Oh my word what an absolutely fantastic book this was. I was glued to this book from the first chapter. A great psychological thriller that I would highly recommend.

loved this book - would 100% recommend and am looking forward to reading what this author writes next!

This has got to be the best domestic thriller I have read in a very long time! Just wow, the plot twists were unreal.

Now first off I'll admit, it took me a few chapters to immerse myself fully, it didnt click straight away BUT if there is one book this year that's worth sticking with THIS IS IT!

Such an intriguing story that once your into you will fly through.

The characters are flawless, each one written exceptionally well and they literally come alive on paper. The locations are perfectly crafted in a way that produces the most atmospheric setting.

This book leaves you constantly guessing and then second guessing. The build up leads to the most phenomenal and unpredictable ending... you will not be disappointed!

Thrilling, complex, gripping, atmospheric, suspense, spooky, fast paced... what else could you ask for?

5* all round.

The biggest thanks to netgalley and HQ for the ARC.

Firstly apologies for the delay in this review been live.
I have read previous books by the author and i really enjoy the style they always seem on the darker side of a thriller to me and its nice to indulge in something like that.

Sadie and her husband Will move to a new coastal town after a family tragedy, and its the fresh start they need as Will swears the affair he was having is all behind him and this could fix them. Sadie chooses to believe him and they set about their new life. However their new existence is threatened when a local women is murdered and Sadie becomes convinced their is a killer stuck on their little island.

Meanwhile Camille is obsessed with Will and she will travel wherever he is to be with him, even if that means moving to a new town but as she does is, she becomes the key witness to a brutal crime. But how are all these connected?

This was bloody brilliant and whilst i will say it was a slow burner - like it took forever to get to the meat of the story, it was so worth it and when i got to it i totally understand why it was written like that. The pace was almost leisurely in its reading experience for something so dramatic it really made the experience unique. I loved discovering all the characters and getting to know them as it all unfolded.

A fantastically different thriller - but be prepared to wait for your ending - the wait is worth every minute of reading time.

*Gifted for review*

This is the first book I have read by Mary Kubica but I will definitely be looking up her previous novels now after reading this one. This is a great psychological thriller told from multiple POV's which had me hooked from the start and what a great twist at the end! I would recommend reading this book.

5☆ Gripping and Very Twisty, An Unputdownable Read!


Wow what an unputdownable read!
I was gripped from the very start. A psychological crime thriller that's definitely one of my favourite reads so far this year!

Will and Sadie move their family too live in his sisters house after his sister commits suicide leaving her 16yr old daughter Imogen with no guardian.

Will is also a womanizer and a recent affair has left their marriage broken but surviving. Another reason for the move a fresh start!

But Sadie doesn't feel safe or happy in their new home! Things keep happening.
Imogen is Will's niece and she really doesn't want them there. She makes Sadie's life pretty uncomfortable.
In fact Imogen scares the crap out of me too! Lol

Otto is there youngest Son and they are also concerned with his behaviour after an incident at his old school had the police involved.

Then there is the murder of the women across the road. No one knows who killed her or why. But Will was most definitely a friend of the young mum.

Then there is Camille....the other women!
Who comes across as a lil unhinged.
Then finally there is Mouse! Who intrigued me the whole way through. I just couldn't put the pieces together as to where she fitted in.

The story is told in several points of view... Sadie, Camille and Mouse! It was done perfectly.

The Other Mrs is extremely gripping, dark, gritty and very twisty, I can honestly say for once I didn't have a scooby as to who killed the women or any of the other juicy twists. Which I adore in my thrillers I love it when I'm kept on my toes!
The characters are superbly written, gave you all the right feels and were believable.

Would I recommend reading this gripping psychological crime thriller..... without a doubt..... 100%,..... YES!!!

Thank you to HQ Digital for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

A page turner that is read from the point of view of three females - Sadie, Camille and Moise. The to and fro between the narrators adds to the suspense of this psychological thriller. 

Sadie and Will Foust, together with there children and their kids have recently moved to a hone they've inherited home in Maine from Chicago City. The family are looking forward to a fresh start. 
But Island living takes some getting use too, and with the death of Wills sister he has taken custody of his niece Imogen. Imogen's welcome to the family in their new home is less than to be desired. She is struggling to come to terms with her mothers death and is also growing up as a teenager. This together with a creepy new home that makes you feel on edge adds to the tension when reading. 
Throw into the mix the murder of one of their new neighbours, Morgan, and it has to be someone on the island with the ferry working only through the day. Sadie and her anxiety goes into over drive. And one more thing, the police are convinced Sadie has something to do with it. But did she? This is when the book gets intriguing and the narration between Mouse, Sadie and Cammile adds to the suspense and has your mind in a spin. 
Sadie attempts to solve the murder, but she has known memory issues. She is not sure if Will was having an affair with Morgan. Camille is obsessed with Will l, quite stalkerish and truly wants to be Sadie and be with Will. 
All three females have intertwining stories, but who murdered Morgan?
Thank you to Blogger HQ, their publishing team and Mary for our advanced copy and invite to join the blog tour.

The Other Mrs tells the story of Sadie and Will Foust and their sons, Otto, aged 14, and seven-year-old Tate, who have recently moved from Chicago to a small island off the coast of Maine after the sudden death of Will’s sister, Alice, who suffered from fibromyalgia. Will has been given guardianship of her 16-year-old daughter, Imogen, as well as possession of Alice’s estate, a large foursquare farmhouse.

The move comes at a good time for the family: Will has been having an affair, which he assures his wife has ended, Sadie is a doctor and was forced to resign after an incident at work, and Otto was being bullied at school and, after he brought a weapon onto the premises and was facing expulsion, his parents removed from the school. They’re hoping that this fresh start will enable them to put things behind them, difficult though it will be looking after the grieving Imogen. She dresses all in black, has piercings and black hair and whitens her face with talcum powder, and is described as brooding and melancholic.

The rocky and rugged island with tall pines that they live on is small – a mile by a mile and a half wide – and isolated – only accessible by ferry – and three miles from the mainland. The settings added to the creepiness and eerieness of the story and the sense of fear and uncertainty. As Sadie comments: ‘There’s something unsettling in knowing that when the last ferry leaves for the night, we’re quite literally trapped.’

Will is a part-time adjunct professor, teaching human ecology on the mainland, while Sadie, who was an emergency room doctor in Chicago, is now working as a physician on the island.

Seven weeks after they move there, their neighbour Morgan Baines is murdered late one evening. She was found dead by her six-year-old stepdaughter. The murder does nothing to ease Sadie’s feeling of uneasiness and fear as the murderer must have remained on the island overnight, and suspicion falls on everyone, including Sadie, who was supposedly witnessed arguing with Morgan by another neighbour, George Nilsson. There’s lots of small town gossip and they aren’t very welcoming to Sadie, especially.

The story is told from the viewpoints of three characters: mainly Sadie, with insights from Camille and a six-year-old girl called Mouse, who is being abused by her stepmother. As events unfold, we learn more about the beautiful, ‘vivacious, untamable’ Camille and how she first met Will in Chicago. They didn’t get together but she remained obsessed with him and, eventually, 15 years later, she looked Will up and seduced him and they began an affair. She continued to stalk him around the city and has even followed him over a thousand miles to Maine so she can keep an eye on him.

The story is tense and creepy and there are several twists and turns and red herrings, as well as disturbing incidents. I was never really sure who to believe as most of the characters seemed rather untrustworthy and they all seemed to be unreliable narrators and hiding secrets from each other. For Morgan’s murder, I had suspicions about everyone from the local policeman, Officer Berg, to the elderly couple next door, George and Poppy Nilsson, and Morgan’s husband, Jeffrey, was obviously on the list too, despite being away on business at the time!

Even the children of the story, Imogen and Otto, were hiding things from Will and Sadie. I really felt for Imogen: she’d just lost her mum, she feels angry, abandoned and rejected, her uncle, aunt and cousins have moved into her family home and she feels that Sadie is trying to replace Alice. Will and Sadie don’t really know how to handle Imogen as they don’t know her and Sadie even admits to being scared of her, which is really sad.

As the story progresses, we learn revelations about several of the characters and all is definitely not what it seemed! The plot line was unpredictable and chilling and I didn’t guess how it was all going to unfold till very close to the end! I definitely didn’t see a lot of that coming! I thought I knew who Mouse was and how she fitted into the story but I was completely wrong.

Overall, The Other Mrs was an intriguing, atmospheric read and I enjoyed getting to know all the rather unlikeable characters. The setting of the island in Maine was really unsettling and well described and I could imagine what it was like to live there. Cleverly plotted, with numerous twists and turns and misdirection, this was a chilling, disturbing read. I’ve got another of the author’s books, The Good Girl, on my Kindle so will be checking that out soon.

The Other Mrs ⭐⭐⭐/5

Today is my stop on the blog tour for this great and unsettling thriller. It was published on the 5th March so go ahead and get purchasing!

Huge thanks to @hqstories for gifting me this one and having me on the tour.

Sadie moves to a small town with her husband Will and two children in need of a fresh start. However the peaceful life they are hoping for is quickly shattered when a neighbour is shockingly murdered. On top of this Sadie has doubts that her husband has really ended his affair, one of the forces behind them moving.

Then we have Camille, who really is she? A confident and beautiful character, who happens to be addicted to Will. So addicted and obsessed with an unhealthy love for him she follows the family to the new town and ends up knowing far more than she should.

The characters in this book are fantastic. You really want to get under their skin and delve into their characters to know all you possibly can about them.

I found the writing flowed and the three different perspectives that the story is told in really helps to tie the plot together.

Atmosphere is built within this book through the isolation of the small town and the gloomy weather. A real tension builder.

The pacing at the end definitely picks up speed. Unpredictable, the twist at the end hit me with force. I couldn't have anticipated it. 📚

Thanks again to HQ and Netgalley.

This is a psychological thriller. Sadie, Lee and their children move to a new house in a new town. Will’s sister lived in the house previously and died there. However, the house they move into is creepy. Soon after moving in, a neighbour is murdered in her home and the story moves on from there.

This book is dark and creepy. It is filled with suspense and mystery. It is a good read but some elements just felt very far fetched.

4 out of 5 stars

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for sending me a copy of this in exchange for an honest review.
A murder in a small town. A new family recently moved in. Fingers are pointing at them.

This was full of drama and clues and twists and it was great. I feel like the format of this is very murder mystery by dropping little hints everywhere and I really enjoyed it.

I did catch on quite quickly what was happening but could not of guessed how it all pieced together. I guess some people may say it’s an easy ending however in the way that it is done it’s clever and different.

The writing was great. Characters were great. The plot made it easier to follow along but packed a punch you weren’t seeing.

This is my first Mary Kubica and will definitely not be my last.

A dark, atmospheric mood which is emphasised by the writer’s description of their location. The reminder of how isolated they are just adding to the tension throughout.
I have not had the pleasure of reading anything from this author before, I didn’t know what to expect but I can’t wait to read more.
The Other Wife teases with the gradual release of information, teasers that at first read may seem of no relevance but at the end make total sense, nothing feels too rushed and this adds to the drama.
We are taken through the story from various points of view by Sadie, Camille, who had the affair with Will, and a young girl called Mouse. It is unclear at first who the Mouse character is and I was confused trying to figure things out. I wanted to know, and this is what had me reading on with such enthusiasm.
I think the action really takes place in the second half of the book, the more I read the more I wanted to find out. I was on the edge of my seat and loved the twists thrown in as it neared its conclusion.
I enjoyed the characters, they are well written and interesting, I wouldn’t say they are likeable although my alliances changed throughout.
Dealing with some deep issues; death, grief, suicide – The Other Mrs is quite the roller coaster and I recommend this read for thriller fans.

This was a slow starter but started to build into something very intriguing. Our main character is Sadie who is a doctor who has just moved with her family to a tiny island off the state of Maine. This has been a big wrench for Sadie but the opportunity to move came at the right time, as she was coping with the aftermath of her husband Will’s affair. Will’s sister Alice had spent years coping with the pain of fibromyalgia and committed suicide in her home. Now, it will be home to Will, Sadie and their boys. There is, however, a condition to their new home. It comes with guardianship of Alice’s sixteen year old daughter Imogen. Sadie finds Imogen angry, secretive and obviously traumatised by finding her mother hanging in the attic.

Not long after their arrival on the island, there is a murder at the house next door and it unsettles Sadie more than anyone else. I like the way the author built a gradual unease in Sadie. Her concerns about someone being in the garden, hiding out in the house next door or even closer to home. She snoops in Imogen’s room, but gets caught out. The scene where Sadie wakes to find Imogen sitting in their room is unsettling. Will never notices their clashes or encounters. Then there are other hints that something might not be right with our narrator. She seems to start missing time and her youngest son Tate claims to have seen her watching him at school but she wasn’t there. We start to doubt everything she tells us.

In order to intrigue the reader further, Sadie’s narrative is is interspersed with two others. Camilla is the other woman, giving her side of the story and showing a growing obsession with the wife. Then there is Mouse. Her narrative is very disturbing, slowly revealing a life with her Dad who travels a lot for work and ‘Fake Mom’ his new wife. The emotional and psychological abuse in these sections in awful. The effect of both the other narrators is to keep the reader interested, working out where these voices fit, who are they and what does their story tell us about Sadie’s version of events.

The book keeps the reader held in suspense, shocks them in parts and makes them desperate to solve this mystery. The atmosphere is claustrophobic, people are stuck on this island for the night after the last ferry. Sadie is stuck in this house where Imogen roams in the night and the attic is haunted by the memory of her sister in law. I liked the idea that on a tiny island where everyone knows everyone, maybe they don’t know their neighbours or even their family as much as they think they do. A great, suspenseful read and from my perspective as a pain counsellor it was brilliant to see fibromyalgia depicted so accurately with a proper grasp of its impact on patients,

An extremely unpredictable thriller with twists and turns that saw me racing through to the end- then I sat back & wondered, why didn’t I notice that? Why didn’t I realise what was happening?

This is a big fat onion of a story, layer after layer is removed and just when you think you’ve reached the centre, you find there are more skins to work through!

What a twisted mind Mary Kubica has and how brilliantly she plots- I could see this novel in cinematic detail in my mind’s eye as I was reading it. It is no surprise to see that the film rights have been bought by Netflix.

The novel's varying point of view keeps the pace moving, and even though there were a couple of areas which left me with question marks, overall I loved it.

How wonderful to have a novel like this to escape into, during such a challenging week newswise.

I have been a fan of Mary's work for a while now. I have read and enjoyed each and every book that she has released to date. When I read the synopsis for 'The Other Mrs' it sounded like the deliciously creepy psychological thriller that I love reading. Oh this book was all that and more. I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'The Other Mrs' but more about that in a bit.
I wasn't quite sure what to make of the characters in this book but I don't mean that in a bad way. My gut instinct on the main characters of Sadie, Will and Camille were that they were holding something back and that each had something to hide. If I had met them in real life I would have kept them at arms' length until I had sussed them out a bit more. Each of them sent a little shiver up my spine for different reasons. Was I right to view them with such suspicion? Well for the answers to that question and so much more you are just going to have to read the book for yourselves to find out.
It took me a little while to get into this book. I don't mean that in a negative way but I was having trouble concentrating and I had to keep re-reading parts to remind myself of what I had just read. That's all down to me and not meant as a criticism of the author. The more I read, the more intrigued I became as to how the story was going to pan out and the more I had to read. I wasn't able to binge read 'The Other Mrs' over the course of a day because boring things like life got in the way, but I managed to read the book over the course of a few days. When I sat down to read, I was in 'The Zone' and I sat there quietly reading for an hour or so at a time. Usually when I read, I have the attention span of a gnat and I am easily distracted but not in this case. I was able to shut out all other distractions and focus solely on the book.
'The Other Mrs' is superbly written but then I think that is true of all of Mary's books. She has created a tight and intriguing plot and introduces more twists and turns to the tale than you would find on a 'Snakes & Ladders' board. She has also created characters who have more layers to their characters than you would find on a parcel during a game of 'pass the parcel'. Unwrap one layer and half a dozen more appear. Mary certainly kept me guessing as to which direction the story was going to take. I was gripped by the plot and on the edge of my seat throughout the book.
In short, I thoroughly enjoyed reading 'The Other Mrs' and I would recommend it to other readers. I will definitely be reading more of Mary's work in the future. The score on the Ginger Book Geek board is a very well deserved 5* out of 5*.

This is my first novel by bestseller author Mary Kubica though I have had a few of her other books on my e-reader for quite some time, specifically, When the Lights Go Out, and Every Last Lie.

The Other Mrs sees Sadie Foust, her husband Will, and their two boys, Otto and Tate, moving to a tiny coastal town to make a fresh start. From bustling Chicago, the Fousts choose to live in small-town Maine, as Will inherits a house and a niece (Imogen, who he knows little about) from Alice, his sister. Alice committed suicide, unable to live with the extreme pain of her Fibromyalgia, anymore. Sadie, a doctor, needed a new start, but she didn’t think she would find herself living in a secluded house on a sinister island with a hostile teenager. When her neighbour, Morgan Baines is murdered, Sadie becomes the number one suspect, having been seen arguing with Morgan. What follows is a twisted and tense tale that kept me on my toes.

The Other Mrs is told from three different perspectives; that of Sadie, Camille, and a young girl named Mouse. Camille is not only Sadie‘s ex roommate, but she’s also the other woman and as a result, has an unhealthy obsession with Sadie. Mouse is a clever young girl who is being abused. The island community is small and tight knit and they are rocked to the core as news of the murder emerges. Sadie is drawn into the mystery and tries to discover the truth.

Mary Kubica's novel follows a very intriguing, multi-layered story. The deteriorating weather conditions and isolation of the island help set the mood for this dark and chilling novel. With infidelity, obsession, bullying, suicide, and mental illness that befit a high calibre psychological thriller such as this one, I was gripped by the perfect plotting and pacing. The author's writing-style is impressive and noteworthy and evidently she is a gifted storyteller who can provide readers with thrills, sophistication and a story packed with substance. I like the way the story evolved, and for me, it is a very highly recommended read that will be of interest to many readers.

I received a complimentary digital copy of this novel, at my request, from HQ via NetGalley and this review is my own unbiased opinion.

The Other Mrs by @marykubica published by @hqstories 💕
Sadie, Will & their young children have moved into Will’s late sisters house on an island. Sadie is hoping for a fresh following the revelation about Wills affair.
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Shortly after they move to the area they find out that their neighbour has been found murdered. As they live on an island and the ferry doesn’t leave until the morning Sadie is anxious that the killer is still on the island.
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Not only do you as the reader wonder who is the murderer but also what is the link between Camille ( who is totally obsessed with Will) and a young girl called Mouse who is being abused by her step father.
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A dark, atmospheric yet compulsive read. It may appear the deeper you get into the book that there is a lot going on and that you may lose your way. But trust me when I say stay with it. It’s like a jigsaw lots of piece to start with but once things slowly into place it makes total sense.
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Thank you to @hqstories for gifting me a copy of this book

After Will’s sister commits suicide he inherits her house and his sullen teenage niece Imogen. The timing is perfect as Will has been caught in an affair and his wife Sadie had to resign from her job in emergency medicine so as not to lose her license. So Will, Sadie and their two boys Otto and Tate move in and shortly after their neighbour is murdered.

The book is narrated mostly by Sadie but interspersed by Camille who is obsessed by her husband Will and a small child called mouse. I will be honest and say I found Camille the most interesting character. She was blunt, knew what she wanted and set out to get it. Sadie was the polar opposite and was a bit wishy washy for me.

All of the characters have secrets including the kids and the isolating setting of a small island cut off in bad weather really amps up the creep factor. The narration is what really makes this book. You read Sadie’s point of view and think you know what is happening and then you hear Camille and mouse’s perspectives and you are unsure who is telling the truth.

Officer Berg is focussed on Sadie due to another neighbour’s statement making out she argued with the murdered woman. A woman who she had already told police she hadn’t met yet and with strange things happening at home (murdered neighbours necklace turning up in the house, gas left on, dogs barking at something outside) you catch the drift, Sadie in her infinite wisdom tries to work out who the killer is.

I’m probably in the minority here but I love unlikeable characters and I could take my pick out of this dysfunctional lot on who I liked the least. A slower pace than your standard thriller for the first half but to me that just built the tension and wow once the twists started they just kept on coming.

This was my first read of this author but it won’t be my last, as after reading this I have since purchased The good girl and Pretty baby as I really enjoyed the author’s characterisation and writing style.

The Other Mrs is a dark, atmospheric read which was very enjoyable!

Firstly I just loved how the Island itself helped contribute to the tension and atmosphere in the book. It helps to bring a level of claustrophobia to the story too as you realise how isolated the island is and how easily it’s cut off from anything by bad weather. The islanders help contribute to the feeling that no one cares about the family as they like to keep to themselves and are very cautious of all strangers.

I thought the story developed well, with the slow release of information and reveals about the family keeping me very intrigued. As you might expect things aren’t as straight forward as they first appear and I especially liked finding out more about the character’s history. There are some very interesting, complex characters in this book though not many are likeable I still enjoyed learning more about them. My favourite was definitely Mouse though as she was a very relatable character and I enjoyed following her take on things.

The pace of this book gradually increases as the story develops and I found some of the scenes very nail biting to read. I did figure out part of the story early on but this didn’t stop me enjoying the book as I wanted to keep reading to figure out the other part of the story and see if I was right.

Huge thanks to HQ Stories for inviting me onto the blog tour and for my copy of this book.

I am really conflicted as to how to review this book. There are so many revelations at the end of the book. It feels that is too much happening. The ending can either be seen as very clever writing by the author or not quite believable. I really like a good thriller but I did not totally believe this one.

Thank you to Netgalley for my copy.