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The Other Woman's House: A Zailer and Waterhouse Mystery by Sophie Hannah

What I Loved

• The Other Woman's House is the second book I've read by Sophie Hannah and love her suspenseful writing style that held me spellbound until the very end


• Her attention to detail is marvelous, not only does she create a more vivid picture in one's mind but adds depth to the crime at hand.

What I Didn't Love

• Despite the detail Sophie Hannah creates the story drags and she spent too much time discussing the interior of "the other woman's house" so at times I actually forgot what the crime was.


• Zailer and Waterhouse, the two detectives of the novel, just annoyed me.  Their honeymoon/relationship felt forced and they spent too much time talking it out rather than taking action.

Final Thoughts

The Other Woman's House was predictable to anyone who has watched Dateline as the husband always did it.  Sophie Hannah, while a good writer just didn't have the panache to keep me engaged in the novel and really didn't care about the motivate nor was I shocked by the turn in events.  Sadly, this outweighed the potential of the author and will be my last in the Spilling series.

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