The liar's girl

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Catherine Ryan Howard: The liar's girl (2018)

330 pages

English language

Published Sept. 10, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-5047-8254-8
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OCLC Number:
1001545205

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4 stars (2 reviews)

Will Hurley was an attractive, charming, and impressive student at Dublin's elite St. John's College--and Ireland's most prolific serial killer. He stalked and drowned his five young victims in the muddy waters of the Grand Canal, and is currently serving a life sentence in the city's Central Psychiatric Hospital. Alison Smith's world imploded when Liz, her best friend, became the victim of the Canal Killer--and then her boyfriend Will confessed. Alison fled to the Netherlands and, in ten years, has never once looked back. When a young woman's body is found in the Grand Canal, Garda detectives visit Will to see if he can assist them in solving what looks like a copycat killing. Instead, Will tells them he has something new to confess--but there's only one person he's prepared to confess it to. Reluctantly Alison is pulled back into the past she's worked so hard to leave behind, only …

6 editions

Twisty plot, somewhat interesting viewpoint.

4 stars

The plot is very much a whodunnit (or whodunwhat), and keeps the reader guessing to the end.

The viewpoint of the protagonist, namely "serial killer's girlfriend" is unusual for a police procedural.

I wasn't completely convinced by the characters. At one point I found my self agreeing with the protagonist's mother that she should just get over her trauma. That's not fair of either of us, but I think the failure of empathy is not all mine.

The setting is modern Dublin, which feels a bit like any modern north-western european city: trendy cafes, expensive to live in.

Review of "Liar's Girl" on 'Storygraph'

4 stars

I've become a big fan of Catherine Ryan Howard. I've read [b:The Nothing Man|51166217|The Nothing Man|Catherine Ryan Howard|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1595212537l/51166217.SY75.jpg|75872846] and really, really enjoyed it and am currently reading an ARC of 56 Days and digging it.

Definitely one of my newest go-to authors.

Subjects

  • Murder
  • Investigation
  • Young women
  • Serial murderers
  • Crimes against
  • Fiction

Places

  • Grand Canal (Ireland)
  • Dublin (Ireland)