She’s got 400,000 fans. One of them could be the killer.Instagram Influencer Sydney Evans carefully curates her enviable public persona. Despite being freshly widowed, she’s eager to strike a pose at her best friend’s extravagant destination nuptials. But Sydney’s feed goes dark when she blacks out on the plane, awakening to discover another guest poisoned to death.With the FBI keen to use Sydney … the FBI keen to use Sydney as an insider, she takes the arm of a rookie undercover agent hoping to capture something incriminating. But a deadly run-in exposes a shocking criminal underbelly lurking beneath her own picture-perfect marriage. And if she doesn’t solve the case before her friends tie the knot, the culprit will make sure her next selfie is her last.
Can Sydney catch a murderer or will the wedding become a funeral?
What Lies In Paradise is a fast-paced standalone thriller. If you like real-world issues, lavish socialite parties, and electrifying twists and turns, then you’ll love Leah Cupps’ provocative mystery.
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What Lies in Paradise by Leah Cupps is a wonderful story that I have read and fell in love with. I loved reading this story cause I love reading mysteries and this is a bran dnew author for me to love and I can not wait to read more from her. I highly recommend this story to everyone who loves reading about thrillers and mysteries.
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What Lies in Paradise was a great read by Leah Cupps. Sydney Evans is an Instagram Influencer who carefully curates the life everyone sees. She’s excited to pose at her best friend’s destination wedding. She blacks out on the plane and awakens to discover on of the other wedding guests was poisoned to death. The FBI wants to use Sydney as an insider and she takes a rookie undercover agent with her in the hopes to find out who the killer is. A deadly run-in exposes a criminal underbelly that lurked under her own seemingly perfect marriage. She has to find out who the culprit is before she is murdered next. I enjoyed this book and can’t wait to read more by the author.
Fun Read from New Author!
Enjoyable debut story from author Leah Cupps!
If you love mystery, suspense and good plot twists & turns with plenty of intrigue then definitely give this a read! I will be checking for more books from this author in the future. I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review.
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A wonderfully well written book about Sydney who is in jamaica for her friend Marrisa’s wedding. On the way over via plane Sydney’s friend dies on the plane.
Now everyone is on a mission to find out what happened to lizzie.
Sydney meets a cia agent Alex and agrees to be his fake girlfriend and help him with the case.
I really liked this book. It has many twists and turns and there is a big surprise no expects, especially Sydney.
Alex and Sydney have feelings for each but will it become more?
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This book gives the reader a look inside the ‘high society life’ of the characters. But they are not always what is shown to the world. This is a thriller/murder story and I enjoyed it very much. Sydney needs to find out who the killer is before she or her friend could be next. Good to the last page! I voluntarily reviewed a copy of this book from Book Sirens, I also purchased it.
3.5 STARS
Sydney Evans lost her husband 6 months ago. She’s hidden her grief and sorrow behind her work. She is what’s known as an Influencer marketer. Posting on Instagram on a daily basis, showcasing what she wears, what products she uses, she now has thousands of followers.
Her best friend is getting married in Jamaica. Sydney is going to be bridesmaid. She’s thinking of all the pictures she’ll be able to take while there.
But something happens that no one had foreseen … she blacked out while on the plane, and was actually carried off without her knowledge. When she finally comes to, she finds the local law enforcement sitting across from her.. and he has a lot of questions for her.
Another of Sydney’s friends, who was also on her way to be a bridesmaid, she is poisoned and dies within minutes. It is determined that this was not a suicide …..
Absolutely sure there is no way the soon to be wed couple had nothing to do with this murder. Why would either of them want her dead? The police send Sydney on to the wedding, but they’re putting an undercover officer with her hoping to catch something that will give them a clue.
Can Sydney catch a murderer or will the wedding become a funeral?
This is a well written mystery, filled with twists and turns, perhaps a red herring or two, to keep the reader’s eyes on the pages. This debut novel showcases some sharply drawn characters. There’s a bit of romance in the air and I enjoyed the banter between Sydney and the FBI Agent, even though she’s still grieving the loss of her husband.
Many thanks to the author / Vision Fort Press / Netgalley for the digital copy of this crime fiction mystery. Read and reviewed voluntarily, opinions expressed here are unbiased and entirely my own.
This is a very good mystery with plenty of action, suspense, some unexpected and some slightly obvious twists, and very believable characters. As such I would have been happy to give it a four-star rating. However, because of the numerous typos (wrong character names, wrong location names, wrong words, missing words, etc), I could not justify anything higher than a three-star rating. Ms. Cupps is a very good author and if the services of a professional editor are not feasible, I would recommend she make use of family and friends. The story is very enjoyable and the typos do not require the services of a professional.
I received an advance review copy for free from BookSirens and I would like to thank them and the author for the opportunity to read What LIes in Paradise.
This was a great read! I loved the twists and turns to the plot. It was a great mystery with fully developed characters.
I enjoyed the touch of romance will they/won’t they that was thrown in as well. So if you just enjoy straight mystery with no side romance plot, this is not your book.
All in all, a fun read full of mystery, suspense, romance and more. I fully recommend this book to any reader that likes these things.
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I enjoyed reading this book. Good characters and plotline. Kept me engaged, could hardly put it down to take breaks. I will be looking for more books by Leah Cupps to read.
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I really enjoyed the book. All the turns and twists in the plot made the story and the characters extremely interesting. I couldn’t put it down. The story really deserves to be given a chance. Readers won’t regret it if they do.
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Kept me engaged and I could hardly put it down to take breaks. Good story with great characters. I will be looking for more books by Leah Cupps to read.
What an awesome story. The storyline has so much action and danger that it keeps you on edge of your seat. You will fall in love with the characters and their inner strength to get through life
This book had me hooked from the very beginning. The story is very well written and keeps your interest throughout. A hard book to put down. I definitely recommend reading this book.
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This is a well-written book with great characters that develop throughout the story. This is the first book I have read by this Author and I will be looking for more by this Author. I really enjoyed the story and the characters. This story was interesting and full of twists and turns. This story has action, suspense, emotion, drama and, romance. A Must Read
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I received a free copy of this book via Booksprout and am voluntarily leaving a review. This book is about best friends being there for each other. On loss of her husband(Jack) and then trying to live with out him. One of her best friends was is getting married to a twin brother(Ethan) of her husband but something was gone wrong. She (Sydney) is flying to where her friend (Marissa Schumacher) was getting married but she had to take a detour to a airport so she can be told what is happening. Her friends was flying in to Jamaica together but something happens to her friend Elizabeth Lizzy Ortez. Now would be the time to get the book so you can find out what happens. I will be getting more from this author. Thank You for writing the books so we can read them.
The twists and turns, the suspense of what happens will keep you turning the pages in this book. The story line is so well written you’ll have a hard time putting it down. Strong and intriguing characters make it even that much better.
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‘What lies in paradise’ is a well written book with twists you think you see but turn differently. It was a book I couldn’t put down till finished.
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My first book with this author. I was pleasantly surprise with the book. It was entertaining on a who done it point of view. You have a tragedy among the best friends. Someone killed one of the three. You have plenty of people in this story. I would like to see some of the other characters get their own book. You had your good people and your bad. The story center around Marissa wedding. With every murder there will be twists and turns to find out who did it. Leah did not hesitate to all plenty of them to keep me entertain until I found out who killed Lizzy. Don’t forget you have your social media included as well. Its a very good crime story with some romances, drama, setbacks and a killer.
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I reviewed this by as an ARC. A great debut book. The book is the setting of a mystery involving an social media influencer, twin brothers, a socialite heiress, all of their friends, the FBI, an international criminal and a wedding in Jamaica. Sydney, the lead character, is a social media influencer who was married to Jack twin to Ethan who is getting ready to marry Sydney’s best friend. Confusing? Wait it gets better. Sydney is also a widow who has tried to maintain perfection for herself and for her followers. On the way to the wedding venue one of Sydney’s close friends is murdered which hits Sydney quite hard, not that she will allow it to show. Then the FBI gets involved because the murder happened in a plane over international waters. Clearly things must not be what they seem.
I have to be fair, I had a hard time getting into this book at the start and I started thinking that the book wasn’t going to live up to how good the synopsis and the premise of it sounded. So I was quite happy when I was about 14% in my kindle only shows locations not pages) and it took hold of me. It was so easy to go from there to over 54% in just 2 hours. I was pleasantly surprised as well. The mystery was really good and even I managed to figure out some things ahead of time it was great to see all the pieces fall into place. I am really excited that I am able to review a book like this, I love mystery, cozy mysteries and suspenseful books because it’s fun to see if I can figure out the whodunit or to see how the pieces will fall into place. I like the challenge. Even though I was able to figure some of the key pieces out early on there were still quite a few of the smaller important pieces that I didn’t have, so it was a very good mystery.
I would recommend this book to anyone who does or even doesn’t enjoy mystery books because I think it is really a very good story that you will enjoy either way.
The book definitely grabs you from the beginning. The mystery and intrigue is non stop throughout, with some good twists. I liked Alex a lot, but I was disappointed with their interactions. I was hoping for slightly more romance. The ending felt not complete. I was really hoping for a HEA for the couple. Overall, the writing was great. I would read more from this author
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