I let this stunning opening mull away in my mind for some time before piecing together all the secrets about her apparently 'perfect' husband. Unfortunately, the fact that it was overly long and drawn out was its ultimate downfall, because several characters continuing evasiveness sadly gave me too much time to dwell on why, so by the 60% I knew what was coming. Spain seems to have a good handle on the justice system in the US as we follow Erin’s trial closely. Taking a swift glance and an even quicker flit, Danny walks to the french doors and jumps off their balcony committing suicide without a moment’s hesitation and hurtling to his inevitable death on the concrete below.

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There were no awkward transitions and she keeps the mystery plot ticking along nicely before tying all the strings together seamlessly in the end. Spain is juggling a number of other screen projects including adapting the novel The Source by Sarah Sultoon, a Scandinavian drama she describes as "a mix between Fargo and Killing Eve" and a show about the 1980s music scene in Sheffield. THEN: July 2019 – Two years ago Erin Kennedy met the love of her life, Detective Danny Ryan, and the pair married six months later. Whilst I was mostly gripped by Erin’s predicament, I did feel that the book could have benefitted from a bit more editing of the other timeline, which contained a lot of information that slowed the main part of the story down but wasn’t all relevant to the central mystery. In one moment, her life as she knows it will be destroyed, following that fateful act one normal morning, and she will question everything she thought she knew about the man she loved.I always read this author on a day I have cleared of everything else, because once I start, there's no separating me from her latest. I've been in New York a few times and have watched a lot of shows set in Long Island and thought 'that looks nice'. The story unfolds in an unusual format: after the shocking opening scenes, here we have the POV of Erin in the present as she is awaiting trial for the murder of her husband. Now happily married and living the perfect life on Long Island, Erin has no idea of what is about to hit her. I want people to feel the cold when they are reading this book so that it makes the tension unbearable.

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Having moved to New York five years ago following a family tragedy, Erin's fortune changed when she met her now husband, police detective Danny. The Perfect Lie is story of the things we fail disclose to our loved ones, difficult truths, cover ups and retribution. Another timeline follows Erin, after Danny's death, as she hits brick walls trying to find out what was going on in Danny's life that would cause him to be under investigation at his job.

When Erin answers the door to Danny's police colleagues one morning, it's the start of an ordinary day. Figuring out the main twists in a mystery thriller is never a good thing, so I’ve had to rate it accordingly. Erin is a woman who has already seen tragedy in her life, she moved to New York to escape the pain of a family tragedy. Following the early morning arrival of his police colleagues at his apartment door, Detective Danny Ryan runs to his balcony and jumps to his death in front of his wife.