The Woman He Married – ARC Book Review

Nobody trusts her. How far will they go to get rid of her?

The Elizabeth has never been good enough for my perfect son Richard. I see through her pearly-white smiles and swanky hospital fundraisers to the real reason she married him. When I hear Richard is missing, I know she’s done something terrible. I will find my boy, and force her out of the family…

The Richard has always played away, so I just shrug my shoulders as I’m told he’s missing. But Jane’s accusations are like a dagger to my heart. I love my husband, despite everything we’ve been through. But she lost her grip on her son the day we got married. Has she set me up to get rid of me for good?

The When Jane asks me to watch Elizabeth, she doesn’t need to explain why. I know what it’s like to come from nothing just like Elizabeth did. What people will do to hide their past. And I see the way she looks around at the house she now owns as if a weight has been lifted off her shoulders. She can’t be trusted, but then neither can I…

Jane does not trust her daughter-in-law Elizabeth. She believes that Elizabeth has something to hide. She hires Marie to work as a cleaner at Elizabeth’s house. Marie’s role is simple–spy on Elizabeth and report whatever she finds to Jane. Marie keeps a close tab on Elizabeth but the more she works for Elizabeth the more she believes that Elizabeth may not be getting along with her mother-in-law and that Elizabeth’s marriage to Robert Jane’s son isn’t happy. But then Robert goes missing and Jane suspect that Elizabeth has something to do with his disappearance.

The story is told in the POVs of Jane and Marie. There are some twists and turns on the story and the story was quiet fast paced and intriguing as well. We see Jane who is determined to prove that Elizabeth has something to do with Robert’s disappearance and we see Marie who is doubting Jane’s theory and is trying to get closer to Elizabeth. The ending was completely unexpected but it was an OK ending in my opinion. The complete diversion of Marie’s character at the end was also completely unexpected.

The writing overall was good, and the author managed to keep the reader feel like they are at the edge of their seat.

Overall this is an OK thriller, worth 3.5 stars.