I Made A Mistake takes the reader on a quiet journey of love, betrayal, sacrifice and retribution. Poppy finds ou that everyone can make a mistake, but some mistakes carry more consequences than others. The perfect rainy day book.

This is the second book by the author that I have read, and I enjoyed this even more than the first. The style is gripping and the characters are engaging and believable. All fans of domestic thrillers should enjoy this book.

I really enjoyed this book. I got really invested in the characters and there were lots of twists and turns that kept me guessing. Definitely worth a read.

What a fantastic story. Really twisty and turns with parts you won’t predict. This author is fabulous. The characters are real and you’ll root for them. But what’s particularly special is the cleverness. Not everyone had that edge. 5/5.

I really enjoyed this book. Jane Corey is an excellent Author and this book was a really enjoyable gripping read.
I have read a couple of her books and she always writes something that will keep you on the edge of your seat. One that I would definitely recommend.

I loved this book. A compelling plot and very readable. First book ive read by author but will be reading more.

Jane Corry has a real talent for building suspense in such a clever slow-burn way that before you know it, you're caught up in a can't-put-down reading binge and staying up all night because you simply must know what happens next.
Perfectly plotted and peopled with unique, imperfect characters, I Made a Mistake is another win from Jane Corry and highly recommended.

This was a typical family thriller. I found the way the story was written with Betty's chapters in-between was interesting and made the story very readable. However I did find the decisions that Poppy made very frustrating. The were so many opportunities for her to try and resolve things and she just didn't.

I liked the way that the stories revolved around each other even though they were set in different times.

Overall a good story but not one I would read again.

YOU DIDN'T MEAN TO DO IT.
IT WAS ONLY ONCE.
BUT NOW HE'S DEAD, AND SOMEONE HAS TO PAY . . .

Poppy is quite clear on how she categorizes women: there are those who are faithful to their husbands, and those who are not. And she falls under the first category - obviously!

But when she sees charming Matthew Gordon again after almost two decades, something changes.

Poppy makes a single mistake - a mistake that is going to cost someone their life.

The plot of I Made a Mistake is quite good and would make for an excellent thriller - if it did not get completely lost in the details of the most mundane things that are being described. It is definitely not as full of suspense as the blurb suggests, but more of a family saga.

If you like slow burns that are focusing on the characters and their backstories, you will definitely enjoy this book. For me personally the characters fell a little flat and the story dragged on too much.

Poppy is a workaholic, and so is her husband. They seem to have lost the spark in their marriage and when Poppy meets her first love at an event, she’s tempted by his good looks and charm. However, he’s not as charming as he appears, and is after more than a night of passion.

The story is told from the point of view of Poppy, and also her mother in law, Betty. Betty is telling the story of her past in the form of a long letter.

As more is revealed about Betty, we see some parallels between her life and Poppy’s.

I liked the characters in this book, they were well developed and interesting. I particularly liked Betty and loved to hate Matthew, Poppy’s old flame.

I found it really absorbing to read and read it in a day! I found the chapters alternating between Poppy and Betty worked very well.

The plot was good and there were plenty twists and turns. I did partly work out ‘whodunnit’ so that part was slightly predictable for me as I’d guessed quite a while before it was revealed. Initially, I thought some parts were maybe a bit far fetched, but when I thought about it again I realised it was quite feasible.
The ending was fitting and not too rushed.

I enjoyed this book and look forward to more from this author.

3.5 stars rounded to 4.

Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Books for a copy of this for review.

This novel took a while to get going but once it did, wow. For the first half of the book, it seems a cliche story with a predictable ending but the twists are impossible to guess. It leaves an underlying tone of suspicious and suspension throughout.

I would recommend this book

I have loved every book of Janes so far which is the only reason I stuck with this one. It is probably a personal thing but I just didn’t like Poppy the main character. However her mother in law Betty I could read her life story over and over again. Betty is one amazing character and although not the main focus of the book she certainly holds the story together and comes through at the end for Poppy.

Thank you to NetGalley and Penguin Random House UK for my e-copy in exchange for an honest review.

I love Jane Corry books, this one did not disappoint, it is one of her best.

We hear from both Poppy and Betty and also another who is on trial for murder. The story is written via chapters interspersed with letters and this is a great way to layout the plot. I don't want to give to much away, but I can only say I would certainly recommend this book to others.

I Made a Mistake by Jane Cory is a fast paced family drama. It tells of Poppy, a mother who has her own business and juggles family life and being in charge of her company. She meets an old flame at a conference and the drama unfolds from there. It’s an interesting observation of how parents get caught up in their working lives, neglecting their personal relationships. I particularly enjoyed reading the letters written to Poppy from her mother-in-law Betty. These describe the contrasting roles of married women and the relationship between husband and wife from the 1970s to present day. An easy pleasant read.

"It started with a kiss...and ended with murder!"

Although I have a couple of Jane Corry's books on my TBR list, this is the first book I have read by this author. And although I MADE A MISTAKE is a very slow burn to begin with, it does pick up the pace further in with a mystery to make you glad you stuck around for it. I wouldn't class it as a thriller as such - more of a domestic drama tinged with some thriller aspects. These types of books are generally difficult to categorise as they tend to fall between genres - not quite in but not quite out either.

Beginning with a tragic accident at Waterloo underground station, we don't discover who is involved till further in. And only then we are given tidbits to flesh out in our imaginations as to what really happened on that fateful day. It soon becomes clear a few chapters in that someone is on trial for murder and, though we don't know who, the deceased's identity is soon revealed...leaving us trying to piece the puzzle together.

Rewind six weeks prior and Poppy Page is at a Christmas party where she bumps into an old boyfriend. But not any old boyfriend. Matthew Gordon was her first love and they were together for three years before he upped and left with another student from their drama class, whom he later married. Matthew went on to become a successful actor in the title role of a popular drama in the nineties...although he hasn't been in anything since. He claims to be at the party to network amongst directors and producers, hoping to land himself something.

Although Poppy's dreams of becoming an actress never came to fruition, she now runs a successful agency for "extras" negotiating with casting directors for films, TV and commercials. The last thing she expected, or even wanted, was to chance upon Matthew bloody Gordon. But she soon catches his eye and he hones in on her almost immediately, batting away a string of admirers along the way. The meeting is tentative and awkward at first but Poppy soon finds herself reminiscing about the man who could ignite a passion in her she has never felt since. And what was at first a chance encounter leads to a mistake with such repercussions that could devastate her entire family.

As a mother to 17 year old Melissa and 14 year old Daisy, Poppy has been married to her dentist husband Stuart for nearly twenty years. Her family mean everything to her. Including her mother-in-law Betty, who also lives with them since the death of her husband Jock. Since starting up her extras agency business, which she runs from home, Poppy has welcomed Betty's presence even moreso and her invaluable help with the girls when it is most needed. For Poppy, Betty has been like a mother to her...especially since her own mother abandoned her and her father when she was 18 and she hasn't heard from her since. But what Poppy doesn't know is that in a secret lifelong desire, Poppy is the daughter that Betty never had. Perhaps that's why the two women are especially close.

So when Poppy makes a horrible mistake that inevitably puts everything she values most at risk, she soon discovers that the ripple effect she has set in motion by diving head first into the deep end has far-reaching consequences that could destroy everything. Can Poppy's family survive the fallout from that one mistake? Can her marriage?

I MADE A MISTAKE unfolds rather cleverly through the eyes of both Poppy and Betty. As Poppy takes us on a journey through lost love, mistakes and repercussions, Betty recounts her own story in the format of a series of letters to her daughter-in-law. There is also the inclusion of excerpts from a trial at the Criminal Court where Poppy finds herself under brutal cross examination. And while we discover the identity of the deceased in the first of these (court trial) chapters, exactly who is on trial remains a mystery until about three quarters of the way through. Though I pieced it together in a random moment of clarity just before it was revealed.

Although there are two stories unfolding throughout, whilst seemingly different in the past and present, the choices each makes can often find two different women in somewhat similar circumstances. However, while Poppy's story is primarily the focus here that wasn't what made it interesting for me. I was more fascinated and invested in Betty's own story and the choices (and mistakes) she made as a young wife and mother and how that played into the circumstances Poppy ultimately finds herself in. It was Betty's story that kept me turning the pages. That, and the criminal trial which was also proving to be compelling. Poppy's story had me tearing my hair out at its slow progression to anywhere...and then when it did, I found I wanted to shake her for her stupidity. But then stress does make people do strange and idiotic things that another simply cannot fathom. And what with her already floundering marriage, her bickering teenagers, her busy lifestyle, running a house AND trying to cope with her father in the early stages of dementia...Poppy sure had her fair share of stress.

I have to admit, every time her name was mentioned in full - Poppy Page - I found myself hearing "Polly Page" from The Bill. And then to realise her mother-in-law's name was Betty Page...but somehow I didn't picture the 70 year old grandmother as a buxom pin-up model of the 1950s. I think hubby Jock might have had something to say about that, that's for sure!

Initially dubbed as a thriller, I MADE A MISTAKE is more of a family domestic drama that starts of very slowly but gains momentum about halfway through. Admittedly, I nearly gave up several times but it was Betty's story that kept me anchored in the hope the rest of the book would pick up pace. Not soon enough though, but enough to say that I am glad I stuck with it because in the end, I did enjoy it.

A story of mistakes, guilt, regrets, death and lost love, I MADE A MISTAKE will appeal to fans of slow burning domestic drama and women's fiction.

I would like to thank #JaneCorry, #NetGalley and #PenguinUK for an ARC of #IMadeAMistake in exchange for an honest review.

I enjoyed this book although im not sure enjoyed is the right word. it gripped me from the first word and it wasn't one of those books where you had it figured by 40%
it was easy to read and would recommend to anyone who loves good thriller

My second book by Jane Corry, and I so enjoyed it. We meet Poppy and her Mother-in-law Betty, and learn about their past lives.
Poppy runs a successful extras agency, and lives with her husband Stuart, their two daughters and mother-in-law Betty.
Both Betty and Poppy have secrets in their past which threaten their future happiness. Then Poppy makes a mistake which changes all their lives, when the man she has an affair with is murdered.
There are several fabulous twists to this story right up until the very end and I thoroughly recommend it.

This is the second book by this author for me. I really liked My Husband's Wife, and the premise for this book sounded twisty and interesting so I was excited to read this one. Whilst the writing was good, characters enjoyable to read and the pace not too slow, I did find this one to be a bit predictable and definitely more of a domestic drama than thriller with suspense, which was kind of what I was hoping for in this book. Thanks to the Author, Publisher and NetGalley for a copy of this ARC to read and review.

I Made a Mistake by Jane Corry

It starts with a court case then the different parts from all the people involved.

A well written story with many twists and ultimately a murder. Not always fast flowing it dragged a bit but like most thrillers was a bit dark in parts . I had mixed feelings about this story but still a good read on the whole.

A gripping book which examines the consequences of one fatal choice. It put me in mind of Apple Tree Yard a bit, so did not feel totally original because of that, but the treatment of the plot was fresh. A good read nevertheless.