All The Beautiful Lies by Peter Swanson

I've had my first covid jab - Pfizer - which is the one I wanted. One step closer to travelling again!
It put me through the mill though, I've spent most of the week on even more painkillers than usual - and having a 5-day stint at work was probably not the greatest timing!

I'm enjoying having my hair washed and blow dryed at home and having a weekly massage at home too. It was lovely to be pampered in the evenings whilst feeling so unwell, and using up all my reserve energy dragging my arse through the work day.

And despite this wet and windy May, I turned my heating off because I heard the weather is supposed to be breaking next week - please please please!

Despite being a Sunday Times bestseller, I was a little disappointed with this novel by Peter Swanson. This is the first book of his I have read, so I will try some of his others. I can't put my finger on it exactly but I wanted more. More drama, more sex, more scandal. It just needed more umph in my humble opinion. A lot of the story was suggestive rather than punchy. I wanted more from the characters. Maybe this is the way Swanson writes and I respect, each to their own. For me, I like characters to be more expressive. I want to feel what they feel and I want to be able to empathise with them, or at least sympathise.