The Other Husband - Kathryn Croft

Genre: Thriller | Domestic Thriller | Mystery

Release Date: Expected 14th October 2021

Publisher: Canelo

Abby and Rob have just moved into their perfect new house in London, ready to start a new chapter in their lives together. She still needs to find a new job here, sure, but she's got plenty to keep her occupied in the meantime.

Life is good.

And it looks like it's going to get even better when she meets Sienna, her first real friend here, and her charming husband Greg. But Greg is almost too charming, and one fateful night alone together leaves them with the fallout of a mistake they can't take back. Abby is desperate to talk to Sienna about what happened, but she can't risk spilling secrets when Greg knows some of her own.

So when he goes missing, there are bigger problems. Is he going to tell? Has he run away from his life? Or is something even more sinister happening just out of sight?

"How do we know who we really are until we're pushed to the limit?"

The Other Husband is a devilishly deceptive thriller full of shocking twists and turns. Told from Abby and Sienna's perspective, we're kept guessing until the very end about what happened to Greg and that one night that everything changed. Keeping the reader fully in the dark until the last possible moment, Croft threw us curveballs at every change, leading us on with false starts and red herrings until our head spins almost off.

Each couple was well crafted - and not at all what they might seem. Sienna and Greg seem like a strong, successful couple - but their relationship is strained, Sienna is desperate for passion and excitement, and Greg is hiding something massive. Abby and Rob seem like an adorable newly married couple - but they both know they're just one secret away from total collapse.

I've read quite a few of Crofts books in the past and enjoyed them all - I read The Other Husband in one sitting, but despite the tension and twists I never fully connected with the characters past their key defining traits which made it a little hard to get fully submerged in the story. Were there too many twists? That's down to you, reader. While overall brilliantly thought-out, there wasn't much time to craft a thought about one shock revelation before the next one changed the narrative again when I was feeling satisfied with how everything had unravelled.

A captivating story about friendship, jealousy and obsession - this wasn't explosive but a slow-burning fire that smoulders in the background but could still burn down your house.

RATING: ⭐⭐⭐

I was gifted a copy of this title in return for an honest review.

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