Rachel´s Random Resources: Fatal Lies by Anita Waller

 

There are different kind of lies: small lies and survival lies and also fatal lies. There is a different degree of risk they may involve but nevertheless a lie is a lie and hiding the truth can be fatal. 

This is what happened with the protagonists of Fatal Lies by Anita Waller, published by Boldwood Books. The book is the second in the series featuring The Forrester Detective Agency, a family business of the Forresters from Sheffield, Waller´s city. Although I would definitely read - and recommend reading - the first installment as well, you can easily understand what is going on in the book without further knowledge of the previous book.

This time, it seems that a burglary went completely wrong, with the victim being killed. Was it something who went completely wrong? Was it an accident or was on purpose? And, if yes, who is to blame for it?

This is the task to be solved by the agency and in the end, it proves to be much more difficult as it looked at the first sight. More than once, he is rather forced to react than to act, and this set a definitely different trend for the investigation as well as for his professional outlook of his job and business.

I enjoyed reading Fatal Lies, particularly the good mixture between actions and the characters, has a local flair which is gives the story even more authenticity and also makes the characters relatable. In order to be successful, a thriller should not necessarily be set in a big city, easily identified on the list of ´100 places to see before you die´. Personally, I feel more attracted by stories set in small, relatively out of the radar locations, because at this micro level it is much easier to interact and see the human relationships unfolding. 

I would love to continue following the next adventure of the agency and eventuallymore books by Anita Waller as well. It looks like an author that has a lot of insights about humans and their motivations.

Rating: 4 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own