It’s Not What You Think – ARC Book Review

He has a secret. She knows he’s lying…

YOU THINK YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE

Nadeeka is certain Jamie is having an affair. She knows the tell-tale signs.

She’s been here before.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW WHO YOU CAN TRUST

When Jamie claims to be at work late, she knows he’s lying. He’s with another woman, and she’s determined to catch him in the act.

YOU THINK YOU KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS

But when Nadeeka arrives home to confront him, Jamie can’t explain himself. The house has become a crime scene…

Jamie is dead.

IT’S NOT WHAT YOU THINK

Nadeeka is convinced that Jamie is having an affair. Nadeeka drives back to her home to confront her partner Jamie, almost getting a speeding ticket on the way. But as she reaches her house, there was a police car and her house has officially become a crime scene–Jamie was murdered, dead. Nadeeka is devastated and upset although she is convinced that Jamie is having an affair. But as she starts digging further, she realizes that there’s more to Jamie’s death that she has ever experienced.

I have read Clare Mackintosh’s books, and all her books are fast paced psychological thrillers packed with twists and turns. This book is no exception. From the start of the book to the end, it was fast paced, with so many different twists and turns. You believe or maybe this happened but in the next minute, you are being misdirected and another twist follows after that. The story is told in multiple POVs–Nadeeka, Lauren, Jamie, Fraser. The book is unputdownable, and a page turner where you will feel like you are at the edge of the seat while reading the book. So far, I have to say, this might be one of the best books I have read written by Clare Mackintosh in my opinion (my favorite was I Let You Go). The whole book felt like you are watching an action thriller that you couldn’t turn it off and that you really want to know what is going to happen in the end–that’s exactly how it happened. It was engaging and was impossible to put the book down.

I actually liked the fact that the main character–Nadeeka Prassana is a Sri Lankan–I am a Sri Lankan so it kind of gave me an excitement to read a book where one of the main characters is a Sri Lankan-British. Both Nadeeka and Lauren are courageous and brave heroine that as a reader you could root for.

This book will be published in March and I highly recommend if you could pre-order a copy of this book now! Worth five stars.

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