Verity Lane

@verity_laneJoined February 2026

Crime, thrillers, and the occasional fantasy if somebody dies in chapter one.

Lists: 2
Reviews: 22
Books shelved: 89
Followers: 11
Following: 9

Reviews

The Haunting of Hill House reviewed by @verity_lane
9 out of 10
The first paragraph is the best in the genre and I won't quote past the second line of it. Read with the landing light on, aged 41, no shame whatsoever.
The Haunting of Hill House
Gone Girl (Special Edition) reviewed by @verity_lane
8 out of 10
You either know or you don't. I'm not the one who tells you.
Gone Girl (Special Edition)
5 readers agree with this review
Influence reviewed by @verity_lane
6 out of 10
No plot to protect for once! Bit of a relief and also a bit of a loss? Reciprocity chapter earns its place. The rest I'd already absorbed from twenty years of being sold things.
Influence
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd reviewed by @verity_lane
10 out of 10
I would rather lose a finger than tell you one single thing about this. Read it before somebody wrecks it for you, and somebody will, it's a century old and people are careless. Top of my year and it's only May.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Sharp Objects reviewed by @verity_lane
7 out of 10
Rough. Not rough in the way people usually mean it, rough in the other way. Worked it out at about the halfway mark and hated being right. Don't ask me what "it" is.
Sharp Objects
The Hound of the Baskervilles reviewed by @verity_lane
9 out of 10
Fog, moor, dog. Nothing further from me!
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Devil in a Blue Dress reviewed by @verity_lane
8 out of 10
Easy Rawlins is asked to find a woman. That sentence is on the back cover so I'm allowed it; everything past it, you're on your own, and it's worth being on your own for.
Devil in a Blue Dress
Strangers on a Train reviewed by @verity_lane
8 out of 10
A review containing no information whatsoever.
Strangers on a Train
1 reader agrees with this review
The Way of Shadows reviewed by @verity_lane
6 out of 10
Fine on its own; a bit thinner once you've read all three and know where it's heading, which is precisely why I won't tell you where it's heading.
The Way of Shadows
Night Angel reviewed by @verity_lane
7 out of 10
Grim, quick, and I called one of the big turns in book two roughly forty pages early. Not saying which turn. Not saying which page either, because you'd count.
Night Angel
Nineteen Eighty-four reviewed by @verity_lane
7 out of 10
Yes I've read it now. No, I'm not discussing it.
Nineteen Eighty-four
The Secret History reviewed by @verity_lane
8 out of 10
Everyone had read this except me, until March.
The Secret History
Odd Thomas reviewed by @verity_lane
9 out of 10
Nope. Not summarising it, not describing him, not even telling you what he does for a living, because chapter one does all three and does them better than I would.
Odd Thomas
The Shining reviewed by @verity_lane
7 out of 10
Film and book part company early and I'm not saying where. Hedges. That's my one clue and it's already more than you deserve!
The Shining
Rebecca reviewed by @verity_lane
9 out of 10
The only line I'll quote is the first one, and you know it already.
Rebecca
1 reader agrees with this review
The Long Goodbye reviewed by @verity_lane
9 out of 10
The plot is the least of it and I'm still not giving you the plot. Marlowe, and a man he shouldn't be helping. Number two for me this year, behind a Christie, which is where most things end up.
The Long Goodbye
My Sister, the Serial Killer reviewed by @verity_lane
8 out of 10
Short, sharp, and the title has already told you more than I'm going to. Read it in one go on the 18:40 out of Euston; missed my stop by two stations.
My Sister, the Serial Killer
And Then There Were None reviewed by @verity_lane
9 out of 10
Ten people, an island, and that is my final offer.
And Then There Were None
Mexican Gothic reviewed by @verity_lane
7 out of 10
Great house, bad house, saying nothing else.
Mexican Gothic
The Black Dahlia reviewed by @verity_lane
6 out of 10
Prose like a siren going past, on and on. Lost the thread twice and I don't think it was me... never did guess the end, mostly because I'd stopped keeping track of who was who.
The Black Dahlia

Reviews

The Haunting of Hill House reviewed by @verity_lane

Gone Girl (Special Edition) reviewed by @verity_lane

Influence reviewed by @verity_lane

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd reviewed by @verity_lane

Sharp Objects reviewed by @verity_lane

The Hound of the Baskervilles reviewed by @verity_lane

Devil in a Blue Dress reviewed by @verity_lane

Strangers on a Train reviewed by @verity_lane

The Way of Shadows reviewed by @verity_lane

Night Angel reviewed by @verity_lane

Nineteen Eighty-four reviewed by @verity_lane

The Secret History reviewed by @verity_lane

Odd Thomas reviewed by @verity_lane

The Shining reviewed by @verity_lane

Rebecca reviewed by @verity_lane

The Long Goodbye reviewed by @verity_lane

My Sister, the Serial Killer reviewed by @verity_lane

And Then There Were None reviewed by @verity_lane

Mexican Gothic reviewed by @verity_lane

The Black Dahlia reviewed by @verity_lane

Reviews

The Haunting of Hill House reviewed by @verity_lane

Gone Girl (Special Edition) reviewed by @verity_lane

Influence reviewed by @verity_lane

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd reviewed by @verity_lane

Sharp Objects reviewed by @verity_lane

The Hound of the Baskervilles reviewed by @verity_lane

Devil in a Blue Dress reviewed by @verity_lane

Strangers on a Train reviewed by @verity_lane

The Way of Shadows reviewed by @verity_lane

Night Angel reviewed by @verity_lane

Nineteen Eighty-four reviewed by @verity_lane

The Secret History reviewed by @verity_lane

Odd Thomas reviewed by @verity_lane

The Shining reviewed by @verity_lane

Rebecca reviewed by @verity_lane

The Long Goodbye reviewed by @verity_lane

My Sister, the Serial Killer reviewed by @verity_lane

And Then There Were None reviewed by @verity_lane

Mexican Gothic reviewed by @verity_lane

The Black Dahlia reviewed by @verity_lane