Every Last Lie

by Mary Kubica

[Leah]

This was a pretty decent read. I was super intrigued by the synopsis - Clara's husband Nick dies in a car crash, while their daughter Maisie is unharmed and while it's ruled as an accident, when Maisie starts having nightmares, Clara becomes convinced evil forces were at play and perhaps Nick was killed.

First off, let's get the bad out of the way: Nick is killed in a car crash. Speeding. On his phone. The glare of the sun. But mostly those first two things. And yet, THREE times during this novel Clara speaks on her phone WHILST driving, despite the fact that Illinois is a hands-free state, despite the fact her kids are in the bloody car, and despite the fact that is possibly what contributed to her husband's death. I mean are you really that self-involved that even after the death of your husband, you are willing to put yourself, your kids and other road users at risk? It honestly drives me insane, the way people act as if its okay to drive a car with one hand and eat or text or chat or put make up on with another hand. If you are to be allowed to be in control of a ten-tonne vehicle, you need to make sure you full, 100% attention is on driving. I just don't have the time of day with drivers like that, or drunk drivers or anything of the kind. And it severely irritated me that Clara was willing to do that anyway, but especially after Nick's death.

Otherwise, I quite enjoyed the mystery surrounding Nick's death and I very much enjoyed Nick's "before" perspective, a lot of which Clara was blissfully unaware of. I do feel like the book ended with a lot left up in the air, especially with that very bizarre chapter near the end (that should have led to police charges??????) but it was a decent enough thriller.