Publisher: William Morrow
Date of publication: August 4, 2015
She’s a wife.
She’s a mother.
She isn’t who you think she is.
Nicki Clements has secrets, just like anybody else—secrets she
keeps from her children, from her husband, from everyone who knows her. Secrets
she shares with only one person: A stranger she’s never seen. A person whose
voice she’s never heard.
And then Nicki is arrested for murder. The murder of a man
she doesn’t know.
As a pair of husband-and-wife detectives investigate her
every word, and as the media circle like sharks, all Nicki’s secrets are laid
bare—illusions and deceptions that she has kept up for years. And even the
truth might not be enough to save her. For although Nicki isn’t guilty of
homicide, she’s far from innocent. . . .
Woman with a Secret is unfortunately the second book by this author that I have not been able to finish. It is the 9th book in a series and to me, it didn't hold up well as a stand alone. I was expecting a thriller but it was just dull. I made it about 25% of the way in and gave up. It kind of rambled and I found myself re-reading parts to figure out what was going on.
There were a few reasons that I didn't care for this book. First, I didn't like the way it waffled back and forth between Nicki's first person perspective and the third person perspective of the detectives. That was threw off the flow of the book for me. Another reason was Nicki herself. She gets herself into her mess because she is having (it seems) and affair online with someone. She is married with two kids. I knew I wouldn't like her as the book progressed. Finally, I really felt like I needed back story on the detectives. I felt like I was coming right into the middle of a movie and was playing catch up.
I think that fans of this author's will like this book as well as fans of the series. But it wasn't enticing enough for me to go back to the beginning.
There were a few reasons that I didn't care for this book. First, I didn't like the way it waffled back and forth between Nicki's first person perspective and the third person perspective of the detectives. That was threw off the flow of the book for me. Another reason was Nicki herself. She gets herself into her mess because she is having (it seems) and affair online with someone. She is married with two kids. I knew I wouldn't like her as the book progressed. Finally, I really felt like I needed back story on the detectives. I felt like I was coming right into the middle of a movie and was playing catch up.
I think that fans of this author's will like this book as well as fans of the series. But it wasn't enticing enough for me to go back to the beginning.
About Sophie Hannah
Sophie Hannah is the New York Times bestselling
author of nine psychological thrillers and The Monogram Murders,
the first novel to be authorized by the estate of Agatha Christie. Her books
have received numerous awards, including a UK National Book Award, and are
published in twenty-seven countries. She lives in Cambridge, England.
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2 comments:
Thanks for being a part of the tour.
I like your thoughtful review of this book. Yours is the first I've read that had negative comments, but your comments tell me that you are a critical reader, and I mean that in a good way. That's the way I try to be, too.
Often, bloggers sa6 only positive things about books they review, and that really annoys me.
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