Blog Tour Review, My Husband’s Lover

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My Husband’s Lover
Jess Ryder

 

325 pages
Bookouture
published October 14, 2022

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About the book:

A wife. A mistress. A week away with no escape…

As my girlfriends and I sip wine and share secrets in the flickering candlelight of our remote Scottish hideaway, we all agree we need this break. Every morning we will swim in icy cold lochs and hike to remote beaches and each night we will sip wine and share stories, cosy beside the log burner. It will be a break none of us will ever forget.

But behind my warm smile, there is ice in my heart. One of my friends is my husband’s lover, and it’s only a matter of time before I discover which one. She thinks she has me fooled, but she’s not the only one with secrets.

I don’t let my smile slip, but as I get closer to the truth, it becomes very clear that in these remote Scottish hills, far from help, someone is going to pay for their lies with their life…

A completely gripping and addictive page turner. Fans of The Guest List, K.L. Slater and Jackie Kabler will be utterly hooked on My Husband’s Lover.

My Review:

 

This reminded me a little of those old horror movies where you scream what are you thinking.  LOL but if the character listens, then there wouldn’t be a book.  I guessed at everything in this one and was rarely right.  Who the body was.  Who the mistress was.  Who killed Carly.  In my defense a few twists were really not guessable, but most I was just flat out wrong.  And I changed my mind over and over as I read the Mistress chapters second guessing which “friend” she was.  That is what you want in a twisty thriller, right?

I was hooked from the start and the story never let up.  My only gripe is authors need to stop giving likable names to unlikable characters.  Ryan is such a nice guy name to me and I am not spoiling anything by telling you he isn’t.  He’s the husband and the title tells you he’s having an affair.  I liked the angle that the women are swimming buddies that meet once a week, so it was the perfect setup to them not knowing each other all the well.  And I liked the idea of the cold swimming.  I never quite understood a polar bear plunge and when I equate it to a stress relief, I now get it.

This is definitely one of my favorites of the month.  I love when I can’t figure anything out.  It keeps me wanting more.

Author Bio:

 

Jess Ryder is the pseudonym of Jan Page, author, screenwriter, playwright and award-winning television producer. After many years working in children’s media, she has recently embarked on a life of crime. Writing, that is. So she’s very excited about the publication of her debut thriller Lie to Me. Her other big love is making pots.  You can follow Jess on Twitter here.

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