A real eyesore of a house burns down and we are left wondering who and why they did it. Not all is as it seems in the suburbs (as usual, lol) and we have three women who are very different yet all potential suspects. It really did keep you guessing! I loved the British setting too.

Laura, Mia, and Janie are all liars. The question is, who burned down the advertising agency building and killed a man? And what’s really going on between Laura and Mia?

This was an interesting tale that never really took things to the next level. So, while I enjoyed it, I never fully got invested, either.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing an ARC. This review contains my honest, unbiased opinion.

I liked this book... but it's hard to put into words what I really enjoyed and what I disliked.

This had Whisper Network vibes throughout it, being that 3 women held a secret at a high end corporate office, and someone, you don't know who, is dead after a fire burned in their office building.

I liked the back and forth of the different characters and what they offered to the story. I think it was a tiny bit obvious about a certain element but that didn't ruin anything. There was a still a lot to be uncovered by the end of the book. A part of me felt like it was all a huge drama-fest and kind of a "what was all that for" when you got to the end.

But, if it makes a difference, there wasn't any real lag time or slow parts and I kept reading still fully interested in the story. I think this is one of her subpar books compared to her others, which I LOVED. But I think others will enjoy this a lot more than I did.

Thank you so much for the opportunity to read this book. I'll be posting my review on Goodreads and Amazon

This book had a strong start but was dragging by the end. I enjoyed the use of the police transcripts to help tell the story. I just felt like there was information missing that was vital to this story.

The glamorous, water-side headquarters of the Morris and Wood advertising agency in Lymington burnt to the ground. Lymington is on the west side of the Lymington River in the New Forest district of Hampshire, England. Who is responsible? Did anyone die? Heidi Perks distances readers from the smoldering embers by leading with fire investigators questioning employees. The hook is in the title—Three Perfect Liars. The “three perfect liars” are Mia Anderson, a new employee, Laura Denning, a long-time executive who is returning to work after a six-month maternity leave, and Janie Wood, wife of Harry Wood, a named partner. The glue that connects the women is the advertising agency, but their stories, as becomes clear, intertwine on and off the job.

It’s every returning-to-work new mother’s worst nightmare: that the someone who was supposed to be a stop-gap while you were on maternity leave, is the new you. Mia, Laura’s 20-something temporary replacement, is comfortably ensconced at Laura’s desk.

As she neared it, she felt instant relief to see her desk in the same place it had always been—until Laura realized someone was sitting at it. Someone with a bright pink pencil pot and a Gucci handbag, a gray cardigan slung over the back of Laura’s chair, and, for whatever reason, some Christmas paper chains still hanging over the top of the computer screen, even though it was the third week of March.

Worse yet, Harry Wood, Laura’s boss, mentor, and friend, tells her that Mia will not be relinquishing Laura’s major account. It’s reminiscent of All About Eve, where “a seemingly timid but secretly ruthless ingénue insinuates herself into the lives of an aging Broadway star and her circle of theater friends.” Is Mia the new Eve Harrington, seeking to replace Laura’s Margo Channing? Underlying Laura’s distress is that she thought Harry would always have her back (not in a back-stabbing way).

Long-term employee Henrietta is asked about Harry during her interrogation.

Henrietta: Harry Wood is a good CEO, I suppose, but I didn’t have much to do with him on a day-to-day basis. Of course all the young girls love him. By “young” I mean the ones in their twenties. Not that I’m old, for God’s sake, I’m only forty-two, but you feel it sometimes, you know? Especially when everyone around you wasn’t even born when you were leaving school. (laughs) Anyway, I think they like him because he’s always very nice, and of course he is handsome. Even I can give him that, but I guess they’re blinded at that age, aren’t they?



Marlow: How do you mean “blinded”? Do you think you saw things they didn’t?



Henrietta: I’m sure I did.



Marlow: Such as?



Henrietta: (sighs) Such as the way he only really has time for his own, I suppose. The people who work directly under him. He makes a show of speaking to us all, of course, but it always feels a little—off. I think he’s happiest when he’s around the board table with the senior directors.

Laura Denning’s reaction when she finds out she’s not the only woman on the board anymore, that Mia Anderson has been elevated to the lofty level of senior director, is visceral. Mia had told Laura she only wanted to stay in the area for six months, making her a perfect fill-in. What changed her mind? Is it money—is there something off with her home life? Why does she step out of important meetings to take calls from her mum? Mia is a cipher and the more Laura uncovers, the more suspicious she appears, particularly when Mia makes some unforced errors in her important campaign. But Laura is prejudiced, isn’t she?

How does Harry’s perfect, elegant wife fit in? Janie is known for her annual Lady Bountiful everyone-is-invited firm garden party. This year’s party, coming a few days before the fire, is a disaster, due to a huge blow-up between Mia and Laura. Five years ago Janie was a successful defense barrister. She left her career behind when Harry built the firm’s headquarters in Lymington. Was there more to her decision—was she part of a questionable legal judgment? Hints are dropped but answers are murky. She’s now a full-time stay-at-home mum to daughters Lottie and Ella, albeit with the assistance of a nanny. She has the mid-life is that all there is blues, especially when members of her coffee klatch start to peel off and return to work. In the past, Harry relied on Janie to smooth over uncomfortable sex-harassment situations at the firm (always favoring the men involved). Mia spoke up for a female co-worker—is that why Janie asked Mia to lunch? The “bubbly” Mia Janie had met before is missing. Janie is a talented observer, priding “herself on seeing people, on cutting through the thick outer layers that sometimes cloaked the reality beneath.”

Anyone with Janie’s knowledge of fashion would see immediately that Mia’s Gucci was a fake, and that the rose gold bangles that hung around her wrist were the same ones Ella had recently bought from a cheap accessory shop.

It’s clear that the lives of these three women are intertwined and not just in the aftermath of the fire. Mia was desperate to work at Harry’s ad agency. Laura is her family’s breadwinner, and she and her house-husband Nate have just purchased a three-bedroom house. The job she needs is slipping out of her grasp. Janie is questioning the trajectory of her life.

Three women, at three different stages of life, all careening on the edge of desperation—Three Perfect Liars is a compelling summer page-turner!

Office politics at their finest and not in a good way! Laura hires Mia as a temp to cover for her while she’s on maternity leave. She is surprised when she returns to work at the advertising company to learn Mia has taken on her largest account and is now a permanent employee. Laura is convinced it was no accident Mia “claimed” her position. Then there is Janie, the CEO’s wife who seems to have it all - handsome husband, wealthy and able to give up her career to become a stay at home mom. But under the facade of her marriage are trust and communication issues. When the advertising agency burns to the ground, who was involved and who is covering it up?

I enjoyed this read but the revenge plot didn’t really click with me. I liked the twists weaved into the story and will definitely check out other books by this author.

There's a lot of this I liked-- themes of motherhood, responsibility, what it means to "have it all" as a woman-- but the pacing was slightly off. While I really did enjoy the reveal, I felt we spent too much time in the dark. The characters are really well-crafted and very complex, especially Laura, who is just unlikeable enough.

Heidi Perks is quickly becoming a widely talked about author! She is a highly gifted author with a brilliant ability to create personable characters and, mysterious, suspenseful, and thrilling plots with twists that the reader will never see coming! Once I started reading Three Perfect Liars, I couldn’t put it down. I became a fan of hers after reading Her One Mistake, and after reading Three Perfect. Liars, she is now one of my top favorite authors! With Three Perfect Liars, Heidi Perks has cemented herself as a bestselling author and will reach the highest level of success! Three Perfect Liars is one that you don’t want to miss, and Heidi Perks can now be easily compared to the best and most noteworthy authors of the genre!

Laura, Mia, and Janie all have something in common that threatens to destroy their lives, but exposing the truth would also risk them losing everything they love. Laura hired Mia as a temporary employee to stand in for her while she was on maternity leave. Mia seemed competent enough to manage Laura’s job in her absence, but also bland enough that she didn’t pose a threat to Laura in any way. When Laura returns to work though, she is stunned to find out that Mia has been hired as a permanent employee. Not only does it seem like she has taken over Laura’s job by stealing Laura’s number one client, but she has also befriended every person in the office. Ever since an incident involving Laura and someone who is now her ex best friend, Laura has maintained what she considered a healthy distance between her and the other employees - except for her boss, Harry. Since Mia’s has made friends with everyone there though, Laura now feels like an outcast in a company where she used to feel highly successful and important. Her boss, Harry, has always showed a special interest in Laura, and with his charming demeanor and obvious good looks, it makes it even easier to believe that there is more to their relationship. All too quickly Mia is there to fuel the gossip about the possibility of Laura and Harry having an adulterous relationship. Although Laura and her husband have always been strongly devoted to one another, their relationship has been strained ever since Laura has returned to work, is working more hours than ever before, seems obsessed with Mia, and appears to be less interested in their newborn son. Since her husband gave up his job to stay home with their son Bobby, he and Laura have been somewhat disconnected from one another.

Harry’s wife, Janie, is troubled by her marriage to Harry and feels trapped. She and Harry quit communicating five years ago when Harry decided to uproot their lives and Janie gave up her job to be a stay at home mom. He had a new building built that appeared to be a glass castle to onlookers and has spent more time at his office than at home ever since. Janie adores their two daughters, but can’t quit thinking about what happened five years ago and is even more distraught that Harry won’t discuss it with her. Although she plays the part of the loving wife by keeping silent about their problems and hosting Harry’s annual party for the employees in his building, in her mind she’s running through the possibilities of what it would be like to leave Harry.

Mia has made sure to form strong relationships with her coworkers, but she has a hidden purpose behind her happy go lucky facade. She had been searching for the perfect opportunity, and when she saw the ad about a temporary employment opportunity while Laura was on maternity leave, she knew it was the one in a million chance she had been hoping for. She moves in with her mom and her troubled older sister, but keeps her reasons to herself.

When a fire destroys Harry’s glorious office building, all three women had possible motives for starting the fire. They have never been friends, and have had reasons to be suspicious of each other.

The book is told through the perspectives of the three different women with an ending that you surely wont see coming. It starts with the night of the fire and then backtracks to several weeks before the fire when Laura first returned to work. Each chapter gets closer and closer to the night of the fire and is broken up with excerpts from interviews the detectives and police had with the employees who worked at the building. Although it’s easy to assume that this book is just about three catty women who struggle to get along and work together, it goes so much deeper than that, and the night of the fire and events that lead up to it threaten to expose catastrophic secrets that could shatter all of their worlds.

Thank you Heidi Perks, Simon & Schuster eGalley, and Netgalley for allowing me the privilege of reading Three Perfect Liars. My feedback is voluntary and expresses my honest opinions.

Laura, Mia & Janie---they all three have a mission and are linked in a way they don't know yet. A fire destroys a local business and many lies as well. Told from all three of the female narrators adds to the intrigue. Clever plot! Not going to spoil this, just get yourself a copy! Thank you netgalley for the e-arc in exchange for an honest review

Three Perfect Liars by Heidi Perks was my first experience with this author. It won't be my last. I really enjoyed the "females in the workplace"-thriller. I read this in basically two sittings as I was completely hooked.

The story starts with an office building where an elite marketing firm is housed having been burned. Clearly the police have reason to believe it was arson and eventually we learn, murder. We spend the remainder of the time hearing the story unfold via police interviews with employees of the company and then narratives from three specific women related to it.

Laura is the veteran highest ranking woman in the firm. Her narrative starts months before the fire, when she is first returning to work after six months of maternity leave. She is in the uncommon position of being the family breadwinner. She and her husband, Nate, have together decided he will stay home with their baby boy, and she will support the family as she was the more career driven of the two, although she is shown to have a lot of doubt and regret about the time she is missing with her son. Laura has been burned in the past by close friendships in the workplace with other women, so she is now pretty cold and primarily just focused on doing the job, not realizing that her lack of connection with her coworkers mean they really don't like her or have any loyalty to her. When she gets to work, she finds the temp she, herself hired to cover her maternity leave, Mia, has been made permanent AND has been permanently assigned Laura's biggest account. Laura, already feeling a bit on edge because of her mixed emotions regarding her guilt about leaving her son, PLUS her desire to be the same successful professional she was before having her baby, is REALLY upset about this turn of events and decides to make it her mission to find out why Mia wanted to steal her job. It sounded paranoid, and her husband and boss believe she is being irrational, but she won't be deterred. Did her zealous drive to prove Mia's guilt have anything to do with the fire?

Mia, hired as a temp, but now a well-liked permanent employee of the firm, is undeterred by Laura's suspicions. The reader is made privy to Mia's thoughts in her narrative, so we know that she does have a specific motive for getting her job, but we are not told what it is for a long time. What we do know is that Mia is the kind of woman in the workplace, almost opposite of Laura. Mia engages with all her co-workers whatever level and they, in turn, love her and are loyal to her. She seems to relish her role as a high-ranking female and uses that position to defend women-in-the-workplace against sexism. Does Mia's secret have anything to do with the arson of the company?

Finally, there is Janie, the wife of the head of the firm. She used to be a high-powered lawyer in London, but gave up her career when her husband opened this office outside London. She is raising their two daughters as a stay-at-home mother. Though she doesn't regret her choice, her narrative reveals she has a lot of anger toward her husband for some reason and does not believe she loves him anymore. She mainly resents her husband's long hours, his possibly adulterous relationship with an employee, and his constant disregard for the needs of his family, always choosing work over them. Does Janie's growing anger and distrust of her husband have anything to do with the fire that burned down his company offices?

While the mystery and plot of Three Perfect Liars is a bit light, I really appreciated the three different perspectives of the lead females, and could relate to each of them. To be honest, I was more interested in their thoughts and how interesting they were than I even was in learning who was responsible for the arson. I found the story fun and engrossing and the ending was satisfying. This would be a great vacation book, too!

Heidi Perks came to my attention last year with the publication of her first novel here in the U.S., and I've been eagerly awaiting something new from her ever since. Now, Three Perfect Liars has hit the shelves, and I can't wait for thriller fans everywhere to fall under its spell.

The novel centers around three women who are connected in various ways to a profitable advertising firm located in a small English town. When the story opens, the building is on fire, and it's obvious someone is left inside. We then go back eight weeks and learn what led up to this tragic event.

Laura has never wanted the traditional life of a stay-at-home mum, so six months after the birth of her son, she's more than ready to get back to work. Sure, she'll miss spending quality time with the baby, but nothing really compares to the mental stimulation she gets from creating the perfect ads for her clients. Plus, she's not sure the woman who was hired to cover for her while on maternity leave has been able to keep her clients happy - so she's less than pleased to find Mia, the supposed temp, permanently ensconced in the office. The firm's CEO claims to be doing what's best for the company as a whole, but Laura isn't convinced. She can't help but think Mia has some kind of ulterior motive for staying on.

Right away, the reader knows something's up with Mia. I can't tell you too much about her, but she's keeping a lot of secrets, and although a few hints are dropped early on, I found the portions of the book told from her perspective to be a little hard to follow. Things do eventually become clearer, but you've got to be prepared for a little bit of confusion.

Janie is the wife of the firm's CEO. She put her own plans and dreams on hold so her husband could achieve his lifelong goal of opening an advertising firm, and now, five years into a life she never truly wanted, she's growing a little more cynical with each passing day. She's not sure she can trust her husband, and the women she spends time with on a daily basis don't really seem to understand her the way her former friends used to. She's not exactly sure how to improve things for herself, but she knows something has to change in the very near future or she's likely to lose her tenuous grip on sanity.

Janie is probably my favorite of the three protagonists. I wanted to see her make the necessary changes in her life, to actually start living for herself again rather than simply allowing her husband to control everything. There are some very good reasons for her initial passivity, and I appreciated the author's ability to bring her conflicts to life on the page in a way that didn't feel contrived.

Laura and Mia are also extremely well-drawn, but I couldn't relate to them as easily as I could to Janie. As someone who doesn't have children, I struggled to identify with the conflict Laura experiences around dividing her time between her career and her family, and at times, I found her actions to be pretty selfish. Fortunately, she does grow quite a bit over the course of the novel, and I ended up liking her by the time I reached the end.

There are snippets of police interviews interspersed throughout the chapters, giving added insight into the fire investigation. In this way, the book reminded me a bit of Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies. I had no idea who the guilty party was, though thinking back on things, I can tell that the author dropped quite a few clues at various points in the narrative.

This is one of those books you'll want to devour in a single sitting, so make sure you carve out a nice chunk of time before diving in. It's fast-paced and compelling, perfect for a day at the beach or a quiet evening at home.

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"Three Perfect Liars" is a perfect blend of suspense, intrigue and secrets. Three women want revenge - all for different reasons, but one man lies at the center of the web. Laura has returned to work after an extended maternity leave only to find that the temp who was hired to fill in has taken over her position entirely. She's stuck struggling to maintain her position at the ad agency and balance her work and home life, all while battling creeping anxiety that she's not able to hold it all together. She's convinced the temp, Mia, is gunning for her job and no one else seems to see it. The book is a gripping read with a satisfying ending for anyone who loves a good thriller.

Absolutely speechless! This story was THAT good!!

In this fast paced thriller, we meet Laura, Janie, Mia and Harry Wood. The story mostly takes place at Morris & Wood, a high end advertising agency where Harry Wood is at the core front of our suspenseful tale. We all know what generally happens with women in the workplace and this book goes over that, one woman back from maternity leave and another woman trying to take her job. Tensions rise high and eventually rise into a fire that burns the entire building down. But why and how?

I thoroughly enjoyed this story, I kept waiting for the truth to come out and when it did..just WOWZERS!! The plot, the details of the characters and the smaller stories that all bring this to a thrilling conclusion. I highly recommend this read!

Special thanks to the author, Gallery Books and NetGalley for the advanced readers copy!

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Three Perfect Liars is a domestic suspense novel that takes on office politics, the secrets we hold close, and the struggles of (trying) to balance it all. The offices of Morris and Wood have been engulfed in a fire and we are left wondering, who did it...and why?

I enjoyed the mystery mixed with the social commentary and relatable struggles of motherhood and female relationships. The alternating perspectives of the main characters and the police interviews mixed throughout was a great reading balance. It was engrossing but wasn't too far fetched which is definitely my style of a domestic thriller. This made for a perfect summer read and I look forward to reading more by author Heidi Perks in the future.

Thank you to Gallery Books for the gifted copy in exchange for my honest review. As always, all thoughts are my own.

Part workplace thriller, part domestic suspense, Three Perfect Liars by Heidi Perks tells the story of three modern women: Laura, just returning to her ad director job from her six-month maternity leave (right there we know the setting is not the U.S.); Mia, who was only supposed to tread water until Laura returned, but who has made herself indispensable instead; and Janie, lawyer-turned-SAHM, whose husband Harry owns the advertising agency that burns down on page one of the novel.
Three Perfect Liars is a page-turner that has a lot to say about the role of women and mothers in the workplace. Returning to work, Laura is consumed by mommy guilt, both over leaving her child (with the child’s father!) and daring to want her own career. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Janie stays at home with her school-aged daughters and feels mommy guilt that the lure of packing lunches and attending school coffees does not completely assuage her desire to participate in the working world of adults. Mia has her own motivations, but she definitely knows how to manipulate the cultural zeitgeist surrounding women who work.
While the plot is not an intricately drawn maze, there are enough surprise reveals to maintain the pace, and the characters are well-drawn, with unique voices and believable emotions. I would recommend the novel to anyone who enjoys domestic or workplace thrillers with a side of social commentary.

Thanks to NetGalley and Gallery Books for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

This book brings office politics to a whole new level!!!!!

Laura is leaving for maternity leave. She wants someone capable of keeping the office afloat but not too good where they won’t miss Laura. Mia seems like the perfect fit!

When Laura returns from six months maternity leave, she’s excited to get her feet back on the ground. However, once she returns, she hears her temp she hired has not only done a great job filling in but has also been given her biggest client!!!! Harry, her boss, assures Laura she will get another big client but does Harry really have Laura’s best interest at heart?

It took me awhile to read this book. Not because it was boring but it just never grabbed me . I still enjoyed it and liked the twist at the end.

Thank you Netgalley for letting me read this ARC in exchange for my honest opinion!

his is my first book by Perks, but won't be my last. I was interested in premise right away. I loved the idea of three suspects and I loved how the book went back and forth to the police interrogation. I loved the characters.... not always do I like all of the characters in the book. I did... I could relate in one way or another with each of them. The main reason this book wasn't a 5 star read for me was because even though I loved it it was pretty predictable. I had the main idea of the ending pretty quickly and wasn't super surprised with anything that happened.

After maternity leave from her advertising agency, Laura willingly goes back to work. But when she finds her temp has replaced her, she reconsiders her priorities. Even though she has the promise of a bigger client, she can't let go of the fact that her replacement lied about only waiting her job temporarily.

The temp has other ideas about the job and her reason for being at Morris and Wood.

And the CEO's wife has concerns about her husband's need to work at all hours, and is missing her work in London.

All three have motives that come together to make them suspects when Morris and Wood is set on fire.

The reminder of office politics makes me happy I'm working from home!

Interesting story, with a different approach, and well written. The only thing that fell short was the ending - I didn't think the motives were strong enough in the end, but I enjoyed the ride!

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Three Perfect Liars written by Heidi Perks is a psychological thriller that has much potential but just lacks something, The story is told from the alternating perspectives of the the three main characters which makes the book interesting. At times, the plot drags on and then finally comes together at the end. All in all, an okay read. Thank you NetGalley for the ARC!