Jane Corry

"First published in Great Britain by Penguin Books (UK), an imprint of Penguin Random House UK, 2016"--Title page verso.

My Husband's Wife

My husband's wife

Melissa Palmer

Book #15 Read in 2017
My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry

This book, like Gone Girl, is full of unlikeable and flawed characters. But like a train wreck, readers will not be able to stop reading it. Lily and Ed get married. Ed has feelings for a previous girlfriend; Lily has ghosts from family history. Lily's law career takes off while Ed's art career ebbs and flows and that stress does not help their marriage. Add a pretty Italian woman and inappropriate feelings for a client and their marriage hits rock bottom. This is no happy love story. I borrowed the book from the town library.

Alexa M

**3.5/5 Stars** y’all telling me I read 300 pages of rising action before getting to the climax. Smh

Victoria Alexandra 

** spoiler alert **
           This would have been a 4 star for me if it weren’t for the development of one of the romantic relationships. If you read it you will understand.

Lauren Lopez

Well I think the fact that it took me 3 weeks to finish this book says a lot about how I really feel about it.

The story starts off interesting enough, but I didn’t vibe with the writing style. I also didn’t enjoy the storyline. It just seemed so outlandish and rushed. I found my head spinning sometimes because I couldn’t quite keep up with all the twists and time jumps. 

The story is told in two parts. During the first part Lily Macdonald is a newly wed lawyer who has been assigned the task of proving Joe Thomas’ innocence. Thomas was charged with the murder of his girlfriend, and he has new information that could help free him. Lily feels an instant connection with Joe, and it leads to all sorts of distractions for her as her relationship with her brand new husband suffers dramatically.

Lily and her husband, Ed, also take on the task of caring for their next door neighbor’s daughter, Carla, on the weekends. The parts that are told in Carla’s point-of-view are hard to connect with as she is a child in this portion of the story. 

The second part of the book is told several years later. I don’t want to spoil too many of the “shocking moments” from the second part, but they are somewhat predictable. Carla is now an adult and has found Lily and Ed again after all these years. She tries to portray herself as the same innocent girl they knew years before, but they soon find she has some tricks up her sleeve. 

I feel like there was just too much going on in this book. Too many elements made it seem too unbelievable, and I just didn’t find myself wanting to take the time to read it every day. Needless to say, I am glad I am through with it!

Katrina Meyers

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Grace Wherley

FIRST COMES LOVE. THEN COMES MARRIAGE. THEN COMES MURDER. THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLING THRILLER YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN _________________ What if your life was built on a lie? When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But when she takes on her first criminal case, she starts to find herself strangely drawn to her client. A man who's accused of murder. A man she will soon be willing to risk everything for. But is he really innocent? And who is she to judge? _________________ 'JANE CORRY IS THE NEW QUEEN OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER' KATE FURNIVALL 'You will be hooked after the first page' CLOSER 'A roller-coaster of dramatic twists . . . chilling and suspenseful' ELIZABETH HAYNES 'Twisty, feverish and utterly gripping' EVA DOLAN ________________ Praise for Jane Corry: 'A fearsomely good thriller' NICCI FRENCH 'I raced through this' TERESA DRISCOLL 'Compulsive, edgy and with some fabulous twists that I didn't see coming!' B A PARIS 'So many brilliant twists' CLAIRE DOUGLAS 'Tense, taut and twisty' RED 'Beautifully written' PETER JAMES 'A morally complex, twisty tale' KATE HAMER 'Psychological thriller writing at its very best' SD SYKES 'Few writers can match Jane Corry' CARA HUNTER

the Sunday Times bestseller

Janna Robinson

FIRST COMES LOVE. THEN COMES MARRIAGE. THEN COMES MURDER. The Sunday Times Top 10 Bestselling Thriller 'My head's still spinning from all the twists!' Mark Edwards What if your life was built on a lie? When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she's determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But when she takes on her first criminal case, she starts to find herself strangely drawn to her client. A man who's accused of murder. A man she will soon be willing to risk everything for. But is he really innocent? And who is she to judge? MY HUSBAND'S WIFE is a thriller with so many twists you won't be able to put it down, perfect for fans of Liane Moriarty, Clare Mackintosh and C. L. Taylor. 'A rollercoaster of dramatic twists...chilling and suspenseful' Elizabeth Haynes 'A dark, complex and compelling thriller that kept me turning the pages until the end' B A Paris, author of Behind Closed Doors 'Twisty, feverish and utterly gripping, My Husband's Wife is the perfect summer read' Eva Dolan 'This thrilling page-turner kept me guessing till the very end' Katerina Diamond 'A fantastic and powerful novel of heart-pounding suspense, expertly written to draw the reader in and never let go!' Kathryn Croft 'I have been thoroughly immersed in this novel...full of unexpected twists I didn't see coming! ' Luana Lewis 'My Husband's Wife had me gripped from the first page to the last. A fascinating cast of characters, each concealing a dark secret...' Ava Marsh 'Gripping and compelling, My Husband's Wife is a fascinating tale that you will think about long after turning the final page' Rowan Coleman 'My Husband's Wife is a thrilling page-turner that chronicles the nightmarish dynamics within a marriage.' Sarah Ward 'Corry has written a very impressive debut. I couldn't put it down!' LJ Ross 'A dark and gripping thriller that vibrates with tension. Jane Corry has created an exciting and complex tale that sank its teeth into me on the first page and never let go...A must-read for thriller lovers' Kate Furnivall '[A] roller coaster of suspense and intrigue... A cleverly constructed novel in which we have no idea who we can trust' Rosanna Ley 'The two strong women characters and the twists and turns of the plot will keep you on the edge of your seat right through to the surprising and shocking ending' Mavis Cheek 'Pick up this book and you won't be able to put it down. A fast-moving story of drama, suspense and emotional entanglement with a good sprinkling of evil threaded through' Sandra Howard 'A compelling thriller! I thoroughly enjoyed every fast turning page' Vanessa Ronan, author of The Last Days of Summer 'A gripping page turner that twists and turns right until the very end' Catherine Alliott

My Husband's Wife

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