Blood Orange – Book Review

Alison has it all. A doting husband, adorable daughter, and a career on the rise – she’s just been given her first murder case to defend. But all is never as it seems…

Just one more night. Then I’ll end it.

Alison drinks too much. She’s neglecting her family. And she’s having an affair with a colleague whose taste for pushing boundaries may be more than she can handle.

I did it. I killed him. I should be locked up.

Alison’s client doesn’t deny that she stabbed her husband – she wants to plead guilty. And yet something about her story is deeply amiss. Saving this woman may be the first step to Alison saving herself.

I’m watching you. I know what you’re doing.

But someone knows Alison’s secrets. Someone who wants to make her pay for what she’s done, and who won’t stop until she’s lost everything….

Alison is a successful barrister and seemingly have a happy married life. But Alison have a problem–she drinks too much, she is having an affair and her married life is not as happy as it seems. Her husband, Carl seems to distrust her in taking care of their daughter, Matilda. Alison is then given a murder case for the first time–a woman named Madeline has been accused of brutally stabbing her husband to death.

The story itself is well written and fast paced. I quiet liked the plot and I thought the story itself was a good domestic thriller. The story itself was also entertaining and I like the author’s style of writing. My main bad thing about the book was, I didn’t really like any characters in the book. I am wondering if it was author’s intention for the reader to hate the characters but I didn’t like any of the characters at all–not even Alison, who I actually found as selfish character. Also, many of these characters are unreliable characters as well. Other than that, I liked the story as a whole and I am actually enjoyed reading this book. Cannot wait to read more books by this author. Worth four stars in my opinion.