rosie does seem to be pushing pregnant Gemma’s buttons more than normal, Gemma knows that she is not abusing her daughter. It becomes obvious that Rosie is lying and she has been confiding in someone, but why is she lying to the police?

This is my first read from this author. It is quite an intense read, dealing with a subject which isn’t easy to read about. It started off well from page one, with the weird neighbour, Mira, becoming obsessed with the little girl next door. It does become obvious later in the book why Mira is so interested in Rosie, and there are flashbacks throughout Mira’s story explaining her life when she was younger. The Bradley’s seem like a ‘normal’ family, but behind the scenes they are a family hiding a big secret. Rosie seems to have two personalities and it seems to be for the different parents. For her father, she is the perfect child, but it is her mother, Gemma, who bears the brunt of Rosie’s anger and lies. It is obvious from the beginning that she is the ‘Little Liar’ as she keeps a diary where she records all her thoughts.

For me, the story rises and falls in interest. Mira’s story, whilst important to the storyline, was a bit slow and not as interesting. On the other hand, I loved Gemma’s side of the story and really felt for her and everything that she was going through. As the story moved on, it seemed to change into something darker, and the ending….well, I certainly didn’t expect that!

It was a heartbreaking and chilling read, and was quite scary to think of how easy it is to be accused of something you haven’t done. For the majority, it flowed really well and kept my attention. An ‘enjoyable’ read and would definitely look out for others by this author.

An extremely addictive and disturbing read with a very plausible storyline. It portrays how quickly circumstances can change and escalate even though things are not how they seem. There were certainly some surprises and Claire Boyd is an author I hope to be hearing more about in the future.

This book seriously had me thinking...... like days after, I would find myself going over the scenario.

Gemma does her best to be a good mother. But being the breadwinner of the family, work has its priorities. She had her doubts in her abilities to keep her children happy and disciplined, which we iknow all mothers do.. So, when a nosy neighbor named Mira interferes in her personal life, things get pretty crazy, but totally believable in this day and age.

I really liked the book. It was different. Taking place in the UK with all its slang and lingo is something I hard to get used to (being in the US), but it was vey well written.

In the end, the tables turn and I was not expecting that ending.

I raced through this novel in one weekend! Fast paced and twisty, the shocks kept coming!

Thank you netgalley and Bookotoure for this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Gemma and her husband work long hours and rely on the help of a nanny and Gemma’s mother to look after their two children, Rosie and Noah. Rosie is a precocious child who likes to throw tantrums loudly and with no thought for the consequences. Enter Mira, the next door neighbour who hears these tantrums and screams and feels it’s best to notify the police.

Soon Gemma’s World is torn apart with social services, police and the anger from her daughter and Gemma’s own anger towards her family who don’t believe she would not hurt her daughter. Why is Mira so involved and why are there so many secrets?

Oh this book is a naughty little sucker as it grabs you from the get go and you are immersed in the pain and dynamics of the family. I loved it

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Have just finished reading this addictive debut novel by Clare Boyd. I was gripped from very early on. The characters evoked empathy and a real feeling of ‘that could have been me’ so many parallels to how anyone’s life can change dramatically and without warning. It made compulsive reading and had enough twists to keep my mind working trying to see ahead. The consequences along the way as the story unfolds were so real at times I wanted to scream warnings at the characters. Thank you for sharing this Clare and look forward to any future novels - you will be on my ‘authors to watch’ list.