Review: The Stranger's Wife

The Stranger's Wife by Anna-Lou Weatherley
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is my first book by the author. It has a decent story and good pace. A story about two women – Beth and Cath who are struggling with marital issues, and the stories converge well at the end.

Beth is married to Evan who is wealthy, but there seems to be little else to the marriage. She wants to move in with Nick, but it is not going to be easy and there is her young daughter Lily to consider. Cath is married to Saul, who is addicted to drugs and indulges in violent abuse. The scenes describing the abuse make for difficult & depressing reading but are very well written. Beth & Cath meet unexpectedly on the train and are struck by the similarities of their pains.

A violent crime brings Dan into the fray, who tries to piece together the sequence of event and the motive.

The book makes for engrossing reading - only the last few chapters could have been much better.

My rating: 3.5 / 5.


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