Author: Aimee Molloy
Publication Date: 13 October 2020
Publisher: Harper Books
Page Count: 293
Reading Method: Digital ARC
Synopsis:
Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are head over heels, and excited to say good-bye to New York and start a life together in Sam’s sleepy hometown in upstate New York. Or, it turns out, a life where Annie spends most of her time alone while Sam, her therapist husband, works long hours in his downstairs office, tending to the egos of his (mostly female) clientele.
Little does Sam know that through a vent in his ceiling, every word of his sessions can be heard from the room upstairs. The pharmacist’s wife, contemplating a divorce. The well-known painter whose boyfriend doesn’t satisfy her in bed. Who could resist listening? Everything is fine until the French girl in the green mini Cooper shows up, and Sam decides to go to work and not come home, throwing a wrench into Sam and Annie’s happily ever after
Review:
Well this one was incredibly interesting. It kind of flips the typical “unreliable female MC” stereotype on its head, but in doing so, was incredibly confusing – at least in the beginning. This book had so many twists that it was a bit hard to keep up with, but kept me interested all the while. There were a couple things I really enjoyed about the book (but can’t really say without giving anything away). Let’s just say, it doesn’t play into a lot of the same things you consistently see in domestic thrillers, and in that sense, it was refreshing!
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