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Better Off Guilty
Abril Hart wants nothing more than to live a peaceful life with her family in Chicago. Unfortunately, Abril’s father’s family business gives her no room to do so. As a career arsonist, Abril decides she may never win her peace. Abril has no choice, but to lead the double life she’s afraid of in order to provide for her family.
Max Adara returns to the private investigation force after losing years to a tragedy with domino-effect consequence and memories of abandonment. Max’s only chance to keep her fractured family afloat is to solve her cousin’s arson-murder case.But as strange accidents start befalling the investigation, Max senses that she might have been cast a character in an insidious plot that puts her life in danger. To solve the case ahead of her, Max must fight to distinguish between reality and hoax, knowing that if she can’t, someone else will die too.
Max Adara returns to the private investigation force after losing years to a tragedy with domino-effect consequence and memories of abandonment. Max’s only chance to keep her fractured family afloat is to solve her cousin’s arson-murder case.But as strange accidents start befalling the investigation, Max senses that she might have been cast a character in an insidious plot that puts her life in danger. To solve the case ahead of her, Max must fight to distinguish between reality and hoax, knowing that if she can’t, someone else will die too.
- GenresFiction
292 pages, Paperback
Published April 1, 2021
About the author
Lindsey Lamar
2 books29 followersLindsey Lamar is a thriller author in her twenties. She prides herself on conflicted narrators and unapologetic twists. Lindsey is passionate about lifelong learning and marks Better Off Guilty as her first of many in the fiction space. She is also the author of unpublished fiction, Khiana. Lindsey writes from her home in Austin, Texas with the company of her beagle rescue.
Learn more about Lindsey's work on her website www.lindseywritesbooks.com
Learn more about Lindsey's work on her website www.lindseywritesbooks.com
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May 23, 2021
Amazing Book.
Better Off Guilty by Lindsey Lamar is a book of two divergent character sketch with the similarities and dissimilarities to show the readers the contrast of the situational crisis. The book had covered the inner emotions of the character in the deepest sense.
So, this book is focused on the girl Abril and how her life is as an arsonist as her father turned her into this trade even without asking her and deigning her was straight up death. It was fascinating and tragic at the same time to read how her father responded the entire time and actually rendered Abril’s life a nightmare. All the stuff he did where so cruel so I was really interested to see what happens in the end and how all the lives transform upside down. In the other side we have max who is trying to make her life easier but was not able to because with all that her cousin sister too is dead now, and she was really dear to Abril. Being an investigator prosecutor, her mother is looking forward for max to dig into the matter and figure out how her sister was murdered.
The tale has two weak protagonists as protagonist who are doing all to make their lives easier but they have to go how it is as they have no other choice but the things shift and they come to an ending which is a really different for both of them. the sketch which the author portrayed with certain elements of mystery is surely a cherry on the cake for the readers.
The novel is a fun piece of fiction and a decent read for me and for you as well if you like murder mystery and fiction. From this book you can get to know more about the work of the arsonist and the entire situation of becoming a pen arsonist. Which is educating in itself. A sure recommendation for all.
Better Off Guilty by Lindsey Lamar is a book of two divergent character sketch with the similarities and dissimilarities to show the readers the contrast of the situational crisis. The book had covered the inner emotions of the character in the deepest sense.
So, this book is focused on the girl Abril and how her life is as an arsonist as her father turned her into this trade even without asking her and deigning her was straight up death. It was fascinating and tragic at the same time to read how her father responded the entire time and actually rendered Abril’s life a nightmare. All the stuff he did where so cruel so I was really interested to see what happens in the end and how all the lives transform upside down. In the other side we have max who is trying to make her life easier but was not able to because with all that her cousin sister too is dead now, and she was really dear to Abril. Being an investigator prosecutor, her mother is looking forward for max to dig into the matter and figure out how her sister was murdered.
The tale has two weak protagonists as protagonist who are doing all to make their lives easier but they have to go how it is as they have no other choice but the things shift and they come to an ending which is a really different for both of them. the sketch which the author portrayed with certain elements of mystery is surely a cherry on the cake for the readers.
The novel is a fun piece of fiction and a decent read for me and for you as well if you like murder mystery and fiction. From this book you can get to know more about the work of the arsonist and the entire situation of becoming a pen arsonist. Which is educating in itself. A sure recommendation for all.
May 13, 2021
Amazing Book. 💯😍
“Manipulation is an intoxicating fight for control “ by Lindsey Lamar
So this book consist of a story of an arsonist and a young investigator and how vulnerable their live is and how they deal with it . A nice price of suspense and a well done job at presenting the story .I really enjoyed reading the book and waiting so long to finally know what happened as it was such a well built plot of the story .
So this book is based on the girl Abril and how her life is as an arsonist as her father turned her into this profession even without asking her and deigning her was straight up death . It was intriguing and sad at the same time to read how her father reacted the whole time and literally made Abril’s life a hell . All the things he did where really inhuman but I was really curious to know what happens in the end and how all the lives turn up side down .
On the other hand we have max who is struggling to make her life better but was not able to and with all that her cousin sister also is dead now , and she was very close to abril . Being a investigator detective her mother is looking forward towards max to look into the matter and find out how her sister was killed .
The story has two vulnerable characters as protagonist who are trying everything to make their life better but they have to go how it is as they have no other options but the things change and they come to a ending which is a very different for both of them .
The book is a nice work of fiction and a good read for me and for you as well if you like murder mystery and fiction . From this book you will get to know more about the jobs of the arsonist and the whole scenario of being a pen arsonist . Which is educating in itself .
Its a shirt book approx 200 pages and so it makes it easy to read the character development takes a little time but once they are prepared it becomes easy to deal with the story and the rest of the book goes smoothly . So murder mystery lovers this one is for you try it out as soon as you can.
“Manipulation is an intoxicating fight for control “ by Lindsey Lamar
So this book consist of a story of an arsonist and a young investigator and how vulnerable their live is and how they deal with it . A nice price of suspense and a well done job at presenting the story .I really enjoyed reading the book and waiting so long to finally know what happened as it was such a well built plot of the story .
So this book is based on the girl Abril and how her life is as an arsonist as her father turned her into this profession even without asking her and deigning her was straight up death . It was intriguing and sad at the same time to read how her father reacted the whole time and literally made Abril’s life a hell . All the things he did where really inhuman but I was really curious to know what happens in the end and how all the lives turn up side down .
On the other hand we have max who is struggling to make her life better but was not able to and with all that her cousin sister also is dead now , and she was very close to abril . Being a investigator detective her mother is looking forward towards max to look into the matter and find out how her sister was killed .
The story has two vulnerable characters as protagonist who are trying everything to make their life better but they have to go how it is as they have no other options but the things change and they come to a ending which is a very different for both of them .
The book is a nice work of fiction and a good read for me and for you as well if you like murder mystery and fiction . From this book you will get to know more about the jobs of the arsonist and the whole scenario of being a pen arsonist . Which is educating in itself .
Its a shirt book approx 200 pages and so it makes it easy to read the character development takes a little time but once they are prepared it becomes easy to deal with the story and the rest of the book goes smoothly . So murder mystery lovers this one is for you try it out as soon as you can.
August 16, 2021
This book has some twists throughout with foreshadowing that keeps you guessing if you’re right. Then it all combusts with a super tragic climax that I didn’t love, but I guess that’s due to me hoping somethings have happy endings. In a way this story does, in an unexpected ending that wraps everything up with a bow.
I was super surprised to find out the author is 23 and from Austin. She uses a lot of particularly British words (“jumper” “holiday” “brilliant”) that I would never use writing in Chicago residents perspective and being from Austin myself
I was super surprised to find out the author is 23 and from Austin. She uses a lot of particularly British words (“jumper” “holiday” “brilliant”) that I would never use writing in Chicago residents perspective and being from Austin myself
September 1, 2021
Loved the way the book swapped between two seemingly disconnected characters, I felt like the ending was a little rushed but probably just because I wanted more details about how it all turned out! Overall great thriller.
April 13, 2021
This book was very suspenseful. The characters were thought out & the delivery was great.
The end of the book was wrapped up beautifully!
I expect this brand new young author will be writing many top-knotch novels in her future!
-Kelly
The end of the book was wrapped up beautifully!
I expect this brand new young author will be writing many top-knotch novels in her future!
-Kelly
May 1, 2021
This thriller hooked me! I read 200 pages of it in one day because twists and connections were jaw dropping and I couldn’t put it down. I definitely recommend this to everyone especially if you love a book that keeps you on your toes!
July 14, 2021
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🦄 Hallö Liebe! I am back with one more murder mystery and fiction. Murder mystery lovers this one is for you try it out as soon as you can.
❣️"Better Off Guilty by Lindsey Lamar". This book a fictional read the characters of this novel are really interesting they are different from what I read generally. It's a shirt book approx 200 pages and so it makes it easy to read.
🦇The book revolves around 2 main characters Avril and Max. From the Beginning
till last: Epilogue the Author have beautiful proof of the story.
🤤So this book is based on the girl Abril and how her life is as an arsonist as her father turned her into this profession even without asking her and deigning her was straight-up death. It was intriguing and sad at the same time to read how her father reacted the whole time and made Abril's living a nightmare. All the stuff he did were so cruel so I was interested to see what happens in the end and how all the lives transform upside down.
🖤On the other side, we have max who is trying to make her life easier but was not able to because with all that her cousin sister too is dead now, and she was dear to Abril. Being an investigator prosecutor, her mother is looking forward max to dig into the matter and figure out how her sister was murdered.
❤️👍The line I love a lot written by the author :
"Manipulation is an intoxicating fight for control" – by Lindsey Lamar
❣️A Fiction Read you one step about the jobs of the arsonist and the whole scenario of being a pen arsonist. Which is educating in itself. the entire situation of becoming a pen arsonist.
🔥This book is a smooth journey. This book has an ace and almost everything like romance, love, drama, betrayal, love and hatred. To know more about this o ha to pick it out with your emotions with all turned pages.
Keep Reading 🤗❤️
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December 22, 2021
This book is a great start to a very promising career! At first I was a bit bewildered when I encountered the different character point of views but after finishing this book I have a new appreciation for this kind of writing. The book wasn't cliché which I liked very much. It's not predictable either, which keeps you on the edge of your seat. I am a fan of books that showcase the human condition, and this one certainly does that. Lindsey's passion for writing shows in her work and I am honored to have read her very first book baby and look forward to witnessing her career!
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