There was plenty of suspense and tension in this book, I found it very enjoyable and kept wanting to keep reading more.

Number Three has an air of drama and darkness about it. Well written characters and a storyline i really got involved in. A woman trapped in a marriage and living in a place i would not last five minutes in!
My thanks to netgalley and the publisher for my copy.

Even though they haven’t seen each other since high school, Laurel Morrow, incited for the murder of her husband Bob, chooses reporter Cat Carroll to hear her story. This tragic, heartfelt confession becomes the first part of Number Three, a fine-tuned mystery involving life in the suburbs, adultery, marriage and friendship. Bob Morrow has always wanted to live in the country. He buys a house an hour from Boston, and moves Laurel and their three young sons to Northington. With Bob’s frequent work and social absences, Laurel is adrift in this small town with its cliques, extra costs and physical distances from neighbors. As Laurel battles swarms of mosquitoes, failing wells and septic systems, she and Bob grow farther apart. After his surprise death, she’s arrested for murder.

Cat Carroll, who plans to write a book about Laurel, covers the trial. She is also dealing with an attraction to Jack Heggerty, a journalist for another paper. Cat thinks that Laurel is guilty and that she knows how the murder was carried out. However, after a poor decision, Cat’s relationship with Jack dominates the news.

Not until the Epilogue of this impossible to put down domestic thriller do we understand what really happened that night in Northington. Number Three is a must read! Add it to your TBR pile. Recommend it to your book club! 5 stars.

Thank you to NetGalley, M. W. Mahoney Publishing and Mary W. Mahoney for this ARC.