Lies Between Friends- Blog Tour

 

Author: A.A. Abbott

Publisher: Perfect City Press 

Publishing Date: 15th October 2025 

Many thanks to the publishing team and Random Things Tours for my digital copy and a spot on the tour

Blurb 

She can’t trust her husband. She can’t trust her friends. Can she trust herself?

Gail puts up with her toxic marriage. She accepts it’s the price of giving her kids a perfect childhood. Then her controlling husband is exposed as a fraudster, and her life falls apart.

A desperate Gail flounders to keep her family together. But she puts her faith in the wrong friends, and finds herself alone on a remote island with a killer. Can she escape, or will she never see her children again?

If you like simmering secrets, puzzling murder mysteries and resourceful women turning their lives around, you’ll love AA Abbott’s tense psychological thriller.

My Thoughts 

This was an intense and gripping read.

Nick was such a loathsome character — manipulative, cruel, and impossible to like. From the very beginning, you develop a strong dislike for his behavior toward Gail. Gail, on the other hand, was more complex. I often felt empathy for her — trapped in an abusive relationship she couldn’t easily leave for the sake of her children — yet she also seemed tied to the life she had built and couldn’t bring herself to walk away from it.

Thankfully, Gail has support from her friend Daisy, especially as things start to unravel. But when Daisy’s brother, who also happens to be friends with Nick, becomes involved, the situation grows even more complicated. As Nick’s true nature is revealed, Gail begins to question everything she’s worked so hard to maintain.

The story features a range of characters, each adding their own layer to the tension — some sympathetic, others questionable. It explores how, under pressure, people’s actions and decisions can spiral in unexpected ways.

I really liked the short, snappy chapters — they kept the pacing tight and made it easy to stay engaged. Just when you think you’ve figured out where it’s heading, another twist throws you off balance.

Overall, this was an intense psychological thriller full of tension, secrets, and unexpected turns. I really enjoyed it and will definitely be checking out more of this author’s work.