My Review of “Lying in Wait” by Liz Nugent

My Review of “Lying in Wait” by Liz Nugent  Gallery, Threshold, Pocketbook, June 2018

WOW!  “Lying in Wait” by Liz Nugent is a captivating, intense,  intriguing, twisted, and  disturbingly horrifying and sickening , suspenseful novel, which is hard to put down.. Freud would have a field day with these characters. This has a feel of Alfred Hitchcock, and Twilight Zone mixed. The Genres of this novel are Fiction, Mystery, Suspense and Thriller, with a touch of horror.

One of the first sentences that one reads is ” My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.”  This is a quote from one of the characters Lydia Fitzsimons,.

The Fitzsimons family is looked upon with great respect. After all, Lidia’s husband is a Judge, and they have a loving son Laurence. They live in a mansion, and to the eye, everything is perfect. No one knows that the Judge lost a tremendous amount of money he invested, when the person who handled the funds, ran with the money. No one realizes how Lidia has been over-protective to their son. From all the stress, Laurence can’t stop eating, and is first dealing with new experiences in life.

The author describes her unstable characters as complicated, complex, and deeply dysfunctional  .There are  deep and dark secrets that Lidia hold the key to, that could destroy the family. ( and have destroyed others)

Meanwhile, Annie Doyle’s family is looking into their daughter’s disappearance. There seem to be some significant clues. Annie’s sister is obsessed with finding what happened to her.

Lidia is one extremely manipulative woman. She has an answer for anything and justifies everything. Unfortunately, Laurence is  starting to unravel some of the secrets. There are a lot of Uh-Oh moments, and tension. I would recommend this page-turning chilling thriller to readers who enjoy thrillers and suspenseful stories. I received an ARC from NetGalley for my honest review.