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December 21, 2020 · 11:58 pm

Review: The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher

Title: The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher
Publisher: Graydon House
Genre: Contemporary, Domestic Mystery, Suspense
Length: 259 pages
Book Rating: B+

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Summary:

From the author of the instant New York Times bestseller The Wives comes another twisted psychological thriller guaranteed to turn your world upside down.

Have you ever been wrong about someone?

Juno was wrong about Winnie Crouch.

Before moving in with the Crouch family, Juno thought Winnie and her husband, Nigel, had the perfect marriage, the perfect son—the perfect life. Only now that she’s living in their beautiful house, she sees the cracks in the crumbling facade are too deep to ignore.

Still, she isn’t one to judge. After her grim diagnosis, the retired therapist simply wants a place to live out the rest of her days in peace. But that peace is shattered the day Juno overhears a chilling conversation between Winnie and Nigel…

She shouldn’t get involved.

She really shouldn’t.

But this could be her chance to make a few things right.

Because if you thought Juno didn’t have a secret of her own, then you were wrong about her, too.

From the wickedly dark mind of bestselling author Tarryn Fisher, The Wrong Family is a taut new thriller that’s riddled with twists in all the right places.

Review:

The Wrong Family by Tarryn Fisher is a riveting domestic mystery.

Winnie and Nigel Crouch live with their thirteen year old son Samuel in their dream home. By all appearances, they are a perfect, happy family. But underneath the surface, Winnie and Nigel’s marriage has plenty of cracks and Sam is pulling away from his parents. Adding to the tension within the home is the occasional stays by Winnie’s twin brother Dakota.  Nigel barely tolerates Dakota and Sam is scared of his uncle. Despite their problems, Winnie still loves her husband and she is confident he will not leave her.

Retired therapist Juno Holland is quick to notice the trouble within the household after she begins staying with them. She hears the terrible arguments and horrible insults hurled by husband and wife. The bright spot in the family is young Sam, and she enjoys their chats. But after overhearing the secret that binds Winnie and Nigel together, Juno is determined to right the heart rending wrong.  But does Juno know the whole story about what happened to change everything for Nigel and Winnie?

Alternating between Winnie and Juno’s points of view,  The Wrong Family is an absolutely captivating domestic mystery with an unpredictable storyline. The characters are vibrantly developed with plenty of flaws and unexpected strengths. This engrossing mystery moves at a brisk pace and with stunning twists and breathtaking turns, Tarryn Fisher brings this suspenseful mystery to a completely shocking conclusion. I greatly enjoyed and highly recommend this fiendishly clever domestic mystery to fans of the genre.

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December 29, 2019 · 11:58 pm

Review: The Wives by Tarryn Fisher

Title: The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
Publisher: Graydon House
Genre: Contemporary, Mystery, Suspense
Length: 336 pages
Book Rating: B+

Complimentary Review Copy Provided by Publisher Through NetGalley

Summary:

New York Times bestselling author Tarryn Fisher delivers a pulse-pounding, fast-paced suspense novel that will leave you breathless. A thriller you won’t be able to put down!

Thursday’s husband, Seth, has two other wives. She’s never met them, and she doesn’t know anything about them. She agreed to this unusual arrangement because she’s so crazy about him.

But one day, she finds something. Something that tells a very different—and horrifying—story about the man she married.

What follows is one of the most twisted, shocking thrillers you’ll ever read.

You’ll have to grab a copy to find out why.

Review:

The Wives by Tarryn Fisher is a fiendishly clever domestic mystery.

Thursday is one of Seth’s three wives who only sees her husband once a week. She is mostly content with their arrangement when she happens across the identity of one of his other wives. Thursday cannot let the discovery go and she begins extensive research into Hannah. Unable to stop herself, she begins meeting with her and becomes convinced  Hannah is in danger. Thursday then starts searching for information about Seth’s other wife, Regina, but before she meets her, a confrontation with Seth goes shockingly wrong. Confused, upset and hurt, Thursday won’t stop until she unearths the truth about her husband and his other wives.

Thursday is a nurse who arranges her entire life around her once a week tryst with Seth.  She is not overly close with her family and her best friend, Anna, has recently moved out of state. Thursday has no other friends and her dissatisfaction with her arrangement with Seth continues to grow.  After learning Hannah’s name, Thursday becomes obsessed with finding out as much information about her and Regina as she can. But what exactly is Thursday going to do with once she learns as much as she can about Seth’s other wives?

Seth is charming but he does not reveal much about himself. Thursday has never understood why he chose her and after meeting Hannah and Regina, she has even more doubts about their relationship.  She is shaken by her observations after seeing Hannah and she is genuinely concerned for her safety. But events soon spiral out of control when Thursday reveals what she has learned to Seth.

The Wives is an absolutely mesmerizing mystery that is impossible to put down. Thursday is an increasingly unreliable narrator whose fixation on Seth’s other wives leads to a shocking downward spiral.  With stunning twists and unanticipated turns, Tarryn Fisher brings this riveting mystery to a breathtaking finale. I thoroughly enjoyed and highly recommend this fantastic psychological mystery to readers of the genre.

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