Wow, what a book, thanks Netgalley! I was drawn in by the promise that I would be hooked from the first page, and I certainly was.
A seemingly normal couple live in an upper class area called High Oaks, with two children and normal jobs. But they hide a secret - they stalk, capture and torture women for fun. They find it sexy. They feel like they can have it all, until one day the media catches on and it’s a game of cat and mouse which hits home harder than they would have ever realised.
I couldn’t put this book down. It’s excellently written and the story is told just perfectly, with a mix of horror and family life. It’s fiction but it’s disturbing what goes on in people’s minds and it could possibly be happening as we speak. Certainly recommended reading

I wasn't sure about this book when I first started it but as I read on I couldn't put it down. It was a riveting read, very dark but I was compelled to read to the end. Plenty twists and turns right to the very last page. Excellent.

This was a very entertaining read for me , and kept me turning the pages well into the night . The story is narrated by Milicents husband , a tennis coach at an upmarket country club , she is an estate agent .They have two teenage kids and live an ordinary well ordered life .............well apart from the fact they are a pair of serial killers . quite an original concept , well written and pacey . Loved it and didn't see the twist coming

This is a murder story with a difference, a little tongue in cheek and very little about the police because we know all along who has done what.
Narrated in the first person, by the unnamed husband of a fifteen year marriage, it draws you right in. On the surface they are a happy couple with two lovely children. He is a tennis coach, she is an upmarket estate agent. Money is a little tight but nothing they can’t manage. They all eat their dinner together and seem like a tight family unit. Only the parents have a big secret, one they think they are clever enough to keep - but are they?
I enjoyed this original take on a murder mystery, give it a go if you like this genre - plenty to keep you guessing right to the end.

Thank you, Penguin Michael Joseph, for a copy My Lovely wife by Samantha Downing. I have seen a lot of 5 stars reviews for this book. I had to see what this book was all about.
Family, husband and wife and two kids. Husband a Tennis coach and wife an Estate agent. They are like any other family until you find out that they are both serial killers. Son is blackmailing the father, he goes out at night and son thinks he is having an affair. And the daughter is having mental health problems and keeps a knife underneath her pillow. Husband and Wife Millicent have date nights where they plan who to kidnap and kill next.
I say this book is not a bad book but, it just wasn’t for me. I found it kind of slow at the beginning and I just wanted more but it didn’t deliver. I wanted to see more of Millicent’s perspective, but it was just the narrator and It amazed me that they thought they could hoodwink the police, that their killings where from a serial killer called Owen after a few letters sent to the police. I did like the ending though. I didn’t expect the twist at the end.

I really enjoyed this book and found it creepy yet intriguing.
The big plot twist caught me completely off guard and encouraged me to race towards the finish. I felt the ending was wrapped up a little too quickly however.
4 stars,
Thanks to NetGalley for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Lust, mistrust murder and a cheated wife all wrapped up in this clever thriller where there's fault and flaws with the main characters. Brilliant story and maybe cautionary tale!

I loved this book.
The plot was beyond dark and was extremely twisted. It flowed well and was easy to read. There was a surprise twist towards the end which was completely unexpected. Refreshingly different and well executed, containing murder and betrayal, obsession and distrust.
The main characters were well thought out and extremely unusual, yet it ia hard to say more without giving away the plot.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and found it difficult to put down. If you're looking for something dark and different this is definitely for you.

Let’s start with the good. The writing is good, really good! And although the story lacked any real surprises or twists, the dark, macabre nature of the book, with its twisted and suspenseful undercurrents definitely make it an enjoyable read.

However, and maybe I am being old school, or maybe a little to contemporary, but normally we are at least given one protagonist that we either like, or can side with. Or at the very least, when presented with a darker character, we can still feel a connection to a part of the character. From the offset in this book though I pretty much despised all the characters. From the weak and dependent husband, to the controlling, manipulative, and psychotic wife. Even the children rubbed me up the wrong way, although it can be argued that my opinion of them warmed up as the story progressed.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin UK for a review copy.

Cracking debut! A deliciously dark and disturbing, different from the norm’ psychological thriller with some tasty twists thrown in. It’s true we don’t really find out why but I guess there isn’t always a reason and I thought the end was very fitting. I don’t want to give anything away so I recommend you just read and enjoy. I look forward to more from this author.

The idea of this book is an original one. The narrator (who is never named) and his wife Millicent are serial killers. They are also parents to 2 teenaged children. When they try to cover their tracks by blaming someone from the past, their plan backfires, and starts to have adverse effects on their friends and family. I was really looking forward to how this story was going to end, but I have to say I was disappointed. I found the ending very far fetched and unsatisfactory. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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Wow, what an amazing read - read this so quickly and don't think I've ever ready anything like this!

So many twists and turns, a really interesting read and one that made me question how the author developed the plot!

This was a gripping journey bringing us into the depths of the mind of a serial killing couple. It's full of twists and turns and I thought it got more interesting as the effects of the murders starts to come home to roost. It's a great read but I have huge reservations about the ending of the book. For obvious reasons, I will not spoil the end, but I thought it was really trite and let the book down.
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Wow, this book certainly packed a punch! Very twisted with some hideous characters, I really felt for the poor children in the family. It is a psychological thriller with a difference and it certainly had me hooked.
It made for uncomfortable reading at times, and I'm still not too sure about the motivations behind the couple's actions. Quite a few twists which really made the story interesting, I would certainly recommend this book.

I was contacted by penguin a while ago to complete a survey about this book and I absolutely loved the sound of it so I was ecstatic to receive an email asking me to review it.

I loved this book! A lot of the reviews hyped up the twist at the end of the first chapter, and although it was good it wouldn’t have been enough to draw me in. However, once I was a few chapters in, I was hooked! This book has many twists and turns and although some of them were predictable, I didn’t feel that this took anything away from the story. I found this book to be very well written with characters that were believable and well rounded. The storyline of this book is so different to any others I’ve read lately and it was brilliantly executed. I’ll be recommending this to anyone who will listen!

Wow! Not much more to be said other than Wow!

This story is so full of twists and turns, you will be hooked all the way through. The characters are easily brought into and it keeps your attention to the very end....

My Lovely Wife is a dark thriller on a subject some people may find disturbing.Set in America the ideal couple Millicent and her husband and 2 children Jenna and Rory.Married for 15 years they seem to be the perfect couple but underneath they hold terrible dark secrets and ones that are threatening to spiral out of their control,the story plays out from the couples perspective and how they begin to not trust each other in the brutal games they are playing,it is full of twists and turns with a terrific ending which leaves you wondering just who was the guilty party really ? It is a book i think which won't appeal to everyone but i found it a good read and a good 4 star read at that.

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I read this in one go because I just could NOT STOP. Twisted and disturbing and absolutely brilliantly dark and dangerous. Not just another domestic thriller, this will get into your head. Loved it.

We meet Millicient and her husband, who have a great life, sure things aren't what they seem entirely, they live in a crazy expensive area, but really can't afford to, the kids are a little unsettled, rebelling in both the usual and unusual teenage ways. But you know what, they're trying to keep their marriage alive, and it is, it's healthy and it's fun and it's great.

But when a serial killer comes to their suburbian paradise everything is not what it seems to be. And suddenly everything is thrown on it's head. I found myself cheering for the wrong people, hoping that crimes are not discovered, and what's more, I laughed along at things that are not funny. And I took great pleasure in the plotting and the scheming and the twists and the turns. I just kept thinking, who would do that?

You know who would do that? A serial killer, just one of a kind that you've never met before.

Twisted thriller which questions how well we really know our partners. A really evil villain who manages to function normally.