Lovers and Liars

Lovers and Liars by Sally Beauman was originally published in 1995 Open Road Integrated Media has released this book in digital format I received a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review from Netgally and the publisher This the Retro Romance book of the month read.Gini Hunter and Pascal Lamartine, as well as two others receive a rather disturbing parcel Closely following that event, Gini, a reporter finds herself assigned a case with Pascal, a journalist photographer The case To dig [...]

Numerous friends suggested I try on Beauman on for size, so I decided to do just that with Lovers and Liars At first I felt like a mouse in a maze trying to find the prize Beauman offered loads of twists and turns but in time I was able to narrow down the offending culprits and deduct what was what Cleverly created to let the reader assume they know what s at the core of the plot and Beauman pulls out of left field with the unexpected and you re at square one figuring out the plot and its perpet [...]

It s a few years since I read this book but I remember really enjoying it The plot is so complicated it makes you feel dizzy

I ve just finished reading Lovers and Liars, a doorstopper of a retro romantic suspense novel from 1994, written by Sally Beauman, and all I can think of is how easy it is for me to call up info on Beauman and every novel she s ever written on my smartphone, and yet when the novel was written twenty years ago, only a privileged few had mobile phones, so phoning someone to let them know you were running late when they were off running around somewhere too was not an option And yet it s recent eno [...]

Lovers and Liars is a romantic mystery that takes place in England mostly during the 1990s so it was contemporary at the time it was written In the story, an English journalist, Gini, and a French photographer, Pascal, join forces on an assignment about a potential political scandal As they delve deeper into investigations, they find that there is to the story than they originally thought With their lives in danger, they are even determined to find the truth behind the rumors.The story is writ [...]

First of all, I should say that I have read quite a lot of Sally Beauman novels in the past and with my previous experiences, I either loved it or hated it This is not really the case with this book This one I am about divided evenly on Whilst there is a good plot here and the characters are relatively easy to get to know and even likable, they make some of the dumbest decisions possible and it is hard to respect them especially the female lead If I had to choose a part of this book that I enjoy [...]

Bought it at a book sale, and so far it is a good, light summer read We all need entertainment now and again.Well, I have now finished and can warn any and all to pass this one up It deteriorates terribly toward the end and turns a bit pornographic in places I couldn t buy the heroine s rationalizations at the ending I m a bit put out because I realized I had read another of her novels a long time ago, Dark Angel, that was quite gripping until near the end when she obviously decided she had to w [...]

I appreciate that Sally Beauman didn t make this into a two book set, but I did find it to be a bit long The pacing was somewhat uneven, I lost interest about halfway through and almost didn t finish I kept with it, and the final resolution was satisfactory What I liked the characters What was just ok the character s inner dialogue What needed paring some of the setting descriptions went on too long for me As a suspense novel, it had a good premise, and the underlying plot was good, I just wish [...]

I found this book to be okay, but it didn t wow me at any point The characters were not particularly likable, and I really want to be able to connect with them better than I was able to in this book The premise of the storyline was intriguing, but I didn t think it lived up to its potential I think part of my feelings about the book are due to the time period in which it was originally written I might have liked it twenty years ago, but it doesn t stand the test of time well Thanks to the publis [...]

This started out as a fairly promising suspense novel then around the murky middle, at about page 300, that s right, the book is that long, I started wondering if her editor had taken a long vacation, shouldn t someone give her a call in Fiji let her know that the author was off wandering out in circles somewhere Then I started thinking is it really necessary to have this much internal dialogue Maybe I really don t need to know what these characters are thinking at every single moment of the plo [...]

Sometimes there is a very fine line between an ok book and a great book This one may have been great but the author dragged it on and on and on You were finally in such a rush for it to just be finished John and Lise are your typical Kennedy type politicians with sex and power and manipulative elders Gina and Pascal are like able but never really got anything accomplished The book was just ok

Lovers and Liars by Sally Beauman is an interesting and provoking novel which shows its time of writing through the character presentation Gini Hunter is a photojournalist with a mind of her own Pascal Lamartine, a photographer struggling to keep his life in balance after a failed marriage and a short encounter with a wonderful love Both are persons in their own right within a story which is full of intrigue and thrills A provocative book.

Great book, I was gripped to the endThis was a great book which had me engrossed from the start The opening chapter had me intrigued and I was like that throughout the whole book, I kept on changing my mind as to what would happen, the book certainly keeps you guessing the whole way through I loved the main characters too, they were likeable people I will definitely be buying Sally beauman books.

Interesting then too convoluted to hold my attention one of the main characters, Gini, just got on my nerves making bad decisions, acting without good reasoning, lacked maturity The book was too long dialogue eventually irritated meI ended up skimming the last 100 pages or so just so I would know the ending I would try this author again with a book that is highly rated

A political blackmailing sex scandal I loved every second of this book, but could see how some readers might get stuck on the sex angle instead of the full plot.Let s just say this was in one of the only two boxes of books I moved with me to Seattle, and I left about 12 boxes behind in my dads storage.

great literature no great read definitely A mystery, a love story, political machinations This book has it all Sex, cruelty, kindness, friendship They re all here Great literature no Great read definitely I found myself invested in the main characters, unrealistically portrayed in many ways Perfect for a TV mini series Can t wait to read second book of trilogy.

Bought this 2nd hand Started to read but got the feeling I had read it before.100 pages in and I gave up reading, as I knew I had read it before Given the age of the book, it is highly likely that I read this when I was in my 20 s.DNF this time around.

It wasn t worth the 732 pages It could have been condensed somewhat.

Coinvolgente e torbido, ben scritto e ben sviluppato, anche se a tratti inverosimile.

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I found Lovers and Liars by Sally Beauman an excellent read I highly recommend it.

It started out as an interesting mystery and quickly deteriorated into terrible dialogue and I gave up.

I felt like there were too many characters in the beginning It was slow in getting to the point I found myself putting it down in favor of other books Not a good sign for me.