I loved the idea of the reality TV show and it was so reminiscent of what we see on our channels these days. His psyche couldn’t take the turn the producer decided on and he’s off into the mountains, a danger to himself and others. Still my heart belonged to Dave, Ffion’s recently adopted rescue, from the moment he was introduced as “a large, hairy heap beneath Ffion’s desk”. Finally, I do hope number three is underway as I can’t wait for my next dose of Ffion, Leo and Dave who hopefully will be less er, Dave!

It's all about the money, from the presenter locked into a contract she wants out of to the contestants who all have a secret they wish to remain hidden, to the producer Miles who is playing an evil game by his own rules. The seven contestants had believed that they were taking part in a survival show that would last fourteen days. Stranded in the Welsh mountains, seven reality show contestants have no idea what they’ve signed up for. Het boek draait grotendeels om een spelshow/realityreeks waarin een aantal mensen uitgekozen werden om deel te nemen.

A Game of Lies takes us back to the mountains of North Wales introduced by Clare Mackintosh in The Last Party. Het verhaal leek me wel ietwat raar opgebouwd omdat ik zou denken dat de vermissing en de moord door elkaar vloeien, maar in feite staan ze wat los van elkaar. Translated into forty languages, her books have sold more than two million copies worldwide and have spent a combined total of sixty-eight weeks in the Sunday Times bestseller chart. I had to switch to the audiobook version halfway through as I found myself skipping lines to get to something more exciting. This is the second book featuring Detective Ffion Morgan as this picks up from book I would recommend reading book 1 first you won’t be disappointed.

If one contestant guesses right the others secrets they are eliminated, the aim of the game is to make sure one person does not their ‘secret revealed’.Both Clare's second and third novels, I See You and Let Me Lie, were number one Sunday Times bestsellers.