The Wife’s Shadow is a book that the more I read the more I got into and the more I loved.
Suzy to me appeared to have the perfect life, two lovely children, Mike a doting husband, a lovely home and a busy deli that she owns but as this story shows looks can be deceiving.
Suzy’s mum has just died when we meet her and has brought up all her past including watching her father abuse her mother to the point that they run away, change their names and make a life for themselves hundreds of miles away but never being able to forget him. A few things happen all at once and Suzy gets the feeling she’s being followed and I have to admit there were parts to this book that were scary.
This book makes you question how well do you know your friends, your husband and your work colleagues as Suzy doesn’t trust any and spirals into despair leading to tablets from doctors and Mike suggesting she move into her mums until she gets her head together as it’s affecting the kids.
This was a well written book that I enjoyed immensely and was behind Suzy all the way through even when she doubted herself and liked she was a good strong character beneath it all.
I would like to thank Netgalley and Little Brown Book Group UK, Piatkus, for this ARC I received in exchange for an honest review.

The Wife's Shadow by Cath Weeks was a book that I was invited to read by the publisher Little Brown Books UK and I am so glad that I accepted the invite.. this book was a page turner. Even though I guessed the ending and who was doing the stalking I was gripped by the story, needing to keep reading until late into the night. The book was advertised as Women's Fiction but I definitely think it had many elements of a psychological thriller. I really enjoyed this one.

Suzy and Mike have the perfect life.. or do they? Mile is a retired cop who is a stay at home dad while Suzy owns and run some her own deli business in town. Things are going well until her mother dies. After this she feels that she is being watched and keeps finding reminders to her dark past. She starts to fear for her life and for her family's safety. Why is this happening and who is doing it.

This book will have you checking your surroundings for people watching you. It is a bit creepy and you feel Suzys fear.

Thanks to the publishers of this book for my advanced copy to read. All opinions are my own and are in no way biased.

Every woman has a secret...

Suzy has it all, the perfect marriage to Mike, a retired chief inspector and stay at home dad to their two beautiful children, Jake and Ruby, and she has her own business, The Big Little Deli, but then her mum dies and her world is turned upside down. Suzy had had a difficult childhood and her mum was always there for her but since her death Suzy is convinced that someone is following her and leaving reminders of her past, is it all about to catch up with her and will her long buried secret be revealed?

This book, although it comes under womens fiction, I would say has a thriller edge to it as well. It's a story that keeps you on the edge of your seat, wondering what will happen on the turn of the next page, it's full of suspense and drama, lies and deceit and definitely had me gripped from beginning to end. Highly recommended.

I would like to thank Little Brown Book Group and Netgalley for the auto approval and will post my review on Goodreads and Amazon.

I have started this review 6 times now....and still not sure what to say, unusual as that may be 😃
The story itself is fine if not a tale overtold...Suzy has a secret from her past.....years later she is being followed, is her past about to ‘come to light?’....what about her husband, is he all he makes himself out to be?....has he a secret?....add to the story errant best friends, a 1.8 million surprise inheritance and much inward thought from Suzy and as say the story itself is viable, fine and dandy and tellable
I liked Suzy having a ‘deli’ that served quiches and cakes and the parts set in there were for me the best and offered some much needed chuckles
The narrative though was clunky, set in the past and the present, the cast rigid and unlikeable even when you were supposed to like them with the exception of cake maker Leo who did have a spark of personality
Highly irritating were Suzy’s kids it has to be said, one of which was narrated as speaking in a ‘funny’ way so always getting her words wrong, for example a rabbit would be a wabbit or a thwabbit...call me grumpy but it quickly wore very thin!
When we got to the conclusion it was more ‘oh’ than ‘OHHHHH’
There is a good mini theme running through the book where Suzy attends somewhere that we are built up and up to wonder where it is and when it is revealed it is quite a surprise in the story and from there leads the rest of the main story ( if makes sense )
Will leave it there, disappointing
3.5/10 2 ( just ) Stars

Loved this book from start to finish. Suzy thinks she has everything that she wants in her life, a great job and a perfect husband or so she thought. She had a great group of friends around her or at least she felt she did. She starts to ge a feeling that she is being followed and becomes worried as and she soon has reason to be. One of her friends is a liar and a cheat and her husband isn't who she thought he was. Can she keep herself save before her past catches up with her. I really enjoyed this book and couldn't put it down.

Thank you netgalley for this ARC!

Loved this book. Thought I had figured it out and then nope totally wrong.
Suzy has the life of dreams, she's worked hard for everything she has. Her mum dies and things start unravelling, she fears she is being watched, strange things start happening, is the past finally catching up on her? Is the life that everyone thinks is so perfect actually so?
I was hooked on this book. It did not disappoint. Excellent!

Suzy Taylor is a successful business woman, the mother of two children and happily married to Mike for 10 years. The only other family member she had was her mother, but she had recently passed away. Her father was a domineering abusive man who terrorized his wife and child, but one night Suzy and her mother ran away from the family home, but what dark secret did they leave behind that shaped their lives going forward?

After her mum dies, Suzy begins to suspect that she is being followed and she also keeps finding objects that remind her of her childhood. She begins to fear for the safety of her family and also her sanity. Whoever is stalking her!

Cath Weeks has written a fascinating dark, psychological thriller that will have you checking your doors and windows and looking to see who is behind you. Although I guessed the outcome, this did not spoil the book for me as there were still quite a few unexpected twists lying in wait.

I received a copy of this book via Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.
s This story is about Suzy a married mum of two who is the breadwinner of the family. Her husband had to leave his job as a police officer as he injured his leg. Her husband Mike has taken on the role of a stay at home dad. Suzy starts finding things subtly left around that relates to her dad. Suzy and her mum fled from due to his violence. Suzy's mum has not long died and Suzy wonders if there is somebody watching her or is it just down to her grieving for her mum.

I really enjoyed this book and was so close to giving it five stars. I loved the slow build up in tension and the mystery of the meetings she was attending. The purpose of the meetings did not get revealed until the end which added to the mystery of what was happening to Suzy. The reason I did not give this five stars is because I guessed quite early on what was happening and who was behind it. Also later on I guessed the reasoning behind it. The other thing that impressed me was that the author did not go down the blindingly obviouroute.

The Wife's Shadow is one of those reads where a perfect life (or should that be wife?), plunders into chaos and snowballs out of control within a short matter of time. It's a tense, fulfilling read and I raced through it!

Suzy is being harassed and there is apparently nothing she can do about it. She doesn't know who it is, or why they are doing it. So, how the hell can anyone stop him then? The police are clueless, and her husband has only so much patience before he starts to lose sympathy. Is someone really out to get her, or is it just down to a vivid imagination and the stress of losing her mother very recently? In her husband's eyes its a case of 'come on luv, pull your socks up!'

And yes, I do have quite a lot to say about darling husband and stay-at-home dad, Mike. At first he's very understanding, and quite rightly so, but there is only so much he can take when his paranoid wife keeps going on and insisting someone is watching her. What he does, during her worst moments, had me practically screaming at the book in anger! (In a good way!) Honestly, I became so involved in this story I felt worn out by the end of it, which I loved.

This is a well-written, tense read, and one I found myself trying to guess who the culprit was all the way through. The final revelation was just as much as a shock to me as it was to Suzy! I did not see THAT coming, and I'm one of those people who always thinks I know who's done it. lol (Yeah, one of THOSE readers!) But it's the final act that Suzy puts into action, which really rounds this story off well. Thankfully, I could breathe again when I closed the last page.

Imagine a small dream snowballing into an even bigger nightmare! That's what Kath Weeks made happen to Suzy Taylor. Big time!

Thanks to Netgalley for my copy of The Wife's Shadow.

The perfect family. The perfect life. Until – little by little – things start to fall apart.
I thoroughly enjoyed this gripping tale of secrets, lies and heartbreaking deceit. It is so well-written; the dialogue flowing easily and momentum building in an effortless fashion. We know something is wrong, but the author keeps the suspense bubbling beneath the surface.
There are so many cracking lines which caught my attention. Main character, Suzy, who resorts to medication to help her growing anxiety, reflects on previous visits to a masseuse. 'My shoulders were like an enchanted forest of knotted vines that grew back the moment they were cut.' And when she visits the police to voice fears that she is being stalked and harassed, Suzy notes: 'Only a policeman could make terrorising a woman sound as trivial as burger toppings.'
The ending took me completely by my surprise which is a definite plus in my opinion. A book that will keep you enthralled from start to finish. My thanks to Little, Brown and Netgalley for an advanced copy.

I found the fist part of The Wife’s Shadow to be quite slow going but it quickly gathered pace and drew you in. Although I had worked out the plot, I still enjoyed the book and thought it was well written. I can recommend this book.

Thank you to NetGalley, Little Brown Book Group and the author for the chance to review.

Everyone wants a perfect life, it looks that Suzy has it all. A new family friend deli, 2 perfect children and a stay at home husband.
Things start to unravel when her mum dies.
A stalker that makes her trust her sanity and her husband a ex police chief inspector has her worried.
A twist and turn story line that will keep you guessing to the end.

I was invited to review this book by Little, Brown Book Group UK and once I read the synopsis I knew I would be downloading it to my kindle.

I whizzed through the story; when I stopped reading after the first sitting I was surprised to find I was at 50% and I went on to finish the remainder the same day.

Suzy and Mike have the ideal marriage, all of her friends are jealous of the relationship especially because Mike is a stay at home dad. However Suzy has been hiding a secret for many years and, following the death of her mum, strange things happen and Suzy can't tell if it is something real from her past come back to haunt her or if the devastation of losing her mum has pushed her to the edge.

I genuinely couldn't pinpoint the answer here - the main chapters are interspersed with very brief chapter interludes (I don't want to add any spoilers on their subject matter!) that have you leaning towards a viewpoint but the ending still threw me which is the very best kind of ending!

My many thanks to Little, Brown Book Group UK via NetGalley for providing me with this advanced reading copy in exchange for an honest review.

A new genre for me - what I would call a 'gentle thriller'. Not full of blood and gore but softly, psychologically gripping. I enjoyed the twist at the end which I definitely didn't see coming.

This novel is a real page-turner! I found I was reading it when I should have been doing other things, the sign of a gripping story. It’s a well-written, straightforward psychological thriller and Suzy, the main character, is easy to relate to. She is a busy mother of two young children, happily married but with an unhappy past. Her mother has recently died and she believes someone is following her. There are plenty of twists and turns to keep the reader guessing. I liked the details of family life and how Suzy makes mistakes, as we all do. It’s so easy to like her, fear for her and hope that everything works out well for her. A really absorbing read, I highly recommend it.

Suzy and husband Mike seem to have the perfect marriage, she owns a deli and Mike has taken early retirement from the police as he injured his leg in a car crash. He is a stay at home dad to their 2 children Ruby and Jake. Friends are envious of their relationship and lifestyle!!

When strange things start occurring , Suzy’s life starts to unravel and she has a feeling someone is following her.

Suzy grew up with an abusive father who used to hit her mother, they ran away from him and now she thinks he is behind all the strange things that are going on. Has he returned as he knows her mother has died?

Loved the way the tension slowly builds, it has you in its spell from start to finish!! I tried to guess the ending but I’m pleased to say I failed.

I love discovering new authors. Will definitely be looking out for Cath Weeks next book.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy in exchange for a review.

I found this book to be very slow and it was a real effort to finish it. Sorry, it's not for me although I appear to be in the minority after reading other reviews

Meh. Predictable and not particularly well executed. Disappointing and felt like details were added to pad out the word count.

Suzy is working hard to open her new deli as well as dealing with her grief around her mother's death. She's a perfectionist and her control of her life starts to unravel and Suzy questions whether suspicious events are real or a product of her grief stricken imagination. The story moves quite fast and there are a few good twists in the plot. I don't like loose ends and there are some that aren't tied up. It's a tense psychological thriller so good for those who like that kind of book.

Thanks Netgalley and the Publisher. I really enjoyed this thriller and read it in one sitting. Highly recommend