Skin Deep by Liz Nugent

The Blurb On The Back:

Cordelia Russell lives on the Côte d’Azur. For years she’s acted the part of the wealthy English divorcée. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Tonight, she will spend a final decadent night at a glittering party. Surrounded by the young, beautiful and privileged she will forget her age and her poverty.

But when dawn breaks she will stumble home through the back streets to her door. Where flies buzz over the decomposing corpse lying in her bedroom …

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The Verdict:

Liz Nugent’s psychological thriller is a shallow, blank affair that wastes an intriguing opening to follow the life story of the vapid, self-absorbed protagonist who lacks wit, intelligence or self-awareness and whose beauty means that others project onto her, which she tries to use for her own ends and ultimately fails. There’s no tension, I didn’t care about Delia and frankly the story bored me so the downbeat ending left me very blah.

Thanks to the Amazon Vine Programme for the review copy of this book.