I have read books by K L Slater before and really enjoyed them so when this book appeared on my Amazon recommended list with the byline 'We promised to keep each other's secrets. Until they found the body...' well I just had to read it!
This book does not disappoint. If you have yet to be introduced to author K L Slater she is a British author known for her psychological crime thrillers.
This book, Husband and Wife, is told from various POVs and also jumps timelines, but it's always easy to keep track of. The main POV is Nicola who, if I'm being honest, is a little irritating at times. Let's have a look at who is in the book:
Nicola and Cal are husband and wife, parents to Parker and doting grandparents to Barney. Cal is a self-employed plumber while Nicola is a former cancer patient who just wants to spend more time with her son and grandson.
Parker is Nicola and Cal's son and he is married to Luna and the father of Barney. Parker is in sales and very ambitious. Luna is a fashion influencer - her parents are very well to do and Parker, Luna and Barney spend most weekends at her family's estate.
Sarah is a young mother to a four-year-old daughter who went out for a night with friends and ended up being discovered dead from strangulation in an alley.
In this book Parker and Luna drop their son Barney off at Nicola and Cal's for the night as they are going into the city to an event and spending the night in a hotel. Parker also tells his mum he wants to talk to her the following morning when neither his father or his wife will be around.
During the night the police pay Nicola and Cal a visit as there's been a car accident and both Parker and Luna have been seriously injured. This is the start of a great book that will have you guessing. I was convinced I'd worked out who had murdered Sarah, I thought I had seen through the red herring and was so confident - I was also completely wrong.
The guilty party took me completely by surprise which is a refreshing change and makes me want to read it a second time to see if I can pick up on some different clues.
Let me know if you've read this book and if you have - did you guess the right culprit?
This book was free for me to read as part of my Amazon Unlimited membership which I tell people is like having a library card for Amazon!
Oh, wow! A mystery book that had you stumped on the identity of the killer, must be totally awesome. That, alone, is enough to recommend it. Of course, now I do want to know who killed Sarah and why.
ReplyDeleteYou know I'm a big mystery fan, so naturally this will be a 'next-read' on my list. Thanks for introducing me to this book and to the author.
ReplyDeleteYou nearly always guess “whodunnit” early on in a murder mystery, so this story must be intriguing, indeed, Lou!
ReplyDeleteAnother page turner, so you know it's going on my list. I wonder if I will guess right! Thanks for this recommendation Lou!
ReplyDeleteI have a knack for figuring out who-dun-its as well, so books or movies that actually stump me are very intriguing! Thanks for the recommendation.
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