Your Neighbour's Wife by Tony Parsons
Published by RandomHouse Cornerstone, Century
Publication Date 7th January 2021
Genre: Mystery & Thrillers
My thanks to the publisher for the opportunity to read this novel via NetGalley in exchange for my views.
Book Description:
What do you do when your perfect life spins out of control? A gripping psychological thriller that combines the emotional warmth of Man and Boy with the page-turning brio of The Murder Bag.
Tara Carver seems to have the perfect life. A loving mother and wife, and a business woman who runs her own company, she’s the sort of person you’d want to live next door to, who might even become your best friend.
But what sort of person is she really?
Because in one night of madness, on a work trip far from home, she puts all this at risk. And suddenly her dream life becomes a living nightmare when the married man she spent one night with tells her he wants a serious relationship with her. And that he won’t leave her or her precious family alone until she agrees.
There seems to be only one way out. And it involves murder ...
My Thoughts:
The one part of this book that really puzzled me was its title. I still can't quite work out its relevance even at the end of the story.
Tara Carver has it all: nice house, nice family and her own successful business. Her husband is a house husband who looks after their daughter so she can work at her on-line dating agency with her friend and colleague. So with all those positives, why would she risk it all for a one night stand in a foreign land?
This is what she begins to ask herself when she realises that the man she opted to risk it all with wants far more than a quick fling. Even before she has finished her business trip he's pestering her for more so she decides to do a quick flit back home in an attempt to escape his attention. Sadly things only get worse - to the point where the police are knocking on her door. But it's not her they're interested in, it's her husband.
There are some interesting twists along the way in this book but to be honest I disliked Tara's self-centred character so much it put me off the whole book. The extents she goes to in order to protect her self were shocking, and the people who put themselves in the firing line for her in my opinion needed a psychological assessment.
The sacrifices made in her name went above and beyond what anyone should do for another person and I was shocked at her reaction to them. Not a book I particularly enjoyed I'm afraid. And please can someone explain that title?!
About the Author:
Tony Parsons is a bestselling novelist and an award-winning journalist. His books have been published in over forty languages and his multi-million selling novel Man and Boy won The Book of The Year prize in 2000. Most recently, he created the Max Wolfe crime series. Tony lives in London with his family.
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