Review: Only Truth

Only Truth by Julie Cameron
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I received an ARC of this book.
I would give this book 4.5 stars. This was a gripping unsettling thriller that I could not put down. The main character, Isabel, is a complex interesting woman who suffered a horrible trauma as a young teenager that completely changed her life and causes lingering problems as an adult. When her husband convinces her a move to the countryside will be just what they need, Isabel goes along, albeit a bit unwillingly. Their new home feels oddly familiar and very threatening to Isabel, causing her to fall into old behaviors of anxiety and instability that threaten her ability to function, and even her sanity. Sometimes she is unlikable, sometimes she is very sympathetic, but she is always someone the reader roots for.
Conversely, the reader knows there is a killer out there. He has killed in the past and has now set his sights on Isabel. As the book goes on the reader finds out more and more about this mysterious man and what his reasons for obsessing over Isabel might be.
The author did a wonderful job of creating an atmosphere of tension, anxiety, and impending doom. What I enjoyed even more was the fact that there were several "suspects" who might be the mysterious killer. The reader knows one of these people is the one menacing Isabel, and that the author has written in such a way that the author knows that the reader knows. And so as each clue is revealed the reader gobbles it up, comparing what information has been shared before with what is now known, to try to whittle down the line-up of suspects. By the time I was half-way through the book, I could not put it down and stayed up much to late to find out how everything would turn out. It was so hard not to skip ahead to see who the "bad guy" would turn out to be.
I usually enjoy more domestic suspense, and this book contains some very violent and graphic crime. This book was great, though. I thoroughly enjoyed this book and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys thrillers, suspense, and mysteries.

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