Lies of Mine (DI Winter Meadows, #5) by Cheryl Rees-Price

Lies of Mine (DI Winter Meadows, #5) Reviews

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  Marie Shirley Griffin

  Excellent mystery
  
  Characters are so life like. The mystery is such a challenge and good luck figuring out what happened much less who did it.
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  Ridel

  Lies of Mine is a phenomenal police procedural. I've said this before, but Cheryl Rees-Price excels at crafting characters driven by emotion. Their actions are illogical, but yet you can empathize and it's a level of realism that I find most authors are unable to capture. Everything about a Winter Meadows novel is here, including an intelligent, empathetic detective surrounded by a familiar police team working their best to unravel a finely-crafted multi-layer mystery.
  
  There's not much in the blurb, so it's difficult to describe without spoilers. The murder of David Harris leads to quite a few plot twists and revelations, and the central mystery is thrilling and full of intellectual deductions. I enjoyed every moment and stopped often to re-read sections in order to absorb as much of the unfolding story as possible. I highly rate mysteries where the reader could come to the same conclusions as our heroes, and it's my belief that this was a possibility. I didn't manage it, but maybe you will.
  
  I'm five novels in and unreservedly recommend these. Like a mystery? Pick them up.
  
  What's this? A happy ending? Now that I didn't see coming... honestly I was dreading the final scenes. I was expecting something dark af like Jay committing suicide, or the very near death for Amber. It would be very on-brand for Cheryl Rees-Price and she subverted my expectations.
  
  This novel also made clear why the previous (A Knot of Sparrows) wasn't as excellent... there was so much information about the mystery. It feels like half of the book is filled with complex interviews that shed light on a cold case and if you, the reader, pay enough attention, you might solve the mystery first. I really enjoyed the unravelling plot threads and while I could guess that the character viewpoints (Jay and Aiden) were likely decoys, I had a tough time nailing down the murderer.
  
  I am slightly annoyed that there wasn't a lot of character development for police team. It sounds like the next novel will differ with Meadows's promotion, but Blackwell and Valentine didn't get much characterization and Edris was oddly quiet (probably because Meadows is seeing Daisy). It doesn't detract from this book being one of the finest in this series though.
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  Elaine

  I have read the whole series so far and I love these mysteries set in rural Wales. Each story is set is the unique landscape of Wales with a vast history of mining and farming. This case weaves together a recent murder with a murder 16 years earlier that involves the same people, including the man who served 15 years in prison for the earlier murder but still claims his innocence. The two stories add a lot of nice complexity and give depth to the story as the tale of the teenagers out on a fun day turns dark when drinking and drugs are involved. It is interesting to see how the teenagers changed over the years and how the earlier murder cast a shadow over their lives. DI Meadows continues to be a gentle soul, having been raised in a commune, and seems a bit mismatched to his world of death and violence. But he brings compassion and understanding of people into his job. A becomes a little repetitious as the story of the old mystery slowly unfolds as the characters finally start to share the truth that may be killing some of them.
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  Mary Rowe

  Will there be more???!!
  
  As a convicted murderer is released after serving his sentence for a long ago killing, doubts arise about his guilt as the various witnesses, all teens at the time, slowly reveal an investigation tainted with deceit and self-deception, stealing a youngster’s future.
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  Mystic Miraflores

  I felt that the characters are good, it the plot only so-so. Most of the book was the rehashing of Ruth’s murder. The denouement and reveal of the murderer was a shock. But then I thought how did the murderer take off so much time from their busy and important job and not be missed? And the author never answered the question of who sent the poisoned bottle of wine to Aiden.
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  Amber

  Best one yet!
  
  The characters are being developed nicely. I really enjoyed this book, I couldn't figure out who the killer was, so I was surprised! Definite must read series for brit crime series enthisiasts!
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  Pauline Margaret Dean

  Lies of Mine
  
  Excellent book kept me interested from first page to last.Great storyline thst kept me guessing and really believable characters,look forward to the next.
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  Rose Marie Meyer

  Deceptions
  
  I do believe that this is the very best mystery I has be read in a long time. I cannot wait to read another of the books.
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  Erik Empson

  How does she do it? Rees-Price's books just get better and better, and this one is truly jaw-droppingly good.
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  Emlyn Lunn

  DI Meadows strikes again
  
  Any well written book. No wasted volcabary a very tight plot. Enjoyable to the very last page. Same it's the last book in the series.
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  Pat Brune

  A good story but too populated. I couldn't keep track of all the characters
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  Audrey

  Well written and enjoyable read !
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  Helen Williams

  Great mystery
  
  Love this group of characters. I have read several of Cheryl Rees-Price novels and enjoyed every one. Will continue to check for more.
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  Gary Van Cott

  3.0