Deception by Lesley Pearse Book Review

Welcome to my review of Deception by Lesley Pearse. I am a big fan of Lesley Pearse’s work and so was extra excited when I was offered a copy of her latest book, Deception, to review.

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Synopsis

After the funeral of her mother, Sally, Alice Kent is approached by a man named Angus Tweedy. He claims to be her father and tells her that he served time in prison for marrying Sally bigamously.

What does he hope to gain by telling her this now, thirty years on?
How can her adored dad Ralph not be her true father?
And why did her mother betray her so badly?

She had accepted Sally’s many faults, and her reluctance to ever speak of the past. But faced with this staggering deception, Alice knows she must uncover the whole truth about her mother.

Whatever the cost.

As Alice journeys into the past she discovers her mother may never have been the woman she claimed to be . . .

About The Author

Lesley Pearse was told as a child that she had too much imagination for her own good. When she grew up she worked her way through a number of jobs, including nanny, bunny girl, dressmaker and full-time mother, before, at the age of forty-nine, settling upon a career that would allow her gifts to blossom: she became a published writer. Lesley lives in Devon and has three daughters and three grandchildren.

My Review

There is a strange man at Sally’s funeral. Her daughter, Alice, doesn’t know who he is until after when he approaches her and delivers some devastating news, he is Alice and her sister’s biological father but they already have a father that they adore, who is this man and what does he want? From here were are taken on a journey with Alice trying to find out all she can about her secretive mother and her life before her children were born.

I loved the characters in Deception. They were very varied and had different though full, backgrounds and were well-developed. Each one reminded me of someone I know aside from the bigamist, though I am sure more people would try if they thought they could get away with it!

The plot took us through all kinds of life events, some more shocking than others and we see how Sally wasn’t born with that name and the horrible life she experienced as a child. That devastating childhood lead to her being determined to be better but not necessarily a nice person, obsessed with getting everything she wants she manipulated many people to gain what she wanted.

I really enjoyed this and am already looking forward to Lesley Pearse’s next release.

Rated