I’m fan of Catherine McKenzie books. I’ve read them all and have been looking forward to reading The Good Liar. I was very pleased to have the opportunity through NetGalley to read the ARC, to provide my review in return and was excited to get started. That’s where I became disappointed. All the other books I read quickly. They were reads I couldn’t put down! This one wasn’t. It didn’t pull me in like the others but I kept reading wondering if I might find that “grab me” moment.
The story was told in alternating narratives in different forms: first person, third person and interview. This made it easy to keep track of which character was being focused on. I did struggle at first to keep track of who was who when all the characters were being introduced throughout the first half of the book. A few times I had to read back to clarify and figure things out.
I found some parts of the story hard to grasp as believable, possible or true. I won’t get into details so as to not give any spoilers.
As I mentioned, I found the first half of the book slow. The second half picked up some what as the plot twists were being revealed. I was disappointed to discovered that I had guessed a couple of them prior to the reveals. The ending seemed to come suddenly and then felt like there was something missing. I’m sorry to say that I was looking for more.

I’ve been struggling with how many stars to give. If I had never read this author before it would likely be 3 stars but because I love every other book this author has written, I’ve decided to give 4. And I’ll still be looking forward to reading everything else Catherine writes in the future.