Liars: Quirky coastal crime from Australia’s funniest former criminal lawyer by James O’Loghlin
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
A mystery set in Australia involving not one but at least 5 murders!
As the author focused on each of the characters in this thriller – most of whom belonged to a flash-in- the-pan/ semi-famous rock band during the gang’s university days – you start to scratch your head and wonder: each and every one of these people make very likely suspects, but Who really Dunnit?!!!
James O’Loghlin’s sense of humour, coastal setting and colourful characters keep the reader’s interest engaged, despite several repetitious patches here and there: Joe’s podcast more or less rehashed the same events over and OVER during each interview, and this got fairly tedious after a while.
Fortunately, that action packed ending made up for those few less exciting passages.
Overall I would rate this thriller a 3.5 out of 5. I rounded down to a three because the female lead, Barb Young, did all of the work to keep the investigation open (no spoilers here!) and just about solved the entire mystery, but SEB, who had his own skeletons to hide, got the glory and the promotion! WHAAAAAT?!!
My thanks to the author, publisher and NetGalley for an ARC of this novel in exchange for an honest review.
Note: Most of the female characters in this novel get murdered, or are hooked on drugs, are schemers or manipulators like Dev and Karen, are musically talented but naive and therefore get themselves immediately murdered, etc. Joe was the only male victim come to think of it. Female characters did not come off well in this story. That is why I deducted half a point. Now, I’m tempted to go back and deduct another half point!!!
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