Title: The Trapped Wife
Author: Samantha Hayes
Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Psychological Thriller
Published: September 8th, 2021
Publisher: Bookouture
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My family gathers around the large oak table in our beautifully renovated home. I’ve put on a dress and lit candles, and there’s a wonderful aroma coming from the dinner you’ve so lovingly prepared. I feel your hand squeeze mine as you top up my glass and ask about my day as a doctor in our small town. It’s the perfect domestic scene, except for one tiny fact: I think my husband is dead, and you are just another patient of mine…
I had no choice but to let you in. If I laugh at your jokes and run my fingers through your hair, maybe I can delete the photos on your phone and find the truth about the night I can’t remember, just before my husband left on the trip he never returned from. Perhaps my son and I will have a chance at a normal life again.
But as I carefully piece together the shards of what really happened that fateful night, only one thing can possibly be true: everyone is lying, even me…
This was a mind blowing read. Straight forward and filled with suspense and mystery. It follows the life of Jen, a doctor who is living with her 16 year old son. Recently, her husband died in an avalanche and she’s trying to move on. All of a sudden, a man shows up in her life and basically starts stalking her. That is when things start to get heated and she realizes she might be in danger.
I don’t want to get deep into the plot so as not to share the whole story but just know this – I thoroughly enjoyed reading this! It is psychological thriller at its best. The storyline was so twisted, to the extent I questioned every single character from Jen to her best friend Rhona to even young Kieran. Honestly, I felt so anxious anxious to know what will happen next. Each chapter ended in a more complex twist and I was left wondering who is lying and who isn’t. The characters were developed well, I related to Jen on a deep level. Written in two POVs – Jen and Rhonda, the descriptions were so picturesque and vivid.
If you are a fan of Psychological Thrillers, then this is definitely the book for you.
Thank you very much to Netgalley, the Publisher and the author for the arc copy of this book.
The Introverted Reader 📚 