All the Beautiful Lies

by Peter Swanson 

4.5 Stars
Well, well, well…

Umm, what can I say I have become a huge fan of Peter Swanson’s book after reading the “eight perfect murders” and this book is no exception.
This story is about a man who recently graduated and finds out that his father “Bill” has been dead before his graduation day.
Having already lost his mother years prior, all he has left is Alice, his stepmother who is a beautiful, sexy, and mysterious realtor and way younger than his father. Initially, Bill’s death has been ruled out as a suicide but harry thinks otherwise. After returning to his father’s home in Maine, he takes the responsibility to help sort out the bookstore that he fathered owned and comfort his stepmother.
While working in the bookshop he meets a young woman named “Grace” seeking employment at Harry’s bookshop. Captivated between Alice’s sexual desires and grace’s charming, he finds himself falling deeper under their spell. But one thing he is sure, that both women are hiding dangerous—even deadly—secrets . . . and that neither one is telling the truth.

This story is full of thriller& mystery yet so weird and uncomfortable that almost all the characters in this book get involved in an incestuous relationship of some kind and all of these characters are driven by sex and lust. This book was packed full of twists, turns, lies, suspense, and very dark subjects that make the reader unpleasant.

The author has written the story in such a manner I could not stop listening and this is such a great psychological thriller that I highly recommend to everyone who is interested to read books in this genre.
Reader beware! this is not a book for everyone. There sexual predators, Child abuse, and pedophiliacs.

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