Search - Beautiful Lies (Ridley Jones, Bk 1)

This book would have been better had it not been so predictable. Because one could easily discern the direction everything was headed, all of the events and actions of the main character seemed to drag. Of course, for what it was, it was entertaining. I felt like I knew Ridley, the main character, quite well; and Ms. Unger did a good job of fleshing out Ridley's love interest. It's recommended if only for the characters.

WOW!!! I predict a wonderful future for Lisa Unger's first novel, "Beautiful Lies." I forecast its presence on the NY Times Bestseller List for many a moon. However, unlike a number of successful bestselling novels, this one is well written. It also has a most original plot and a quirky, three dimensional protagonist, as well as realistic minor characters. And, oddly enough, there are no real villains in a story where bad things certainly happen. In the novel her main character, Ridley Jones, says/thinks "there are no heroes or villains in real life, 'only good and bad choices.'

I loved this book! I could not put it down! If you are a fan of Harlen Coben, don't miss Beautiful Lies, Lisa Unger's first book.

I was disappointed that this book did not sustain the interesting promise of its early premise. I thought the characterizations were very predictable and pedestrian.

Some of the reviews here made me weary of the plot, in that they said it was predictable. For me, it wasn't; even if you find it so, it was nontheless intriguing and suspensful. Beautiful Lies was an tighly written, action and twist-packed book that I just couldn't put down. I have Unger's second book Sliver of Truth that I look very much forward to reading, as it feature's the character Ridley Jones as well. Much recommended.

The story is interesting. I found I wanted to control the heroine and show her the way she could reason the way things were going and as the story went along I began to question her actions. The author takes us along an interesting turn of events and made me wonder just who was her friend.