I enjoyed The Other Woman by Jane Isaac especially the character of Beth Chamberlain.

Imagine your husband shot outside your home, right in the driveway. That’s what happened to Monika, wife of businessman Cameron Swift. What happens if you find out not only is the man you loved dead but has another family? That’s what happened to Sara.

Now you’re the person assigned to the role of Family Liasion Officer, you are both nurturing the family and keeping an eye on anything suspicious, and there is a lot of weird activity around.

Synopsis:

The grieving widow. The other woman. Which one is which? When Cameron Swift is shot and killed outside his family home, DC Beth Chamberlain is appointed Family Liaison Officer. Her role is to support the family – and investigate them. Monika, Cameron’s partner and mother of two sons, had to be prised off his lifeless body after she discovered him. She has no idea why anyone would target Cameron.

Beth can understand Monika’s confusion. To everyone in their affluent community, Monika and her family seemed just like any other. But then Beth gets a call. Sara is on holiday with her daughters when she sees the news. She calls the police in the UK, outraged that no one has contacted her to let her know or offer support. After all, she and Cameron had been together for the last seven years.

Until Cameron died, Monika and Sara had no idea each other existed. As the case unfolds, Beth discovers that nothing is quite as it appears and everyone, it seems, has secrets. Especially the dead…

This was a good start to what will become a series with Beth Chamberlain. I look forward to reading more from author Jane Isaac!

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A wealthy suburb (with its' own golf course) is the site of a close range shooting. The man, now dead, is Cameron Swift, 46, - he had no priors - according to the police.. Monika, Cameron's wife, was the first one to find him. The police send a DC, Beth, as Family Liaison Officer to Monika and her 12 year old son, Oskar, and her baby, Jakob.

The police see this as a planned attack and begin searching for clues. What they do not know about at first is that there is also a SARA Swift...

Lies, surprises and secrets abound!

Many Thanks to Aria and NetGalley for a superb read!

The Other Woman is a good story involving two women whose lives are thrown together when Monika finds her husband Cameron Swift shot dead on their driveway one Sunday morning,DC Beth Chamberlain is brought in as Family Liaison Officer to Monika and her two boys as they the police try to work out why someone would want her husband dead,and when a second woman gets in touch claiming to be Cameron's wife also, the police are forced to take Sara Swift seriously as they uncover the secrets and lies of Cameron Swift's life.It is a well told story with plenty of twists and turns along the way,i wouldn't say the book had me gripped but it was a good police procedural and if Jane Isaac decides to make this into a series of books i would certainly read the next instalment.A good 4 star read.

The Other Woman is fantastic! It’s bad enough to find out your partner has been murdered but then to find out he has another family?! WOW! What a great idea for a plot, I was shocked and had to know how everything tied together...I wasn’t disappointed!

5/5

A really incredible police procedural story. Very informative and interesting and the murder mystery story was brilliant. Loved it. Loved the beautiful setting of the very rich xx

The Other Woman by Jane Isaac is a tale of lies, deception, double lives, and revelations. This is a compelling mystery that kept me thoroughly engaged throughout.

When Cameron Swift is gunned down outside of his home early one morning, it is understandably devastating for his partner Monika and their young sons. But as the police begin to investigate the seemingly random crime, the life of the victim is exposed to bring about startling revelations that Monika cannot begin to fathom. Who is this man with whom she has shared her life for the past several years? And, more importantly, who is Sara Swift, the woman who claims to be his wife?

This is an intriguing premise with enough twists thrown in to make for a fresh take on a story that has been played out again and again. Recommended.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Aria for this ARC.

Great read. Murder mystery with a twist. Well written storyline with well developed characters that made this complex story easy to read. Two women get devastating news and find out they have something in common. I am looking forward to reading more by this author.

The Other Woman by Jane Isaac is a reissue of After He's Gone which was self published a couple of years ago.

The story is one in the Beth Chamberlain series and is a very good and interesting police crime novel that has a number of twists and turns.

The book kept me entertained throughout and is one that I would recommend

Thanks Netgalley and the publisher for the ecopy. Cameron Smith was killed outside his home which ended up revealing that he was leading a double life since he had two wives Monika and Sara and children with each one. Now to find out who did it, who killed Cameron? Interesting, twisty read.

I just finished this book. I found the day to day operations intriguing in that the primary character Beth is new to her position as a family liaison officer sent to help a family following the murder of a husband and father. In the beginning it’s the father who they believed brought this tragedy by his shady dealings to their doorstep. Happily things are not as simple as that and we find Cameron had another family in another town. As if this twist was enough to give this tale a wicked spin we find Beth’s sister involved in a complicated separation and subsequent liaison with a known criminal. Ah the turns in this tale just kept coming. Happy Reading

The Other Woman is the second book in the DC Beth Chamberlain police procedural series by Jane Isaacs. Beth is now a Family Liaison Officer who is appointed to the family of Cameron Swift after he is gunned down outside his home. While uncovering who the murderer is and the reasons for it, Beth becomes involved with Cameron's other family which leads her into danger.

Beth doesn't play by the rules and also has to contend with personal problems of her secret affair with a colleague and her sister who is in a relationship with a dangerous criminal, which affects Beth's professional life.

I enjoyed reading from the point of view of a family liaison officer, and look forward to learning how Beth's character develops in future stories. Many thanks to NetGalley and Aria for the opportunity to read and review The Other Woman.

This is the type of book that you can put down and pick up and get right back into it. It was not as twisty or suspenseful as I was hoping for and this was the first book I have read by this author. The ending also let me kind of deflated and just wasn't that great. It follows the story of Cameron who was gunned down in front of his home with the pictures posted to social media. As his partner Sara tries to figure out why this happened she finds out he was leading two different lives. The story flows out from there as she tries to figure out what really happened. Overall it was an easy read, just not my cup of tea.

What I can best equate the premise of this story to (or rather, the big reveal of the book, IMO) is Love After Lockup. Which sounds ridiculous, BUT! On that show, there was a convict and his partner featured, and then, out of nowhere, another woman comes on and starts talking about her convict partner, and it's the same guy. That was the first place my mind went when I read about Cameron having two partners and two families and then I couldn't get it out of my mind throughout, ha!

Anyway - the premise is there, but the character development was not there. The concept worked, but the characters really don't develop. Monica is the character we see the most growth from, but I feel a good part of that is just because we get the story from her POV several times throughout and not necessarily because she's developing. I also found the main narrator, Beth, to be strongly dislikable. She's allegedly a strong character, but never actually acts on anything, lucks into the development on her case, and is having an affair with her boss. Hard no on that one.

My last major gripe was the story behind Cameron's murder. There were so many avenues that seemed feasible for why he was killed, and then the big reveal was just so... meh. I really feel several of the other options that were set up would've been better!

Overall, it was fine. I finished it, but it probably won't be one I'll be anxiously awaiting the next in the series for.

If you like detective series type of books this may be for you? I had a hard time connecting with any of the characters in this book unfortunately. There was somewhat of a “dark cloud” over the book as well? While the plot was “murder”, so it definitely shouldn’t be humorous or lighthearted, there was nothing that seemed uplifting or positive at all? Admittedly, I skimmed some too? Just wasn’t for me overall. Thanks for the advance copy!

Thank you NetGalley and Aria for the eARC.
Cameron Swift is on his way to a game of golf when a motorcyclist shoots him to death in front of his home.
DC Beth Chamberlain is tasked with being the Family Liaison Officer for the family, her first time as FLO. From the first chapters featuring her, I really liked her character, she's kind, hard-working and dedicated to alleviating the pain of bereaved families. She's terrified of using elevators...I empathize!
The case is a tricky one, as it progresses slowly there are some shocking developments that complicate matters to no end. Cameron Swift was not the man he seemed to be. Was his killing due to shady business dealings or were there murkier reasons?
This is the first Beth Chamberlain book and I hope there will be many more. I liked the chapters featuring her personal life and can't wait for further developments. Jane Isaac is one of my favorite authors, I have read all her books and they're all terrific. Many thanks for the chance to read this one! Highly recommended.

This is the first time I’ve read this author and will definitely seek out more.
DC Beth Chamberlain is supporting the family of a man who was shot and killed on his driveway.
It’s her first time as a Family Liaison Officer.
I liked Beth as a character and look forward to getting to know her more in the next book.
Such an interesting case, with lots of twists and turns as the investigation progresses. The tension built perfectly and I just couldn’t put the book down. It certainly took me by surprise and didn’t go the way I was expecting.
Easy to read and felt I was already getting to know the other police officers in the team.
Thanks to Aria Fiction and NetGalley for the review copy in which I give my honest opinion.
Will post on my blog on publication day.

Thank you to Aria and NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was an enjoyable read, a classic police procedural with many facets and what felt like a true-to-life pacing of the story. The heroine was likeable, and it was interesting to see her portrayed with warts and all - tense family situation, complicated love life, ambition to succeed in her job. The ending did feel a bit far-fetched and really came out of left field, so I'm deducting something for that.

This is another enjoyable police procedural from Jane Isaac, this one featuring a new character, family liaison officer Beth Chamberlain who I think is very likeable as a lead protagonist. The novel starts in a very exciting way with a hostage situation and a shooting and what unfolds reveals secrets and lies and nothing is what it seems.

The characters are well portrayed and I really like this police team especially DCI Freeman who is paternal and caring and DS Nick Geary is likeable too. Although the pacing of the novel is a bit erratic at times, it’s fast then slow, then it picks up again and so on, I think this is reflective of an actual police enquiry from what I’ve seen of documentaries featuring genuine cases. This gives the book a feel of authenticity. There are plenty of twists and turns and some revelations to satisfy fans of the genre. The climax is very good and tense and also surprising which I like.

Overall, a good, solid and well written read from Jane Isaac, I feel you are in safe hands with her books.

Thanks to NetGalley and Aria for the ARC.

Beth is an excellent character with so many facets that she really shines more than the story itself. Multiple families and a dead man in the middle of the action provides an excellent vehicle in which Beth put he tools to work.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher via NetGalley.

This features Beth, a DC in the murder squad and a family liaison officer. She is assigned to Monika, whose partner Cameron was gunned down in their driveway, but is soon sent to meet Sara, who also claims Cameron as her partner and the father of her children. The set-up was intriguing and I thought the depiction of co-operative police work was well-portrayed.

I'm deducting a star for the conclusion, which came a bit too far out of left field to feel entirely satisfactory.

I will be seeking out other books by this author.