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Average rating3.5
A young lawyer's outwardly perfect life spirals out of control as she takes on her first murder case in this "dark, original and utterly compelling" domestic noir for readers of Paula Hawkins, A.J. Finn, or Shari Lapena. (Lisa Jewell, New York Times bestselling author of Then She Was Gone) 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....
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3✨ i read 5 thrillers in 5 days. find my full thoughts in this reading vlog >> https://youtu.be/KPBa2jmQKTs
I can't actually believe this is a debut novel.
I also can't believe so much was packed into 324 pages.
Just brilliant and completely engrossing. I pretty much stopped my entire weekend to finish reading it!
Kept my attention, although the POV character was hard to like - too hard drinking, cheating on her husband, self-centered. But no way is this correctly marketed as a “thriller”. It's a intricate picture of a woman changing her life but aside from a few dark moments, readers expecting a “twisty, turny” psychological suspense will be disappointed.