One In Three by Tess Stimson
Published by Avon
Publication Date: 9th July 2020 (ebook), 20th August 2020 (paperback)
Genre: Thriller
My thanks to the publisher Avon Books UK for the opportunity to read and review this title via NetGalley. All thoughts and opinions are my own and unbiased.
Book Description:
Both of them loved him. One of them killed him . . .
Louise has had to watch her husband, Andrew, start a new family in the four years since he left her. The ‘other woman’ is now his wife – but Louise isn’t ready to let Caz enjoy the life that was once hers, or to let go of the man she still loves.
As Louise starts to dig into Caz’s past, the two women’s pretence of civility starts to slip. But in trying to undermine each other, they discover more about the man they both married.
And when Andrew is murdered at a family party, both women are found standing over the body.
It’s always the wife. But which one?
My Thoughts:
On first impressions from the description this story seems to be the classic love triangle - husband Andrew has cheated on wife Louise, she can't quite get over him despite the fact he has married the woman he left her for, Caz. And admittedly for much of the book this is very much what comes across, especially as Louise's mum still insists on including Andrew in family events and ensures he's very much in the children's lives. Louise seems a bit of a pushover and can't seem to get past that last hurdle of letting go completely. Until she starts to toughen up...but will this show of strength be her ultimate downfall? Well, that you will have to find out for yourself as I don't do spoilers.
We find out very early on that things don't go well for Andrew, but with both Louise and Caz very much in the frame for his demise which of them could want him dead the most? Louise because if she can't have him, nobody will or has Caz had the scales fall from her eyes and seen his faults in glorious technicolour? To be quite honest with the constant rivalry between the two women I was amazed it wasn't one, if not both of them who came a cropper. But as we find out there's always more than one side to the story.
The characters were annoying enough and frustrating enough to be very well written, as in they were credible enough for me to want to plan each of their demise myself, and the overall storyline I felt worked very well with enough twists and turns to keep me hooked into the plot.
Whodunit? Grab yourself a copy and find out!!About the Author:
Tess Stimson is the author of eleven novels, including top ten bestseller The Adultery Club, and two non-fiction books, which between them have been translated into dozens of languages.
A former journalist and reporter, Stimson was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Florida in 2002 and moved to the US. She now lives and works in Vermont with her husband Erik, their three children, and (at the last count) two cats, three fish, one gerbil and a large number of bats in the attic.
The Mother (previously published as Picture of Innocence) is her first foray into psychological thrillers. Her next, One In Three, will be published in August 2020.
For more information, visit www.tesstimson.com or follow Tess on Twitter and Facebook.
A former journalist and reporter, Stimson was appointed Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Florida in 2002 and moved to the US. She now lives and works in Vermont with her husband Erik, their three children, and (at the last count) two cats, three fish, one gerbil and a large number of bats in the attic.
The Mother (previously published as Picture of Innocence) is her first foray into psychological thrillers. Her next, One In Three, will be published in August 2020.
For more information, visit www.tesstimson.com or follow Tess on Twitter and Facebook.
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