When Heidi and Freddie move into their new house, they believe they have found the perfect home, but when Freddie meets Willow, their new neighbour but also an old classmate, he starts to behave strangely. Willow has her own issues, with husband Gabe going out every night and another neighbour, Stepford-Wife-style Alison, lives alone, so why is there terrible screaming heard from her house? Dylan is doing his best to raise his daughter alone, after his wife was murdered, is he the killer?

There is so much going on in this little neighbourhood and my head was spinning! So many secrets, so many lies and a whole heap of twisty truths about be revealed at the neighbourhood party!

I really enjoyed this book, it's a page turner for sure! I would have liked the ending to be less abrupt and to have tied up some loose ends. The narration by Matthew Spencer, Rebecca Lee and Julia Barrie was excellent. I felt they capture the character's personalities brilliantly and I really appreciated multiple narrators to make it easy to know who was telling the story in each chapter.

3 ⭐️ Thanks to Netgalley, Kerry Wilkinson and Bookouture, for an ARC in return for an honest review.

Thank you to net gallery and the publisher for letting me read this arc copy of the book. This book has so many different turns and twist in it that I didn’t expect at all. I liked how all the characters were told and how they were all so different and so well diverse in this book. This is the 1st book I have read by this author and I will be reading more of there books. I liked how each character had their own secrets in this book and that it all explodes at the end and most of the secrets come out. I was shocked at how this book ended and how much truth we got from the characters and they way it was told kept me gripped on the edge of my sit. I sat and listened to the audio book of this is two days as that’s how gripping it was. I felt like I was actually in the book with the characters at some parts of it as it felt that real. Such a great book and I will definitely be buying a physical copy of it so I can read it again xxx

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You did a bad, bad thing.
So let’s try to figure out the what, why and who…

Freddie and Heidi just moved into a new neighborhood. Boxes aren’t even un-packed and he’s already itching to move again. Now why would that be?

Willow and Gabe are having issues of their own. Gabe with his mysterious evening jaunts. And his teenage daughter Isabella trying to grow in a direction her mother just can’t understand. Sounds typical right? Hmm…in this case maybe not so much.

Alison and Kenneth’s relationship seems to flow better when Kenneth is working overseas. But now he’s back, so what does that mean for them.

Dylan and his daughter Orla. Widowed three years ago when his wife was murdered. He won’t rest until her killer is brought to justice.

Those are your players…Ready? Let the games begin!

Do you enjoy neighborhood thrillers? This may be the crème de la crème when it comes to dysfunctional neighbors!

I was lucky enough to have both the audio and digital copies of this latest release by one of my go to authors - Kerry Wilkinson.
🎧I listened to the first 50%. With multiple narrators bringing life to the neighborhood characters, all doing a fabulous job.
💻The last 50% I switched it up and read the digital copy.

For this reader the digital copy worked best. I was able to immerse myself into the neighborhood and really understand the characters at a deeper level.
I don’t think you can go wrong whichever way you decide to go.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture & Bookouture Audio

Thanks to #NetGalley and #BookoutureAudio for the book #HomeIsWhereTheLiesLive by #KerryWilkinson. Huntington Grove is a neighborhood with lots of secrets. Heidi and Freddie just moved into this neighborhood and Freddie is acting very strange. Willow, one of their neighbors, went to school with Freddie but he seems to want nothing to do with her. Dylan, a different neighbor, whose wife was murdered a few years back, is raising his young daughter and always trying to find out who killed his wife. A summer picnic seems the perfect time to get to know everyone, that is until the police show up. Did someone commit a crime or has something caught up to a killer?

This psychological thriller was both exciting and engaging, unfolding over a week and told from various perspectives. The entire audiobook was a delight! Just when you think you’ve solved the mystery, another twist appears, keeping you intrigued until the very last second. Even with a lot of characters and different narratives, I really liked how the author connected everything at the end. The narrators—Matthew Spencer, Rebecca Lee, and Julia Barrie—did a fantastic job of bringing each character to life, adding depth and intensity to the suspense.

Thank you Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for allowing me to review this audiobook.

3.5 Stars

I listened to this book at x2, and the narration was very good, The characters were likable. The book kept my interest and I was intrigued to find out how it ended.

If you enjoy the works of Liane Moriarty, with its suburban character drama, with a dash of Ruth Ware, this will probably appeal to you.

A wonderfully in-love couple where all is not as it seems, a single dad with a dark past, and a mum whose marriage is hanging by a thread. I enjoyed the 3 POVs as told by our three distinct narrators, which was well performed and it really helped distinguish between the many, many characters of the story.

This title is a bit of a tongue twister and there was quite a bit to set up for the big street party we get to towards the end. It also had several “flash forwards” where we see the aftermath of this mysterious party. I was wondering for a while if there was a twist, as there was plenty of suspense but not much “thrill.” I also initially thought the author was a woman 😅 which is apparently a common occurrence, according to him!

Despite it all, I was satisfied with the ending and the overall audiobook experience.

Thank you to Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for the audiobook ARC in exchange for an honest review.

The audiobook, "Home is Where the Lies Live,"
I devoured the book in two days. This is one of those cases where you get hooked right from the first chapter.
Characters, actions, questions, and revelations abound in this novel.
I adore how each household's story demonstrates the entire bouquet of community.

I adore the fact that the book has three narrators because it adds mystery to each chapter and makes it much easier to picture the characters.
I would honestly not have predicted the book's finale, thus it came as a huge surprise to me.

I assume that some of the "Unaudibles" used foul language. However, I would much rather do it that way than read or hear inappropriate language.

3.75 stars

I loved the twists and the story kept me engaged the whole time. There are a lot of subplots happening and a few didn’t feel like they were answered at the end of the book. Also, for this book being so long, I thought the ending was pretty abrupt.

Thanks NetGalley and publisher for the digital copy in exchange for my honest review!

This was an exciting and entertaining psychological thriller, set over the span of one week and told from multiple pov. The title opens with a 999 call and we know immediately that there has been an incident on Huntington Grove.

The rest of the story sets out the days leading up to the incident with Heidi and Freddie just moving into Huntington Grove, Dylan raising his daughter alone on the grove in the wake of his wife’s death. Willow and Gabes home where tensions run high with Willow’s daughter Issy and it seems there’s always an argument in the air. Then there’s efficient Alison whose husband is working overseas. Each of the characters are hiding something. Some of their lives are more intertwined than the neighbours realise and it’s all about to come to a head at a street party.

I enjoyed the story a lot, it could’ve probably benefited from being a little shorter, but the multiple characters were easy to follow, it was engaging and there was a definite sting in the tail of a twist.

The audio by all three narrators was great - my apologies I’m unable to credit all three here, it seems only one is named.

My thanks to Bookouture Audio and NetGalley for this ELC.

🎧Audio Book Review🎧

Home Is Where The Lies Live
Kerry Wilkinson

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I was instantly drawn to this book because 1. The cover and title intrigued me - it definitely looked like my kind of psychological thriller/mystery genre - but 2. This is the third book that I've read by this author and having loved the other 2 reads - The Night Of The Sleepover and After The Sleepover - I hoped that this would be just as good a read.

This definitely did not disappoint and was packed with secrets, lies and all kinds of twists to keep us guessing right to the very end - which I loved.

The story unfolds gradually over several different pov's and we also see a split timeline too.
The "future" chapters were told as a police interview or statement format which kept hinting at the recent event and showing snippets of each characters perception at the time.
This definitely threw a fair few ideas at us and had me making all kinds of assumptions and theories about what had actually happened at the party and who might have been involved.

The majority of the book then focussed on the "now" timeline.
This took us from the point of Heidi moving into her and Freddie's new home and led upto the street party and the events of that day.

I loved that we got to meet the neighbours through Heidi's eyes first - this felt as though we were right in the story together and getting to know everyone first hand - but each time we met a new character, our impressions changed as the other neighbours and other interactions revealed different pov's.

This was a pretty slow burn but I don't feel that the events or writing dragged. The pace was steady throughout and there was so much going on, that it held my interest from the first page.
The character development was brilliantly written and each secret plotted to perfection.

This was a complex one, but without being confusing ever. It kept me guessing and I loved the shocks as each reveal came....



💕Thank you to the author, publisher and NetGalley for my ARC copy - this is my honest review 💕

This was my first book by the author and the narrator was very good and enjoyed listening but the plot was just missing something for me, not alot happened and I expected so much more to be honest. Maybe it's just me but I felt not much happened until 90 percent in.
Ill have to read more by the author to have something to compare this to. Thanks to netgalley and the publisher for the audio arc.

Oh this one had a great set up!
Slow build kinda dragged for me but oh the twists! Worth it!
Kerry does an amazing job with character development, backstory and keeping momentum. I loved the audio - though so many names to keep track of, connections, kept me on my toes and confused at times.
Also loved the "neighborhood" feel - invested in their lives, comings and goings, accepting a new neighbor. Well done.

Couldn’t put this down and thought it was innovative how it all came together. Violence begets violence

I did think the narrator / voice for one character was way off; she sounds like a pensioner but is supposed to be just 36.

In Home Is Where The Lies Live, Kerry Wilkinson presents a neighborhood full of secrets, where no one is as they seem. Heidi and Freddie, the new couple on Huntington Grove, seem friendly enough—except for that one door in their house that always stays locked. Across the street, Willow struggles with her crumbling marriage and a secretive husband. Then there’s single dad Dylan, still shadowed by the unsolved murder of his wife. A sunny summer party soon spirals into chaos, with overturned tables, sirens, and a resident taken away in handcuffs. Everyone on Huntington Grove has something to hide, and as lies unfold, readers are left wondering who has a secret big enough to kill for.

This story is more of a slow burn than a fast-paced thriller, which allows plenty of time to dig into each character’s complicated life. Just when you think you’ve figured out the mystery, another layer is revealed, keeping you on your toes until the very end. Wilkinson does a fantastic job of weaving together each resident’s storyline, and the narrators—Matthew Spencer, Rebecca Lee, and Julia Barrie—truly bring the characters to life, adding depth and intensity to the suspense. Fans of character-driven mysteries with a twist of suburban secrets will find Home Is Where The Lies Live a thrilling and satisfying read.

Oh Kerry Wilkinson, you kept me on my toes with this book! I could not put it down! It was fabulous! So intense, and gripping. Absolutely loved it. It'd be a great book to do for a book club.

The three narrators of this did an absolutely fantastic job for all the different characters and I found myself really drawn to them!

This was a slow burn throughout however I loved diving into each characters different stories and found myself trying to guess what was going to happen to them.

The plot had lots of different elements and loved the domestic life elements scattered throughout this as it felt like us as the reader were having a peak behind Thier curtains and having a nosey into the characters lives.

Some of the characters were pretty unlikeable so I found myself wanting them to get their comeuppance by the end!

I did guess a few bits early one resulting in this not quite hitting that 5 star range for me but overall this was a really enjoyable audio book and I'd definitely like to read more by this author in the future!

I loved this neighborhood suspense/thriller/drama where nothing is at it seems. Everyone has secrets. Some of the secrets are your everyday, normal quirks and some are definitely not.

This one is told from multiple points of view and there are multiple narrators. All of which did a perfect job with speaking their parts.

If you liked Big Little Lies, definitely make sure to read this one, you might just need a piece of paper to keep track of all the characters.

I’ll definitely be reading more from this author in the future.

Thank you to the author, NetGalley, and Bookouture Audio for letting me partake in this one a little early, in exchange for an honest review.

<i>Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this eARC in exchange for my honest review.</i>

Audio

3.5 stars rounded down

This was a new author for me. Lots of Lisa Jewell vibes with how the story is set up, but the first half was just pretty lackluster and slow. The twist was interesting and the character set up was solid but just fell a little flat for me!

This book was very complex with alot of intersecting characters. I love the premise of a neighborhood being very pure, and good in the " daylight" and hiding secrets in the dark. I could see where the author wanted to intersect the characters and their lives to make it suspenseful and interesting. Sadly I don't think she achieved it 100 percent. At some points the story fell flat, and parts felt missing. The end felt unfinished and open for more.

The narrator was very robotic and made it hard to follow as well.