This is a twisty thriller
It is written as transcripts which is interesting
There is so much mystery and intrigue
A good suspenseful thriller

Due to a sudden, unexpected passing in the family a few years ago and another more recently and my subsequent (mental) health issues stemming from that, I was unable to download this book in time to review it before it was archived as I did not visit this site for several years after the bereavements. This meant I didn't read or venture onto netgalley for years as not only did it remind me of that person as they shared my passion for reading, but I also struggled to maintain interest in anything due to overwhelming depression. I was therefore unable to download this title in time and so I couldn't give a review as it wasn't successfully acquired before it was archived. The second issue that has happened with some of my other books is that I had them downloaded to one particular device and said device is now defunct, so I have no access to those books anymore, sadly.

This means I can't leave an accurate reflection of my feelings towards the book as I am unable to read it now and so I am leaving a message of explanation instead. I am now back to reading and reviewing full time as once considerable time had passed I have found that books have been helping me significantly in terms of my mindset and mental health - this was after having no interest in anything for quite a number of years after the passings. Anything requested and approved will be read and a review written and posted to Amazon (where I am a Hall of Famer & Top Reviewer), Goodreads (where I have several thousand friends and the same amount who follow my reviews) and Waterstones (or Barnes & Noble if the publisher is American based). Thank you for the opportunity and apologies for the inconvenience.

A very gripping read and a complex cast of characters. Enjoyed the intersperal of the court transcripts to keep you guessing and drive the plot along. Good twist near the end.

Great plot to get yourself lost in. This book has everything. A real fast paced thriller. Will get your heart racing on more than one occasion. Very well written. Highly recommend this book

How on earth do you go from a book club discussion that leads to a hypothetical discussion about how you might murder your spouse, to the next day one of those men ending up dead, and no one including the reader being entirely sure for a long while just who killed the man.

Or in fact which man it was, as there is a lot of motivation everywhere.

Told in a mix of transcripts from the court case and from the ladies points of view going back 8 months to the present, to explain all the complicated dynamics at play, I was utterly hooked and needed to keep on reading to discover the truth.

It's very clever and well thought out, and I really did come to also want to kill the dead man as he arguably deserved to die.

This is the second book I've now read by this author and I'm completely convinced it won't be the last as I've enjoyed both so much.

Thank you to Sphere and Netgalley for this copy which I have reviewed honestly and voluntarily.

This is the first book i have read by this author. When it first start9i didn't quite understand where it was going or how they linked together. However as it went on i got more drawn in.
Enjoyable read and will read more by thia author.

Found this one engaging and it kept my attention and tickled my curiosity, despite the POV chapters getting long-winded and stuffy at times. The transcript chapters kept things flowing, reviving the suspense many a time and thus keeping this book going.
Especially enjoyed that this was set in LA and not the (usual/regular for me lately) UK big town, and the development of the plot reminds me of those iTV crime dramas I love to follow.
All in all, not bad, even though it does drag a bit at times

Thanks to Netgalley for the chance to read this book. It wasn't for me unfortunately The plot didn't grip me & I just wasn't a fan of the characters who seemed fake

Gina LaManna writes an entertaining thriller set in Los Angeles about a trio of women and their friendships. The three ladies, Eliza, Anne and Penny are each facing challenging circumstances. Eliza Tate who works for a publishing company is married to Roman and is a close friend of Anne Wilkes since they met at college. Anne, married to LAPD detective Mark, is a stay-at-home mum with four young children. Actress Penny Sands has just moved to LA from Iowa and is living in a run-down area in an unmaintained flat. She is in Roman's acting class. When Eliza organises an event inviting self-help author and guru Marguerite Hill, to launch her second book, both Penny and Anne are present. With plenty of wine flowing, the conversation turns to philandering husbands and murder.

Gina LaManna's novel contains a stirring mix of tension, mystery and suspense, and this offering, Three Single Wives is a compelling thriller. The narrative is interspersed with details of a court trial through transcripts and the reader learns about the women's close friendship, their respective flaws, and their lewd secrets. I loved spending time with all three main characters, finding out about their lives and challenges. A scandalous, drama-filled delight!

I received a complimentary copy of this novel at my request from Little, Brown Book Group UK/ Sphere via NetGalley. This review is my own unbiased opinion.

This book could be epitomised in one word - cliche. The writing, the characters, the plot, the twist, the dialogue- all completely contrived. Endless detailed descriptions of clothes, interiors, restaurants made it an onerous read. And don’t even get me started on the so called Trial Transcript. I was surprised to learn that the author published more than thirty novels as the writing resonated with that of a beginner from an amateur creative writing class.

Entertaining and fun to read!

Three Single Wives creeps up on you and tangles you into its story, keeping you on the edge of your seat, and waiting with baited breath to see what will happen next.

Can highly recommend this story to anyone!

This was JUICY.

Is book-club boring you to death? Meet Three Single Wives by Gina LaManna. Punchy and unexpected, this will keep your heart pumping as you race to the very end; you'll never say book clubs are boring again.

„Three Single Wives“ is a mystery/thriller introducing us to Eliza, Anne and Penny, friends from a book club, and a murder. During one of their book club meetings, after one or two glasses of wine too many, they discuss ways of a perfect murder – how would they get rid of a cheating husband. Hypotheticaly, of course!
However, next morning, one of the women’s husband is found dead. Oops. What’s more, it turns out that all three of the friends have secrets, they told lies or have a motive to have killed him. It looks like the question is not why was he killed but which one of them did it. Or maybe all of them?

I was immediately drawn into the story. Immediately. The plot was intriguing and the narrative was interspersed with transcripted details of a court trial, and I must admit that those were probably the best bits, showing the real faces of the characters, showing them as they were: strong, not afraid, big – mouthed, clever and sharp, I simply loved their interactions with the lawyers. Also, we learn about their past and their backgrounds, about the way they became close friends and that they are hiding tons of secrets that are really dark and dirty! They were complex and well written and there comes a moment when you start to suspect all of them, not knowing who you can trust.

The characters were very strong personalities with their own distinctives voices, all different from each other.Eliza is the high flyer and the successful one, with great career in publishing and who loves his husband Roman. I think there was so much more to Eliza than she wanted to let us see and that there was a soft side of hers that she tried to keep hidden and this made her such an interesting and deep character. As well as the other ones, to be honest. Anne is Eliza’s best friend, even with those two leading such different lives, Anne staying at home and a mum to four children, her husband an LAPD detective. Penny Sands is the youngest one and comes from Iowa to LA hoping for her own American Dream to come true and risking everything for it to happen. So different, yet the same, and their paths eventually cross. And then boom, and someone is dead – killed.

It was a fast – paced and twisty mystery filled with mind – games and challenges. There is a lot happening in the story – the characters face many challenges, there are difficult circumstances to overcome such as affairs, betrayals, lies and blackmails. And the author really knows how to write such a story, keeping us in dark and suspense and adding many twists and turns on the way and you simply want to keep reading to see what’s going to happen. The writing style is flowing, it’s chatty and engaging and easy to follow yet the plot is really tight and make you all the time guess what has happened and who did it. I actually guessed the „who“ probably at the same moment as the character. So much to my detective skills. They’re non – existent. But also thanks to them, or rather thanks to their absence, I was absolutely taken by surprise and I enjoyed the end – it was unexpected, full of tension and actually very logic.

„Three Single Wives“ is a multi – layered story and Ginna LaManna really knows how to unpeel the layers. At certain points I truly suspected everyone, going back and forth with my suspicions. It was an entertaining, juicy, pacy and humorous mystery that kept me glued to the pages. It will leave you thinking that, yes, somebody was murdered, but no matter how flawed the characters, you will think they should get away with it, really. Thought – provoking and spicy, just what the doctor ordered, I really enjoyed this book. Recommended!

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An enjoyable fast read.
When I saw a book club, wine and getting revenge on a man I just had to read it.
Although I enjoyed the read there were a few things that bothered me.
The title for 1. All in all its the story of 4 women and only 2 were married. I think it could have done with more meat as well.
It's a story about women taking charge of their own lives. Each 1 struggling in her way. Did they plot to get rid of 1 of the thorns in their side or was 1 of them pushed too far?
The ending was interesting and I didn't see that coming.

Thank you to Netgalley and Little, Brown bookgroup UK for the ARC in exchange for my honest opinion

Omg… This was so much fun.

Three women (were they friends?), one book club to celebrate the launch of an author’s second book (wasn’t that familiar?), a discussion on how to kill the husband (hehehe 😂), and one dead body, a murder (didn’t I say online launches were much safer?). A court case where the prosecutor wanted to nail the culprit. But who was it?

My second book by author Gina LaManna, I loved the whole format of it. Different POVs where one chapter had the prosecutor asking the questions and the next had the backstory of that woman. I loved going back in time to understand how the story progressed since the past 8 months.

Each woman drew my empathy; I loved the way the author made them gray characters. Shadows played over them when life was tough. I could understand the acts they did to survive. My emotions were evoked.

The story had a gossipy feel to it, which was so needed on a lazy Saturday. In lieu of the television, the book provided me the right amount of entertainment.

A great finale to the read, and I was happy.

I read this book fairly quickly but not really because I was so keen to find out who done it but more I just wanted to get to the end. It wasn’t a bad read but it wasn’t memorable in any way either. The characters weren’t meaty enough and whilst the telling via different viewpoints added something it was a bit disjointed.

I read this ARC for an honest review
All thoughts and opinions are mine

Loved this
A great mystery with a mix of humour

This is the first book I have read of this author but I shall certainly be looking out for more - loved the writing

This was a good gripping book! It was very
Compelling and I couldn’t put it down towards the end. The characters were very relatable and realistic. I will definitely be recommending this to everyone!

Three women – Penny, Anne, and Eliza - are at a book club, discussing how to murder a cheating husband, then one of their husbands turns up dead the following day. Was the crime committed as a result of their discussion?

There are then flashbacks leading up to the murder.

A great read, with twists and turns, and an unexpected ending. Highly recommended!

Thank you to NetGalley and Little, Brown for an advance reader copy in return for an honest review.

I would rate this book 5⭐️

I really loved this book and how it was wrote I couldn’t even guess who the killer was. I had no idea I kept thinking ok I’ve got my killer, but when I found out who the killer was I was no where near it!

This book is an enjoyable read, and it had a lot going on, and a lot of drama!

The only down fall in this book was it felt like it went on forever!