Title:- Did I Kill My Husband?
Author:- AJ Campbell
Date published:- will be published on May 29th 2024
No. of pages:- 354 pages
Genre:- Psychological Thriller
Rating:-
Plot:- 5/5
Writing:- 4.5/5
Overall rating:- 4.5/5
The police officer’s voice is steady as he tells me the news. ‘Your husband is in hospital.’ My heart pounds. I think about my children, safely tucked up in bed. What will happen to us if he loses his life? And more importantly… do the police know where I really was tonight?
Everybody thinks Michael and I are the perfect couple. But everybody is wrong. Because my dear, lovely husband was at the heart of a scandal at the school where he teaches. He was cleared of any wrongdoing. At first I believed him. Now, I’m sure he’s been hiding something terrible. But I can’t tell the police a thing. Because my husband isn’t the only one with secrets. So, as I stand here knowing I have to tell my children that Michael is fighting for his life, I ask what would be worse? For my husband, the much-loved local teacher, to die? Or for him to live, and for all his lies to come home again? In the end, the choice is easy.
I know what I have to do…I’ll tell the police that I would never, ever hurt my husband. But will they believe me?
This is a heart-racing thriller that you won’t be able to put down! Perfect for fans of The Housemaid, Jeneva Rose and Shari Lapena
Did I Kill My Husband? is an intense psychological thriller book that will keep you up all night!
Synopsis – Christina goes driving down in a dark road when she knocks on someone–or what she initially thought an animal. When she returned back home, Christina believed that her husband Michael is asleep. Then suddenly, the police knock on their house and tells Christina that Michael has had an accident and somebody has knocked him over without stopping. Immediately, Christina realized that it wasn’t an animal she had knocked on but her own husband Michael? Did she actually kill her husband? And what was her husband doing in the dead night walking on the road?
Good points – There is suspense in the whole story. Christina is overwhelmed with guilt that she nearly ran over Michael. And at the same time, someone knows that Christina was the driver and thus start sending threatening messages. The suspense as to who might be responsible for threatening letters was interesting and intriguing. The writing was really great and I was put on the edge of the seat while reading this book. Not only that, the whole story was fast paced, and is a page turning novel that I couldn’t simply put the book down!
Bad points – I am not exactly sure if I did like the ending or not or whether I actually liked the twist at the end but that was the only issue I had.
Overall verdict – this was actually a great thriller–this is the first book I have read from this author and I cannot wait to read more books from her. Worth 4.5 stars.
Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.
AJ CAMPBELL is an Amazon bestselling author of six psychological suspense novels and promises stories full of twists, turns and torment. Her fourth book The Phone Call was released in July 2022, and it topped the Amazon charts for several months. It was shortlisted for the Adult Prize for Fiction at the Selfie Book Awards 2023. She released her fifth novel The Wrong Key in January 2023, and her sixth one Her Missing Husband in May 2023.
AJ draws inspiration for her stories from seemingly unbelievable situations in which ordinary people find themselves. She creates compelling characters that resonate with her readers. AJ lives in the UK on the Essex / Hertfordshire border with her husband, sons, and cocker spaniel, Max. She is a dog lover, Netflix junkie, and a wine and Asian food enthusiast. And, either reading, watching TV, or writing, AJ enjoys nothing more than getting stuck into a twisty story!
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