Reviews for Where the Truth Lies: A Novel

The average rating for Where the Truth Lies: A Novel based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-11 00:00:00 Han Solo Okay, I fully admit the main reason I sprang this book from its nice, warm home on the library shelf was because the author's name caught my eye. Rupert Holmes? Surely not the same Rupert Holmes who wrote one of most iconic soft rock hits of the '70's, and, incidentally, one of my favorite songs from my childhood, even though it surely must have pained my mother to hear her nine year old sing about "making love at midnight in the dunes of a cape?" Yes, the same Rupert Holmes, and, yes, based on his name (and song) alone I checked out this book. Well, this is a great story! I was hooked from the first page. Well, maybe the second. O'Conner, a young, female journalist, is the narrator of this tale, and her voice is so strong that she jumps off the page, and I can envision her as my pal chatting with me over cocktails. Set in the '70's, hers is the story of a smart woman who gets a little overly involved with two "rat-pack"-esque stars past their prime, one of whom she is interviewing for a biography that she's hoping will include details about a shady episode in his past. I was more than pleasantly surprised by this novel's complexity of plot and the fullness of its characters. The word duplicitious can be applied to both, and I found myself at once both loving and loathing O'Conner and the men she investigates. A page turner until the very end, this book is very fun to read has twists and turns to make one giddy, and amazingly Holmes is able to wrap them all up tightly at the end. Wonderful read!

Review # 2 was written on 2018-09-02 00:00:00 Michael Pinzine It's been a long time since I read it but I remember being highly entertained by it. I should perhaps say that my feelings towards it are prejudiced by the subject matter. Taking place in the 70s, it's based loosely, though not terribly subtly, on the partnership between comedy act Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin, though they are obviously renamed here. In a fictionalized version of events Rupert Holmes explores through the eyes of a young investigative journalist what transpired between the two that ultimately broke them up. Having read Dean and Me: A Love Story by Jerry Lewis, I don't think Holmes is far off the mark, either.