Husband and Wife – ARC Book Review

We promised to keep each other’s secrets. Until they found the body…

The Wife:

My husband and I are fighting for our lives in hospital after a terrible car accident. But despite my pain, all I can think about is what our families will find behind our front door. The scarf that has been all over the news, belonging to a dead young woman with honey-coloured hair. I have to speak to the police before my husband can…

The Husband:

I’m drifting in and out of consciousness, but when I hear my wife talking to the police, accusing me of the murder of an innocent woman, a cold fear grips me. I know I’ve got a temper. That I’ve not always been faithful. Will they think I killed her?

I think of my wife’s jealous streak, of the lies she’s told our loved ones. But if I tell the whole truth, they’ll look into her past. And that will destroy me, too…

Two people fighting for their lives. Two people with secrets to hide. Who will you believe?

I always enjoyed reading K.L. Slater’s books as I believed she is one of the underrated psychological thriller authors out there. And her latest novel Husband and Wife rose to high expectations.

Nicola and her husband Cal are babysitting their grandson Barney when two police officers knock at the door and inform them that their son Parker and his wife Luna had met with a car accident. Parker is in a serious condition at the hospital. Nicola goes over to her son’s house to collect Barney’s stuff and among the garbage, she finds a scarf discarded in the garbage. Nicola realized that the scarf belong to a woman named Sarah who was found murdered in the alley nearly two months’ ago. Was her son responsible for the murder?

This was actually a fast paced thriller and I simply couldn’t put the book down. The book shifts back and forth between past and present–past that is mainly told in Parker, Luna’s POV and present day mainly Nicola’s POV. There were so many twists and turns along the way that nearly, everyone in the book was virtually a suspect in Sarah’s murder. The writing was great that the author did a good job of drawing the reader into the story. The story itself becomes more intense as even Nicola’s husband, Cal is also suspecting that Parker may have something to do with Sarah’s disappearance. It was the ending was completely unexpected and shocking ending.

Overall if you are looking for a page turning thriller that will keep you up all night, then read this one–worth five stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.