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The Doctor's Widow by Daniel Hurst
4.0
The Doctor’s Widow
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Daniel Hurst
I requested an audio advanced readers copy from NetGalley and Bookouture Audio and providing my opinion voluntarily and unbiased.
Synopsis: I loved my husband, Doctor Drew Devlin , but he betrayed me. And now he’s dead. As I put the key in the lock and open the door to the luxurious new home I’ve purchased with Drew’s life insurance money, I’m certain the worst days are behind me. My secret is safe, and I can’t wait to enjoy my new wealth and freedom. Then I meet handsome Roger . I wasn’t looking for a relationship but as we spend our evenings drinking wine on my sunny terrace, I realise he’s just what I need right now. Roger is nothing like Drew, he’s spontaneous and romantic. And most of all, he’s honest. He thinks I’m a rich, lonely woman . He’s wrong of course, there’s so much more to me… But then one night, when we’re curled up in bed together, Roger says something that makes my blood run cold. I think he knows the truth about my life as the doctor’s wife. I will do anything to stop my past from catching up with me… But is Roger really who he says he is? Or is my life now in danger?
My Thoughts: This was a great follow up to The Doctor’s Wife. You really need to have read The Doctor’s Wife to be able to follow along the character lineup in this one. We follow the widow, Fern Devlin, as she sets up her new life without her husband in another town. She meets another man, seems to be the man of her dreams. Roger appears to be hiding his own secrets. Then one night in bed, some of the things he says to her makes her believe that he is onto her. What ensues is a dangerous cat and mouse game with her life on the line.
This was narrated in a dual narration by Fern and Roger, in their respective perspectives, with some other narrators, such as Alice and Detective Tomlin, from the first murder. Fern is independent, strong, and reserved on who she trusts. Roger appears to be this great, sexy man, who has just walked into Fern’s life at the right moment. The characters were well developed with mystery, creative, tension, and intriguing. Let’s talk about Fern, she is the absolute villain in this story, where she was the victim in the first story, and while you want to hate her, you learn to love to hate her. She plays the villain character so well. The author’s writing style was complex, suspenseful, twisty, and engaging. Hurst really is a brilliant psychological thriller writer, he knows how and when to deliver the twists, just at the right moment for the ultimate unpredictability. Hurst does not just deliver one plot twist, but does it in deceiving layers that increases the tension and suspense.
This was a great sequel to the first one. The pace and flow is spot on. The ending was a cliffhanger and left the possibility for another, a third book. The narrators were brilliant, they had amazing voice variation, really brought the characters to life off the pages and right into my head. This was an intense compelling, highly addictive psychological thriller that will be hard to put down. I highly recommend picking them both up, both bingable in a short time frame.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author: Daniel Hurst
I requested an audio advanced readers copy from NetGalley and Bookouture Audio and providing my opinion voluntarily and unbiased.
Synopsis: I loved my husband, Doctor Drew Devlin , but he betrayed me. And now he’s dead. As I put the key in the lock and open the door to the luxurious new home I’ve purchased with Drew’s life insurance money, I’m certain the worst days are behind me. My secret is safe, and I can’t wait to enjoy my new wealth and freedom. Then I meet handsome Roger . I wasn’t looking for a relationship but as we spend our evenings drinking wine on my sunny terrace, I realise he’s just what I need right now. Roger is nothing like Drew, he’s spontaneous and romantic. And most of all, he’s honest. He thinks I’m a rich, lonely woman . He’s wrong of course, there’s so much more to me… But then one night, when we’re curled up in bed together, Roger says something that makes my blood run cold. I think he knows the truth about my life as the doctor’s wife. I will do anything to stop my past from catching up with me… But is Roger really who he says he is? Or is my life now in danger?
My Thoughts: This was a great follow up to The Doctor’s Wife. You really need to have read The Doctor’s Wife to be able to follow along the character lineup in this one. We follow the widow, Fern Devlin, as she sets up her new life without her husband in another town. She meets another man, seems to be the man of her dreams. Roger appears to be hiding his own secrets. Then one night in bed, some of the things he says to her makes her believe that he is onto her. What ensues is a dangerous cat and mouse game with her life on the line.
This was narrated in a dual narration by Fern and Roger, in their respective perspectives, with some other narrators, such as Alice and Detective Tomlin, from the first murder. Fern is independent, strong, and reserved on who she trusts. Roger appears to be this great, sexy man, who has just walked into Fern’s life at the right moment. The characters were well developed with mystery, creative, tension, and intriguing. Let’s talk about Fern, she is the absolute villain in this story, where she was the victim in the first story, and while you want to hate her, you learn to love to hate her. She plays the villain character so well. The author’s writing style was complex, suspenseful, twisty, and engaging. Hurst really is a brilliant psychological thriller writer, he knows how and when to deliver the twists, just at the right moment for the ultimate unpredictability. Hurst does not just deliver one plot twist, but does it in deceiving layers that increases the tension and suspense.
This was a great sequel to the first one. The pace and flow is spot on. The ending was a cliffhanger and left the possibility for another, a third book. The narrators were brilliant, they had amazing voice variation, really brought the characters to life off the pages and right into my head. This was an intense compelling, highly addictive psychological thriller that will be hard to put down. I highly recommend picking them both up, both bingable in a short time frame.