The Liars Wife by Samantha Hayes Book Review

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Synopsis

Ella Sinclair lives a reclusive and predictable life; wake, work, sleep.  She keeps herself to herself and tries hard to keep her head down and her life people free.

That is until the day that Ella wakes in hospital after an accident to be told that her husband, Jacob, has been visiting.  Confusing to Ella because she’s never been married!

After a lengthy stay in hospital, Jacob takes Ella home to begin their new life together, leaving Ella with limited choices.  Escape is not an option because he knows something from her past that would devastate her whole world.

 

Review

This book had me hooked from the beginning.  To begin with, there are the many clues about Ella’s past and why she has become so  aloof and alone.  Then there’s the unexpected appearance of a ‘husband’ that we know does not exist, a person from Ella’s past who has something over her, enough to make her play along with his cruel and wicked game of happy families.

The character of Jacob was written in such a way that my skin crawled every time he was there.  Occasionally I would become frustrated with Ella, willing her to shout out or tell some one what was happening.

I spent the reading time sitting with a huge pit of fear in my stomach, always wondering what was going to happen next.  each chapter unravelled a new element to the story.  The flashback chapters provided glimpses into Ella’s life before and the people in it.  The present scenes became more and more intense as the book went on with each appearance of Jacob becoming more sinister and monstrous as the previous one.

Each chapter build tension until it ends a twisted crescendo of fear and panic.

I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it to any thriller/suspense lovers.