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This was my first book by Harlan Coben, an author I had long been wanting to read. And The Match seemed a good book to start with. A thriller hovering around the puzzles of ancestral origins, DNA matches, some murders in between and how it all is eventually linked.

Wilde, a boy left abandoned in the woods – with no memory of his parents or family – is dubbed as a modern day Tarzan, rescued aged around 6 by the police. Having grown up in foster care, some 35 years later now he finds a DNA match on a site in a bid to find his biological parents. And as he is doing so, there start running many side stories in parallel. We have the reality TV star Peter Bennet, we have a Richard Levine trial going on, there is the suspense dangling about the supposed birth father Daniel Carter …

An intelligently conceptualized world of a con artist with a flawless delivery. The Lies I Tell by Julie Clark is an exciting tale of revenge, deception and morality. The book benefits from a unique plot, a never told before story – which makes it so exhilarating. The fast paced and crisp writing makes this book truly unputdownable. Since this was my first Julie Clark book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. And to be honest, I am left marveling at the beauty of it!

The Lies I Tell is the story of Meg Williams. Having being swindled out of their home, Meg and her terminally ill mother are forced to live out of their car until her mother finally passes, leaving Meg all by herself. There are some gripping accounts of the problems that present and how she survives dependent upon her dates she manages to attain on dating …

There are many books that attempt to be thrillers. But somehow, they end up being a half hearted hogwash, often marred by a clumsy end after an otherwise decent plot. Nine Lives by Peter Swanson (yes, I need to specify this since I saw at least three books on Amazon with the same title!) is a most authentic thriller I have read in a long time! It certainly is the best of this year, so far. It comes packed with a chilling plot, some tantalizing situations, hard to guess suspense and a fast-paced, gripping narration with not a smidgen of drag at any point of the book.

Imagine receiving a list of 9 names – including yours, with no explanation. It most certainly brings an eerie feeling sensing something wrong. This chilling idea forms the basic plot of this book. It turns out to be a list of people who …