Three Perfect Liars is a thriller about three women—Janie, Lauren, and Mia—seeking revenge at an advertising firm. Lauren struggles with jealousy after returning from maternity leave to find her role filled by Mia, who has her own secret agenda. Janie, married to the firm's head, suspects her husband of infidelity and is ready to end their marriage.

Though these women are called "three perfect liars," their lies are easy to see through. The story starts with a fire at the firm and then reveals the events leading up to it. While the book is a page-turner, the ending is a bit anticlimactic. Despite this, the characters are engaging, and it’s an entertaining read.

2 "excellent set up, decent execution, barfy ending" stars

Thank you to Netgalley, the author and Simon & Schuster for an ecopy. This was released August 2020.

Ummmm well that ending was such shite....such shite !

The first 75 percent of this book was easily 3.5 stars. Very very good. Careful construction, sound psychologies, and a decent prose. Three mildly unlikeable women are living lies and they are tied together through office politics, revenge and a past that ties them together....

And then the last 25 percent veers off course and becomes a cheap feminist fairy tale...not only cheap but mildly maudlin.....

Such a wasted opportunity !

Did I mention that the ending was complete shite ?

I did not finish this one, it was not for me, I couldn't relate to the characters, and just did not care for the story.

When the building housing the large advertising company is set on fire, and someone who was not supposed to be inside is carried out, someone else is looking on in dismay. We don't learn who that person is until near the end of the book.

Three women are set up as possible suspects for the reader. One is the CEO's wife Janine who left her career to raise their child, and resents and doesn't trust her husband. One is Laura who is back from maternity leave and discovers that Mia, whom she trained as her replacement, has made herself a valued employee with no plans to give the position back. Mia seems to have a secret scheme and is the third woman suspect.
The storyline goes back and forth as the reader gets to see what's happening from each perspective, past and present. Although this is story keeps one's interest, it seemed to have an ending and reveal that, although not what one would expect, was a little flat. Even so, this is a good story with drama, mystery, and lots for the reader to try to guess.

The premise of this book is that the three MC"s are perfect liars, and that they all have thing that need to be kept secret. Unfotunately, this story was easy to unravel. I like a little more mystery. While I enjoyed the characters, they did not develop much throughout the story. A few more twists would have been good!

Told from three different perspectives, the story follows the weeks leading up to a tragic fire that burned down the offices of Morris and Wood, a very successful advertising agency.

Laura has worked for the agency for a long time and just returned from maternity leave. She struggles to find balance between her intense career ambitions and home life with her husband and her newborn son. Mia was supposed to be a temp covering maternity leave but has turned out to be a rising star in her new position. She struggles to find balance between managing her homelife and taking care of her mom and sister as well as moving up in her new career and learning everyone else's secrets while keeping her own very close. Janie is trying to keep balance between keeping her failing marriage looking as much like a marriage as possible to her daughters and friends, and keeping her past from catching up with her.

All three women have secrets, and as more and more is revealed, we learn how their secrets are entangled together. And as they find out more about each others' secrets, their individual desires to protect their secrets and get revenge deepens.

I'd classify this as a classic whodunnit style story but with a modern flair. I did not expect the twist at the end, and it was overall a satisfying conclusion. However, it was a bit too much on the drama side for my taste and could've done with more mystery and thrill.

Thank-you to NetGalley, the author, and the publisher for my advanced reader copy.

Plot: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Characters: ⭐⭐⭐ ½
Mystery: ⭐⭐⭐ ½
Writing: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Overall: ⭐⭐⭐ ½, rounded up

Standard psychological thriller. Three stars. Enjoyed the characters and the plot, but found it to be a little predictable.

3 starts. Overall I enjoyed the story but I found it pretty predictable. with that being said I still enjoyed my time reading it and would be really interested in seeing this play out as a tv show.

Not a shocker type story, but twisty and a big guessing game just the same.
There’s a fire, and the entire book we’re trying to figure out who started it. We have 3 leading ladies that very well could have been the reason, but something doesn’t quite add up. The whole way, we’re filling in the gaps of each story, while riding along with the detective trying to put her finger on who the real villain is. I was dead set on my guess being the right answer, and come the ending, I was so wrong I may have been on another planet lol. A really solid piece of “who done it” with a lot of character development and devolvement throughout. Very well done.

I’ve enjoyed quite a few books by Heidi Perks. I thought Three Perfect Liars sounded like another gripping read.

Laura, Janie, and Mia all have something in common. They are all connected to the very successful advertising agency, Morris and Wood.

Janie is married to the owner of Morris and Wood. Laura works there but has been away on maternity leave and Mia has been covering Laura's position.

But now Laura is back.

When a fire breaks out at Morris and Wood, an investigation is launched. Someone wanted to destroy the agency. Unfortunately for them, fire won't keep secrets from being exposed.

And EVERYONE is keeping secrets.

I thought this was a good read. We find out about what happened in the time before the fire as well as present day. Interspersed are interviews with police and staff.

Another gripping read from Heidi Perks!!


I'd like to thank the publisher for providing me with a copy of this novel. All opinions are my own.

This book had a great premise however, it fell a little bit flat for me. I felt it was slower paced and longer than it needed to be, and didn't quite give me all the thriller-y feels I was hoping for.
Told from 3 different perspectives; Laura, Mia and Janie, all tied together through various connections at their workplace. The office building goes up in flames and a body is retrieved...and all 3 ladies appear to have a motive.
Even as I write this it definitely sounds like a great book but unfortunately it didn't work for me. There are stellar reviews out there too so I'd definitely recommend checking this one out of it sounds like a storyline you may enjoy.

DNF I really struggled to get into this one. I found it a bit confusing and just to slow pace for me and predictable. Not for me but maybe for someone one else

Synopsis: After a fire destroys the advertising agency’s building, three women’s lives are turned upside down.



Laura returned to work from her maternity leave, to find that her temporary replacement has stolen her job, and the CEO doesn't have her back as she thought he did. Laura struggles with wanting to see her son and wanting to reclaim what’s hers.



Mia, Laura’s temporary replacement, has managed to weave her way into the workplace. Little do her coworkers know, there’s a motive behind wanting to keep this job.



Janie gave up everything she had to support Harry Wood in his career as CEO of the agency, she quit her job and became a stay at home mom. She’s struggling with a dark secret, that she doesn’t want to get out.



Review: A slow burn suspense novel that will have you hooked from the very first page. It’s written so well, the chapters are broken down by each woman's point of view, alternating storyline from before and after the fire, and police interviews. The transitions were smooth, and the order of events was detailed well. I don’t normally enjoy slow burn novels however, I couldn’t put this down, I was constantly making predictions that were incorrect. The drama was entertaining, the characters were secretive, and the plot development was strong. This was my first Heidi Perks book, and it won’t be the last.



Thank you to Netgalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

It was a decent enough story. I did enjoy more than another book by the same author. So I'm excited to read her next book if this upwards trend continues!

I had the the pleasure of reading this author's last book, and therefore knew that this would be an excellent read- and it did not disappoint.

The premise was immediately engaging, I love a good story about a character with something to hide, and this one featured not one, but three women trying to conceal their own secrets regarding a deadly fire. I really enjoyed getting to learn things from the perspectives of Mia, Janie and Laura, and thought that they were the best type of complex characters a thriller can have.

One of the things that I really enjoy about Perks' writing is her ability to engage the reader in the story without giving away details which would make the ending predictable or anticlimactic. To me, that is the sign of an excellent page-turner, and makes the book highly recommended. I also enjoyed the varying points of view, it kept the story interesting and gave lots of opportunity to connect with one of the three complex characters. Somehow, the author was able to converge the multiple points of view together in a manner that only added to the enjoyment of the reading experience.

This is a great thriller for those looking for the intensity of a thriller without exceedingly dark elements or gore. It is engaging, and a book you will look forward to reading at the end of the day. The only difficulty will be trying to resist the urge to read it all in one sitting.

I certainly look forward to Ms. Perks' next book, and in the interim highly recommend this read.

Thank you to NetGalley and Simon & Schuster Canada for the opportunity to read this book in exchange for an honest review.

A book about three women wanting to get revenge. This was an interesting read, but felt like it was lacking in some regards. I felt the story wasn't fleshed out or unique enough.

I was incredibly interested in the premise of this book and was so excited to read a book filled with mystery and chaos all culminating in an office burning to the ground!

Unfortunately I found it incredibly hard to connect to the characters. I think they are written accurately and certainly each have their strengths and flaws but for some reason I didn't care about them.
I also felt the middle section of the book was dragging on a bit, but that could have been because I didn't care for any of the characters.

These things made it incredibly hard for me to care about the main mystery and I actually found myself forgetting part way through what we were trying to figure out. I was tempted to DNF this book but wanted to make it to the end for reviewing purposes.

I could see how some people would really enjoy this book though, so I might still suggest it to friends depending on their tastes. The story is well written and I did really like the premise, it just wasn't the one for me!

Three Perfect Liars kept me intrigued until the very end. Following the lives of three women, the story slowly unfolds amidst a tragedy. Who set the fire? And why? Is she who she says she is? Who's following who? This book really keeps you hooked until the end. I enjoyed the story and was pleased with how it ended.

Thank you netgalley for the arc!

I couldn't connect with the story or any of the characters, it all felt a bit predictable and bland.

Thank you to the publisher for my copy of this one - all opinions are my own.

I thoroughly enjoyed this one from Heidi Perks - the mix of low, thrumming suspense, building up to an explosive reveal was exactly the kind of mental break I needed from my crazy week.

As always, I love a book with complicated female characters who are grappling with real life issues, and this book so deftly balanced that tone with the mystery of who had set the office on fire and who was killed so perfectly, that I couldn't help but fly through the pages.

I will admit, the story actually quite surprised me with where it all ended up - in the most perfect way possible. I won't offer spoilers but will say that this should be on thriller lover TBR's this year!