THE OTHER HUSBAND

SYNOPSIS

One dinner party will destroy everything.

The night that throws a wrecking ball into Abby’s life starts out perfectly at first. There’s still a hint of summer sun in the purple-streaked sky. Abby and her best friend, Sienna, look on fondly as their two husbands laugh under the garden gazebo. None of them know it’s the last time they will be together again.

What starts out as just a little fun, has devastating consequences for the couples. Alone with Sienna’s husband, Greg, Abby finds him unexpectedly charming. And something happens that night that neither she nor Greg can take back.

Abby is desperate to tell her husband and Sienna the truth, but can’t risk Greg sharing what he knows about her. She has no choice but to keep quiet. Then Greg suddenly disappears.

Is her best friend’s husband simply running from his secrets? Or has someone decided they can’t risk that he may share theirs?

Title: The other husband

Author: Kathryn Croft

Publisher: Canelo

Publication date: October 14, 2021

REVIEW

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Thank you to Canelo for my gifted copy in exchange for a review.

I had never read a Kathryn Croft book before, but when I was offered a copy and read the synopsis I though it sounded right up my alley. A psychological thriller where everyone has some secret to hide? Sign me up!

Abby is married to Rob and they recently moved to London. She doesn’t have any friends there until she meets Sienna in a Pilates class. Sienna is married to Greg and soon both couples make good friends . During a dinner party Sienna proposes they swap husbands for the night and, what at first seemed just a bit of fun, soon will turn into a nightmare for all of them.

I found both MC, Abby and Sienna, well developed and found myself empathizing with both of them at times. My alliances kept changing at first but as the story progresses I was more on Sienna’s corner (despite her obsession with a supposed affair between Abby and Greg).

I liked how the story progressed in a way you could never be sure who was really being honest and who was just feeding the other characters (and by extension, the reader) more lies.

The ending caught me completely unaware. I did not see that coming at all, but I would have liked a bit more development there as I think there were some unanswered questions.

Notwithstanding this small issue with the ending, I really liked the writing style and the twisty plot so I will definitely check out some of Ms. Croft’s backlist. Any recs?

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