The Guilty Wife by Nina Manning

Release: Mar 26, 2020
Format: Ebook
Publisher: Boldwood Books
Source: Amazon
Find it at: Amazon , GoodReads

Brand new from the bestselling author of The Daughter In Law
One mother’s past could cost her everything…
Frankie Keegan is struggling. Not only is she juggling being a good mother, a good wife, a good colleague, she is also desperately trying to keep the dark secrets of her past buried where they belong. And that is not proving to be easy.
Someone else remembers…
As the dark winter nights start to draw in, the 20th anniversary of her brother’s death looms and mysterious things start happening in Frankie’s life. Paranoid and distressed, she realises that perhaps her past really is out to haunt her…
Can she stop the secret from being uncovered before it’s too late?

From the bestselling author of The Daughter In Law, a gripping psychological thriller about family, secrecy and grief – with a twist you won’t see coming. Perfect for fans of K L Slater, Shalini Boland and Lisa Jewell.

About the Author:

Nina Manning studied psychology and was a restaurant-owner and private chef (including to members of the royal family). She is the founder and co-host of Sniffing The Pages, a book review podcast. Her debut psychological thriller, The Daughter in Law, was a bestseller in the UK, US, Australia and Canada. She lives in Dorset.

The Guilty Wife Review:

“The Guilty Wife” (previously titled “Her Darkest Fear”) was a riveting slow-burn psychological thriller that kept me guessing.

The author sets the suspense right from the first page and makes the story suspenseful, like when Frankie sees the replica car model. The story toggles between the past and the present, a format which I enjoy reading. It was interesting to see how the events from the past lead to the present to impact Frankie’s decisions. Moreover, the author also adds quite a few redding herrings and shocking moments that intrigued me. Some of the memorable scenes are when Frankie wakes up in a stranger’s house, or when she starts getting the text messages, or when she sees someone pressed against the window.

Similarly, the author also wrote the characters nicely. Frankie is fascinating in the story as you see her trying to get over what happened years ago. I also liked the scenes where she undergoes therapy to seek closure. Some of the characters like Mason and Todd were a question mark, as you wonder of their intentions. The author wrote Frankie’s dynamics with Damien, Mason, and Todd nicely, where you see Frankie act contrastingly different when she is with them.

However, while I enjoyed reading the story, I felt that the author slowly paced the plot. The story starts and ends on a high note but lags in the middle, especially when Frankie goes on her trip. The story would have been more engaging had the author paced the plot faster with a few more twists in the middle.

Nevertheless, I still liked this book. Overall, “The Guilty Wife” is a suspenseful psychological thriller and worth checking out.