The Camera Lies by A.B. Morgan
Release: February 3rd 2018
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Bloodhound Books
Source: NetGalley
The Camera Lies Synopsis:
Konrad Neale is a television presenter. His waning career has been given a new lease of life since he took on a series of hard-hitting documentaries that investigate miscarriages of justice.
Matthew Hawley has been convicted of the brutal murder of his wealthy attractive wife Helena. However, he has no memory of the events and insists he is not responsible for willingly killing her.
When Konrad interviews Matthew in prison, he explores the details of the murder and the possible motives behind it. But all is not as it seems.
Did Matthew murder his wife?
Soon the search is on to identify who else might be involved in the murder of Helena and Konrad is about to learn that sometimes the camera lies.
Review:
A BIG Thank You to NetGalley and Bloodhound Books for providing me a copy of “The Camera Lies” by AB Morgan in exchange for my review. I found this book to be a mixed bag. There are some part of the books that are gripping, but other parts that could have been better.
Let’s start with the plot. The plot held my interest from the first page. I found Matthew’s story to be fascinating and couldn’t wait to dig into it! However, once immersed in the novel, the story shifted from Matthew and it became all about Konrad. In fact, the focus of the characters, the suspects and the plot shifted with various twists and turns. This made the book fun to read as I really didn’t know what was going to happen next. However, there was also a downside to it. I felt that the way the plot unfolds and the moment of revelation was very disappointing. The author does fine job in building up the suspense and mystery, but fails to build any drama or flair during the moment of revelation. I was expecting a more dramatic moment when Konrad encounters the villain face to face.
Now to the characters. To be honest, I found Matthew and Helena’s story more intriguing than Konrad’s. I didn’t care for Konrad as I felt he was a womanizer, a coward and somewhat dimwitted. In a lot of scenes, it is either Eliza or Annette who motivate him to proactively move on with his life. I didn’t care much for Lorna either and found Matthew and Lorna’s relationship boring. The only characters I really enjoyed reading about were Matthew, Annette, and Eliza. Oh, and of course, George was a complete delight!
I think the author had a lot of wonderful concept with ingenious plot twists for the book. After finishing this book, I really could not think of any plot holes. The author did a wonderful job in covering all the tracks and loose ends. There are quite a lot of moments that shocked me and I couldn’t believe it came out of the blue! However, I would have enjoyed this book if her style of writing had been more dramatic. Furthermore, I am not really a fan of erotica. I wouldn’t have really picked up this book had I known that it contained a lot of erotic scenes embedded in the plot.
Overall, “The Camera Lies” is a good suspense novel which has a significant amount of gore and erotica in it. I thought it was a good read, but not anything memorable. I am interested to pick up AB Morgan’s previous novels to see if they are better.
