While reading ‘A Time to tell lies’ I concluded that a psychologist writes the best spy and love story. No-one but a top psychologist (and Alan Kennedy is a professor of psychology) could create Alex and Justin, absolutely engaging characters, in a truly nerve-racking story-line placed in the pre-WWII Europe. Psychologically and emotionally sophisticated, artfully complex, perhaps that’s why I find Alex and Justin coming back into my thoughts and imagination even weeks after I’ve finished the book. (That’s useful, anyway, as my family is reading the book now, I may need to buy another copy for myself…). Absolutely recommended to anyone wanting to spend quality time with a clever, psychologically engaging, intriguing spy-love story. ______________________________ A solidly plotted, well-written World War II-era story that I would compare favourably with the works of John le Carré and Kate Atkinson. The ending certainly seems to allow for a continuation, so let's hope that the author may have a series, or at least a sequel, in the works. Rebecca Foster. (See her full review in The Bookbag ) ______________________________ People say 'impossible to put down' but I think it is higher praise to say you are carrying this plot around in your head for days. The story is absorbing and surprising and leaves you in no doubt that such dealings happened in WWII and will always happen because it is the way you win. As for unsaid words - Kennedy writes dialogue like a playwright. It is often up to you to fill in the blanks and that makes the experience of reading the characters more involving. If plot and characterisation aren't your thing then read it for the filmic quality of his descriptions of locations - masterful. I found this book enthralling. ___________________________ The book draws you in to see what's going to happen with this unlikely pair of spies. I thought this a solidly plotted, well-written World War II-era story that I would compare favourably with the works of John le Carré and Kate Atkinson. The ending certainly seems to allow for a continuation, so let's hope that the author may have a series, or at least a sequel, in the works.