Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for an ARC in exchange for an honest review!


The Doctor's child is book #4 in "The Doctor's Wife" series and once again Daniel Hurst has managed to keep me entertained the whole way through!

Now I was harsher on the first three books in the series, and the 2nd book definitely was my favourite. However, this book was very entertaining! The ending was also VERY interesting for me so I would definitely recommend it.

This is gonna sound really weird, but this is BETTER than the 3rd book for sure. It felt like Hurst found his pacing back again with this one and it genuinely had me on the edge of my seat. I remember while reading the 3rd book I thought "I hope this isn't the last book in the series because that felt a bit disappointing." and I am so happy this book exists because this felt like the perfect way to wrap up the series.

Just like the previous book it's a classic popcorn thriller and is a very quick and easy read.

This book came out on May 1st, 2024, I would definitely recommend getting it!

The final book in the Doctors Wife Series and what a great ending! I am absolutely loving Daniels Hurst's books, they're so gripping.

"The Doctor's Child" delves into the tangled web of family secrets and the desire for retribution. I very much enjoy this series and the direction it has gone - very clever! Kept me on the edge of my seat until the end!

Maybe I would have liked it better if I had read the previous books and got into the characters' story before, but I somehow doubt it.

The first half of the book had a pacing that was way too slow, mostly reminiscing what happened in the previous books. On top of it, it was a bit difficult to follow from the start on who's who, especially since there are two pairs of mother-daughter and the author is switching timeline then and again.

Nevertheless, I asked for this book, so, what did appeal to me? The way the book was described, I thought Evelyn would chase down Fern, collect hints and go for her, which is actually not at all the case. So maybe just a mismatch in my expectations?

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture to let me have an early copy of this book.

The Doctor's Child by Daniel Hurst is another great psychological thriller from Hurst.
This is the fourth book in The Doctor’s Wife series and once again he hooked me from the very beginning.
I loved this nail biting thriller, raced through the pages to uncover twists and truths.
I enjoyed the storyline and thought the writing was very good.
Fun, entertaining, and with unexpected twists.

Thank You NetGalley and Bookouture for your generosity and gifting me a copy of this amazing eARC!

Shocking, gripping, fun, dramatic, and twist filled!!!!! Daniel Hurst delivered with The Doctor's Child!!! Woohoo! I could not wait to get my hands and eyes on this book. As with the other books in this series, it turned out to be a fast and fulfilling read for me. What a fantastic and fun series this has been! It all began with The Doctor’s Wife and was full steam ahead from there! Reading this series has been a wild twist filled ride!

Fern, Fern, Fern has been such a fun, diabolical, and twisted character. I do so love reading about her antics and getting into her head. She can and does rationalize everything and anything. After becoming a mother to Cecilia, she has mellowed some and is living happily in France. She never expected to see Alice, the woman who dared have an affair with her late husband, ever again. Alice, the Doctor's mistress, and her daughter, Evelyn live in England. Neither Fern nor Alice was anticipating ever seeing each other again. But when their daughters meet........

I found this book to be an entertaining, fun, and dramatic page turner. As I mentioned I have completely enjoyed this series from the beginning. It’s a little over the top and dramatic but boy what a ride!

Would this work as a stand-alone???? Perhaps, but seriously if you have not read the previous books, do yourself a favor and do so. There was so much that happened, so much background, that you will be glad you did.

Shocking, dramatic, well written, well thought out, and fun!

This is book 4 in the "The Doctor's Wife" series.
I absolutely adored the first book, it was one of my favourites of 2023. I've read every book of this series as it came out and I'm sad its finished.

I think the story got wrapped up very nicely in this final book, It has moved away from the original story a little bit but it still felt cohesive.

As always i loved the dual timeline and multiple POVs, it really makes the story so much better.

I'm actually going to miss these characters a lot, especially Fern. She was always my favourite.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for this ARC.

This is before in The Doctor's Wife book series and it's called The Doctor's Child. I received a copy from Bookouture via Netgalley. Today is also publication day for this book!

Now we follow both daughters as they have grown up and are adults now. One of them lives in France and one lives in England and both can't wait to leave their small villages and see the world.
Alice and her daughter Evelyn still live in England but Evelyn isn't speaking to Alice anymore. She blames her for everything.
Fern, after having fled from England to France, is there to say goodbye to her daughter Cecilia who is moving to Paris.
I won't tell any more about the story as I don't want to spoil it for anyone.

I absolutely enjoyed the stories of Alice and Fern and each time the author surprised me with the next book and with the focus on different characters. The author manages well to describe the characters in such a way that they're likable and that you understand their reasonings. This would be an absolute perfect conclusion to this book series although I would love to read another part of course!

The series is an absolute recommendation and you should definitely start with reading The Doctor's Wife.

5/5 ⭐

I had my doubts at first how the original book could turn into a full blown series...but here we are on the fourth (and final, sobs) 'episode' already.

Advancing on eighteen years from where we finished The Doctor's Mistress, the children are now into adulthood and it's time for their mothers to meet.

I've been on board since the first book and have absolutely loved this series. They're fast paced, highly addictive and full of more twists than I could ever handle on a roller-coaster.

Hurst has firmly cemented his place as one of my go to authors for a shot of suspense and thrill.

I would wholeheartedly recommend both the Doctor's series and the author.

★★★★★ 4.5 stars (rounded up)

The past can't stay hidden forever...the truth will always come out...

He's back! This time with the fourth and final book in The Doctor's Wife series, concluding the tale that has spanned some two decades. When we left off in the previous book "The Doctor's Mistress" , Alice had been hell-bent on seeing Fern behind bars once and for all whilst battling her post natal depression after Evelyn's birth. But that chapter ended somewhat surprisingly when Alice let Fern go after saving her little girl's life on a Cornwall clifftop. And now they are all back...and Evelyn and Cecilia are now on the cusp on adulthood. So how does it all end?

It's been eighteen years since Alice and Fern were last face to face. Now their daughters have grown and life hasn't quite turned out the way they may have expected it to. For Fern, life on the run has been fraught with danger and looking over her shoulder but her life took a surprising turn when she fell in love with Pierre, a doctor no less, and the couple married in a small and private ceremony in the little French village in which they lived. Her life has been quiet and near perfect but she is forever keeping watch to ensure her secrets stay buried and that her husband and daughter never find out the truth.

But now Cecilia is about to turn 18 and is moving to Paris with her best friend Antoinette where the girls will live their best lives. Fern worries her daughter may be tempted to travel further afield and venture back to England and seek out her roots but Fern must do everything to ensure she never does that for fear that the truth will out.

While life has been kind to her arch enemy since their face-off eighteen years before, Alice has not been so lucky. Her daughter Evelyn> has grown up with constant bullying over being the infamous doctor's child as everyone in Aberness knows who they are and their roles in the most famous story to happen in the northern village. Alice never hid the truth from her daughter and now Evelyn is making her mother pay for letting Fern go all those years ago. She cannot understand why she did and has never forgiven her for it. In the meantime, the man at the centre of where it all began - Doctor Drew Devlin - has risen in status to practically sainthood in his daughter's eyes, though she never knew him. And for that she blames Fern and her mother for letting her get away with it.

Now at 18, Evelyn has plans to travel Europe and cut herself off from her mother and hopefully make some friends along the way. Because life has been incredibly lonely in Arbeness with no friends at all, not with everyone knowing exactly who you are. And as the day she leaves arrives, her answers to her mother's questions are monosyllabic at best and her impatience to get away evident.

But Evelyn finds her travels aren't all what she expected to be. She makes no new friends as everyone in the hostels are travelling together and have no need for a third wheel and her desire to seek out new experiences and new friends falls flat. Until she arrives in Paris. There she makes two new friends - Cecilia and Antoinette. And it's only a matter of time before the fireworks begin...

OK so this one was a little more predictable than the previous three and yet it still holds the Hurst factor throughout. It was always going to end some way or another, it was just a matter of when and how. It's like two trains on a collision course. You know what's going to happen and you wait with baited breath to see it play out in slow motion as the two collide, unable to stop it happening. As the reader, we know the full story and we watch as the truth is revealed to the unsuspecting passengers in Cecilia and Evelyn.

It was interesting to see how the two women's lives had played out in the two decades since they last met. Fern was actually likeable now. She'd built a life for herself and Cecilia, which is what Alice told her to do. On the other hand, Alice has had to live with the choice she made in letting Fern go because she saved her little girl that day. But no matter how much she tried explaining it to Evelyn, her daughter refused to understand why. Evelyn looked at what Fern took away from her with rose tinted glasses in that she robbed her of her father, one that was a philandering womaniser who was not a very nice man and who I doubt would have had much interest in a child he'd fathered with his mistress. Evelyn's attitude grated on me throughout and she behaved like a spoilt child in some instances, blaming her mother who had done everything to protect her. Whilst Cecilia, on the other hand, lived a charmed life in France in total oblivion to her own mother's past crimes.

This tale is one of redemption as the story comes full circle with even something of a sad end in the case of one of the characters I had come to love in previous books. I do hope this is the last in the series as I believe the story has gone as far as it could go and really it has come full circle anyway.

THE DOCTOR'S CHILD can be read as a standalone but I do recommend that you read the series in order to appreciate the story in its entirety from the start.

1. The Doctor's Wife
2. The Doctor's Widow
3. The Doctor's Mistress
4. The Doctor's Child

Another stellar read from Daniel Hurst, unfolding through the various narratives and timelines to paint a fuller picture for the reader as only Hurst does.

I would like to thank #DanielHurst, #Netgalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #TheDoctorsChild in exchange for an honest review.,/b>

This review appears on my blog at https://stinathebookaholic.blogspot.com/.

When I requested this ARC.based on the title. I wasn't aware it was book #4 of a series. But I made sure the books are standalones. I quickly understood the premise that Alice had an affair with Dr Drew and got pregnant. Fern murdered her husband for cheating and fled to the countryside in France where she raised her daughter Cecilia with her new husband, also a doctor., Pierre. I'm expecting the book to be explosive & unpredictable but unfortunately I'm finding it very predictable regarding the two daughters who are both traveling in Paris & the U K. I do not care about any of these flawed characters, particularly Alice & Fern. While books jumping back & forth between past & present is extremely popular, I do not feel it's working in this book. 35% into the book there have been at least 4 deaths already and I've had enough. I'm DNFing to read a book I enjoy much more. Needless to say, I won't be reading the 3 other previous books in this series. I am curious if what I think happens, does, but not curious enough to read the next 65%

Wow, what a great book!! Thank you, NetGalley, for the opportunity to read it How many people can a person kill and get away with it? Plenty in this series! The story was leading up to a restaurant scene about halfway through, and I felt it coming. I both anticipated eagerly and dreaded getting to it. When everyone was on the way to the restaurant, I had to put the book down for a day. Haha

I'm sorry if this is the end of the series, as I have loved each book about this doctor and those who have played a part in his or his widow's life.

If you are looking for a griping, page turner with a satisfying ending, this is the book for you! The Doctor’s Child is the fourth book in The Doctor’s Wife series. While it can be read as a stand alone book, reading the other three books in this series first is recommended! With a minimum of four POV with alternating chapters as well as “flashbacks” to the past this book is captivating and leaves no stone unturned! While there are some twists and turns as you would find in a thriller, I found them to be predictable and craved a shocking moment. For this reason I’m giving this book 4⭐️. Overall I would recommend this book and look forward to reading more books by this author!


Thank you Net Galley and Bookouture for providing an ARC of The Doctor’s Child by Daniel Hurst for review. All opinions expressed in this review are entirely my own.

The Doctor’s Child is the fourth and what I think is the final book in this series. For anyone who hasn’t yet read this series the books are in order; The Doctor’s Wife, The Doctor’s Widow, The Doctor’s Mistress . Whilst this one can be read as standalone the previous books I’ve mentioned are also excellent reads and well worth reading. So back to The Doctor’s Child. Again Hurst has written a fast paced and thrilling page turner. My only very slight problem was there was a lot of moving back and forward between past and present, this usually isn’t a problem for me but there were times I had to think to what person the chapter was referring to , now this wasn’t a major problem and it did state at the start of every chapter. Apart from this it certainly didn’t take away my enjoyment from this roller coaster of a read. If you enjoy fast paced and gripping thrillers this is one I would really recommend

I absolutely loved this series. While I'm really sad for the ending, I wish it ended differently for one of the characters even if I probably am in the minority there.. It was nice to see how both children turned out and how their mothers' past had affected them.

Thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for access to this arc in exchange for my honest review.

Daniel does it again with the concluding part of The Doctor's Wife series. A very satisfactory end to a thoroughly enjoyable series. It was great to go back and see what became of these unlikeable characters (I did like Cecila and Evelyn though). With a few twists and turns and naturally a few more deaths, I feel like I got the closure I needed. Can't wait to read many more books from this wonderful author.

Daniel Hurst continues Fern Devlin’s story and ohhhh how it plays out!
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this fourth installment of the Doctor’s Wife series but I think this one is my favourite. For me, this was a fast, one day, guilty pleasure read.
Thank You to NetGalley, Bookouture, and Daniel Hurst for the opportunity to enjoy this ARC.

I've enjoyed reading about the deranged adventures of Fern Devlin, but I wish it wasn't over! Boy, she does some insane stuff! And even though she does some really bad things, I was rooting for her the whole way. I loved the adult introduction of Cecelia (Fern's daughter), Evelyn (Alice's daughter) and Pierre (Fern's French doctor husband). I did see the "major twist" in the middle coming, but I was still entertained by the details and happenings around it. This series is full of craziness, off-the-wall thinking and rationalizations, but Fern isn't the only nutty one. Perhaps Hurst could continue with Alice's experiences next as she seems to be good at getting herself into sticky situations. Or maybe the next generation of stories can continue with Cecelia and Evelyn. In any case, I found The Doctor's Child, as well as the entire series, amusing and entertaining. Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture for the digital ARC.

NOTE: This is the fourth and last book in The Doctor's Wife series. I recommend reading them in order.

Thanks to #NetGalley and #Bookouture for the book #TheDoctorsChild by #DanielHurst. The final book in the Doctors series, is wrapped up nice and neat in this book. I enjoyed this book as much as o have enjoyed the other ones in this series. There is a lot of drama, death and finality and I was on edge the whole time. Was justice served? Did everybody get what was coming to them?

The saga continues with the doctor who died three books ago. Fern and Alice both have a storied past, but have settled into their new lives. Fern is a little less worried about anyone finding out her real identity. Alice's relationship with her daughter is not good. Evelyn wants revenge on the woman who took her father's life. She is just a broody young lady who has no real friends.

This was not my favorite of the four books because I missed the psychological warfare that I have grown accustomed to in this series, but it was still hard to put down. There were times that the pace was a little slow for me, but the ending was almost perfect. I really do not like any of the characters in this series, but I guess that is by design. You do not have to read the previous three books, as you get a history lesson in this book as the time rolls from the past to the present, but I recommend that you read them in order. It will be well worth your time.

Thank you to Bookouture and NetGalley for this ARC. I am leaving this review voluntarily.