Whispers and Lies

Terri, the lead character in the story, acted quite immature for a woman her age. She wavered back and forth much to much. It was not a great read for me, just passible.

The ending seems to come out of nowhere, and you'll be delightfully entertained by all the twists and turns in this novel.

This was my first Joy Fielding book. It kept me captivated from the beginning. I kept trying to anticipate what was to happen next. It's one of those books that gives you just enough information to make you think you know what the twists are going to be, but you're wrong. EXCELLENT READ!

Joy Fielding at her best! I don't want to give the book away but you will not believe the writing skills this woman has! where do you come up with these twist and turns. All I can say is go buy the book you will not be disappointed! I could not put this book down the end floored me!!! go get yourself a copy.

Joy Fielding kept me riveted to the pages with her suspenseful story of nurse Terry Painter and Alison Sims, the new tenant in Terry's cottage. We are told from the very beginning that Alison is not what she seems, but the author diverts us in one direction while blindsiding us with the truth in a shocker of an ending. Terry is a lonely, forty-year old nurse who inherited her mother's house when her mother passed away. She herself had lived in the small cottage on the rear of the property and now rents it out to tenants. The former tenant has mysteriously disappeared and now this new tenant appears to be a little too anxious to get close to Terry, a bit too immediately involved in Terry's life. But what could Alison and her growing assortment of strange friends want from Terry? Is it all a well-planned scam to bilk the lonely lady of her money, her home, her life? Tension is high and emotions are raw as narrator Terry draws us deeper and deeper into her lonely life, her fascination coupled with fear of Alison, her slow descent into crazed paranoia. Will she be able to overcome her fears? Will she reveal Alison and her friends as the con artists she fears them to be? And just who is this mysterious Alison Sims and what does she want from Terry?Joy Fielding leads us on a wild ride with an elaborate labyrinth of carefully constructed clues that finally come together and explode on the final pages. If you love mysteries and suspense, don't miss this one!

This is a an excellent book - Fielding's best to date. The author makes excellent use of flashbacks and it has a twist of an ending. The chapters are short and the book moves along at a brisk pace with no overly descriptive passages or padding. It is a tightly woven novel. The novel is about a lonely, single, 40ish nurse, Terry Painter, who has inherited her house from her deceased, abusive mother which also has a cottage in the back. She rents the cottage to a mysterious, beautiful tenant called Allison. Allison ingratiates herself into lonely Terry's life and befriends her. However, Allison is not all that she seems to be. Who is she? And who are her strange friends? Everyone lies in this book, including Terry. But the fun part is trying to sort out the truth from fiction. Buy this book. You won't be able to put it down.