#BlogTour: The Wife Next Door by Amanda Brooke @AmandaBrookeAB @fictionpubteam @RandomTTours #TheWifeNextDoor #AmandaBrooke #RandomThingsTours #FiveStars

Book Synopsis:

How well do you know the people closest to you?

It’s not just secrets buried in the garden next door…

Jane doesn’t know her new neighbours very well.

She thought they were nice. She thought they were happy.

She was wrong.

First there’s the explosive rows. Then she catches one of them digging a grave-shaped trench in the garden.

When the truth emerges, someone would kill to cover their tracks…

My Review:

The Wife Next Door is a gripping, twisty and thought provoking read that I really enjoyed. It’s a book that’s going to be difficult to review as I really don’t want to give anything away.

The story is told mainly from the point of view of Jane but we sometimes hear from the wife next door and have flashbacks to Jane’s childhood. I liked Jane who came across as a smart, confident woman. She had a very difficult childhood which has had a long lasting effect on her. I felt very sorry for her and the descriptions of everything she went through broke my heart. I wasn’t too sure about some of the decisions she made in the book though and often found myself cringing or wanting to shout at her as she tries to investigate what is happening next door.

The first half of the book is a bit slower than the second half as the author introduces us to the characters but I still found it very interesting and wanted to find out more about what was going on. The second half is very fast paced with lots of twists and revelations that made it hard to put down. The chapters are fairly short which makes it easy to promise yourself just one more chapter and then read way too late into the night. As mentioned above there are a few scenes that are hard to read so do check trigger warnings before you read.

The ending was brilliant and very unexpected which I always love. It has made me want to re-read the book again to see if I could have guessed earlier.

Huge thanks to Anne Cater for inviting me onto the blog tour and to Harper Collins for my copy of this book.

About The Author:

Amanda Brooke is an internationally bestselling author. Her debut novel, Yesterday’s Sun, was a Richard and Judy Book Club pick and since then she has written eleven further books which regularly make the bestseller charts. Amanda lives in Merseyside with a cat called Spider, a dog called Mouse, and a laptop within easy reach.