Description:
In this electrifying psychological thriller, a high-powered sociopath meets his
reckoning when he’s accused of the brutal murder of his mistress. Did he kill
Charlie Doyle? And if he didn’t…who did? Peter Caine, a cutthroat Manhattan
defense attorney, worked ruthlessly to become the best at his job. On the
surface, he is charming and handsome, but inside he is cold and heartless. He
fights without remorse to acquit murderers, pedophiles and rapists. When
Charlie Doyle, the daughter of the Manhattan DA—and Peter’s former lover—is
murdered, Peter’s world is quickly sent into a tailspin. He becomes the prime
suspect as the DA, a professional enemy of Peter’s, embarks on a witch hunt to
avenge his daughter’s death, stopping at nothing to ensure Peter is found
guilty of the murder. In the challenge of his career and his life, Peter races
against the clock to prove his innocence. As the evidence mounts against him,
he’s forced to begin unraveling his own dark web of lies and confront the sins
of his past. But the truth of who killed Charlie Doyle is more twisted and
sinister than anyone could have imagined…
Review: 3.5 Stars
This is a hard book to rate. It does extremely well in some areas and not so
much in others. It is the kind of book that is fascinating yet not too hard to
put down. It starts at a good pace and is engrossing but then it quickly slows
its pace and that does not help, also I did figure it out so that made it
slightly predictable. The timeline of Peter’s life is a little messy so it
takes effort to keep track of it. Other than that it’s fantastic. Peter is
evil, unreliable, and cruel. He is a high functioning sociopath in my opinion. He
has so many multiple facets to his personality that it is exhausting to read
his story. There is so much fabrication and pretense with this character that
it is hard to know what is the truth! I did not quite understand why any of the
women in his life put up with him, he has no redeeming qualities in my opinion.
He fits the image of a greedy, cunning and mean-spirited DA completely. This is
a disturbing novel and I rate it a 4 only because of how much it made me feel!
Thank you NetGalley and HARLEQUIN for the ARC in exchange
for an honest review. #NetGalley, #OnceALiar
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