![Three: Deception Love Murder (A Path of Deception and Betrayal Book 1) by [McGillick, K. J.]](https://images-fe.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51z5seRwXXL._SY346_.jpg)
This is K.J McGillick’s debut book.
Art fraud, money laundering and identity theft feature in this story as Emma Collier discovers her live-in boyfriend Jude has disappeared and her own identity has been used to create a web of deceit.
Emma is a reactionary character in this book as things have already taken place without her knowledge and the book takes us on her journey of discovery about what really happened to Jude and why someone has been framing her.
I liked the characters of Emma and Cillian but I wish they were more relaxed, especially Emma. Often she comes across as robotic and overly formal, and when she does act, it seems out of character. The love interest between Emma and Cillian provides a good balance and I wish we knew more about them before they come together in this book.
Aunt Mary is very funny and brings a lightness and comedic relief to the book.
I enjoyed the plot and overall themes. You can tell much research has gone into the story but the flow does get bogged down at times due the volume of what I consider to be unnecessary detail and repetition.
Future books look intriguing and I am interested in reading them.
Product Description
Inviting a stranger into your home can be dangerous. Inviting a stranger into your life can turn deadly.
How would you feel if you discovered your murder was meticulously planned by someone you loved? You didn't know how or when or even why. All you could do was wait.
Emma had it all.
Or did she?
When her lover’s car is found burned and abandoned in another state and paintings worth millions go missing the police come asking some hard questions. Was he kidnapped, and was Emma in on this art heist? What she discovers upends her world completely. Jude White, a man she intended to marry, had been living a double life right under her nose. A deceitful life, a treacherous life. Who was this man that had already groomed another woman to take over Emma's life? A woman who was Emma's body double and now dead.
Why had she so easily trusted this psychopath with her heart? Betrayed on every level, consequences not of Emma’s making were nipping at her heels. Tick. Tock.
If you love conspiracies and murder mysteries, you will definitely want to read THREE. It is a gripping crime thriller that will have you hooked from the start. A fast-paced psychological thriller that has been compared to the works of Dan Brown keeps you guessing until the end. It can be read as a standalone and serves as the first book in the Path of Deception and Betrayal series.
About the Author
K.J. McGillick is an author of psychological thrillers and draws from her background in the law, medicine and art history to engage her readers in her fast-paced thriller series, A Path of Deception and Betrayal. She draws upon her legal knowledge as a practicing attorney and experiences as an avid international traveler to produce page turning books filled with mystery and suspense.
