Book Synopsis:
HE CHEATED. HE LIED. HE DIED.
Vicki’s husband David once promised to love her in sickness and in health. But after a brutal attack left her suffering with epilepsy, he ran away with his mistress.
So when Vicki gets a call one day to say that he’s missing, her first thought is ‘good riddance’. But then the police find evidence suggesting that David is dead. And they think Vicki had something to do with it.
What really happened on the night of David’s disappearance?
And how can Vicki prove her innocence, when she’s not even sure of it herself?
The Dead Ex is available now in ebook and paperback. The ebook is currently only 99p. You can purchase a copy of both here.
My Review:
The Dead Ex was a brilliantly gripping thriller that kept me guessing. This book kept me company during a long night with a poorly baby and definitely helped make the hours go by faster!
The story is told from the point of view of both Vicki, an aromatherapist with a murky past, and Scarlett a little girl who has been used as a pawn for her mum’s drug dealing. I found this very intriguing as it wasn’t immediately obvious why the story was being told from both perspectives. My first view of the characters was that they were, to use my mum’s expression, more to be pityied than scolded. They’ve both had hard lives and have had a lot of different things to deal with. This opinion did change throughout the book as the story unfolds.
I really enjoyed how this story progressed. The author slowly releases little snippets of information about the book and the mystery at a great pace that kept me interested and turning the pages. The reader is aware almost from the start that something is not quite right with Vicki’s narrative and her past which helped add to the tension as I tried to work out what it was. There were a lot of twists and turns which I loved. As soon as I thought I’d figured out what was happening, something would happen to send it in a completely different direction. The ending was brilliant a great way to end this fabulous book.
Huge thanks to Hannah Ludbrooke and Viking Penguin for my copy of this book and inviting me onto the blog tour. If you like gripping, fast paced thrillers with some fantastic twists and turns you’ll love this book!
About The Author:
Jane Corry is a writer and journalist who has spent time working as the writer in residence of a high security prison for men – an experience that helped inspire her Sunday Times bestsellers ‘My Husband’s Wife’ and ‘Blood Sisters’. Jane runs regular writing workshops and speaks at literary festivals all over the world. Many of her ideas strike during morning dog-jogs along the beach followed by a dip in the sea – no matter how cold it is!
Jane’s brand-new thriller ‘The Dead Ex’ is being published on 29th June 2018 by Penguin Viking and is available for pre-order.
You can find Jane on Twitter at @JaneCorryAuthor and on Facebook at JaneCorryAuthor as well as Instagram.
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Fab review! I loved all the twists and turns as well!
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Thanks lovely, it was fantastic wasn’t it xx
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