The Perfect Lie by Emily Barr

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A girl flees to Venice to escape her dangerous past in this electrifying novel of intrigue, psychological tension and suspense... For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination. A dream inspired by the pretty picture pinned to her mother's kitchen wall. To Lucy, Venice seems the ideal place to lose herself. And now she needs to do just that. The secret she's been keeping from her boyfriend and her friends has finally caught up with her and Lucy needs to disappear - and fast. show more There's no better time to pack her bags and head for Italy. But what if, when she sets foot in Venice, Lucy finds that the one thing she has been running from, the one thing she has been trying to escape, is already there, lying in wait for her? Time to run away again? Or time to end the chase, once and for all? show less

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nocto 416 reviews

Chick-lit-ish kind of thriller. Nothing special, but not dreadful though predictable at times. Kept me entertained and turning the pages.

I got hugely annoyed by the enormous paragraph spacing though - I read it on the Kindle but I guess this feature is carried over from the print edition. The Kindle lets you adjust type size and line spacing but doesn't have a "Please remove the two blank lines between each paragraph" option. It's ok when there are long paragraphs, but quick dialogue sections - often one of the fastest moving bits of a thriller - get slowed down by page turning. I guess someone thought it made it "faster" that way. It doesn't!

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Jan 7, 2011

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triscuit 219 reviews

Lucy is running from her past. Her mother was fascinated by Venice so when she needs to disappear, that's where she ends up. A bit of a romance, a bit of a thriller, but somewhat muddled.

Jul 6, 2011

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Mar 21, 2016

fasterik 4,392 reviews

Je kunt wel vluchten, maar hij vindt je toch...

Voor Lucy Riddick is Venetië altijd een droombestemming geweest. Een droom die werd geïnspireerd door de romantische poster aan de muur van haar moeders keuken.

Venetië lijkt Lucy de ideale plaats om jezelf te verliezen. En dat is precies wat ze nodig heeft wanneer het grote geheim dat ze al jaren voor haar geliefde en haar vrienden verborgen houdt, dreigt uit te komen. Ze moet verdwijnen, en snel. Lucy pakt haar koffers en vlucht naar Italië, haar dierbaren verbijsterd achterlatend.

Maar stel dat degene voor wie ze al die tijd bang was haar ook in Venetië blijft achtervolgen? Moet ze verder vluchten, of is het tijd om eindelijk haar verleden onder ogen te zien?

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