ARC Review: City of Lies by Victoria Thompson

“…it was a tale full of suspense, tension, historical events all with a dash of romance. ”
~ Under the Covers

Elizabeth Miles is just like any other woman trying to get by in 1920s New York…only she does it with clever cons. Only her most recent ploy seems to have gone massively astray and forces her to hide amongst some conveniently located Suffragettes. She never expected to come to admire the ladies she has been stranded with and she definitely didn’t expect to find the one honest man in the whole of New York. However, Elizabeth must pull a massive con on the people she has come to greatly respect and form real friendships with, if she doesn’t her life will be forfeit.

I picked this one up, despite not having read this author before, as I loved the idea of a grifter heroine, especially set in the 1920s New York. It all sounded very intriguing and I love a book with an unconventional heroine at the centre. I am immensely pleased that I decided to pick it up, it was a tale full of suspense, tension, historical events all with a dash of romance.

What stood out for me the most in City of Lies was the setting. Thompson has woven into the story true historical events of the women’s suffragist movement, all with added liberties. Aside from being fascinating in of itself, it also added an air of authenticity to the setting that Thompson had created. It also added some tension, you know that the situations were very real and very dangerous, the suffragists suffered and some died for their cause, and despite Lizzie – at first- only sticking with the women to escape, her persecutors didn’t know that.

If you like historical tales full of tension and intrigue, as well as a bit of romance, then you need to pick this up. It was both entertaining, fun and I enjoyed Thompson’s inclusion of suffragists. This tale concluded very satisfactorily and I am unsure if it’s part of a series or not, if it is I will gladly pick up the next book.

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