The Third Wife: A psychological thriller from the bestselling author of The Family Upstairs

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Once again it is the characters that pop – all beautifully well drawn, absolutely realistic and with a sharp emotional edge that keeps you turning the pages to see what will happen to them. It's also the first book I've read of her's since she crossed over from Chick Lit to Thrillers and maybe the answer is there, rarely do thrillers prove to be memorable 5 star books. On page 90, the author describes Luke: “He’d always felt there was somewhere else he was supposed to be, other friends he should be hanging out with, some amazing life he was supposed to be living.

and it's then that the cards that make up what he always saw as his wonderful life begin to crumble. And the kids’ reactions to new siblings, new family situation are very well described by Lisa Jewell. When there is a holiday to be taken, the two ex-wives (Susie and Caroline) and Adrian's five kids (Luke, Kat, Otis, Pearl, and Beau) all happily troop off together.Up until that point the various ex's and children from former marriages had all seemed to get on so well that they even took holidays together. I never felt that it sounded believable that two previous wives would agree to let this man wreak so much havoc without consequences, which because we only hear from Adrian that is the story on the page. There were lots of red herrings thrown into the mix and, for the most part, they served the plot well. Then the person, a woman, yes, in red shoes, tutted again and walked away, her heels issuing a mocking clack-clack against the pavement as she went.

She rides in the backseat of the car and the two ex-wives don't involve her in meal planning or preparation. I liked that these mysteries were able to stand strong -- ( keeping me on my toes), without being a thrasher, chiller, thriller novel. As Adrian looks back on their brief but seemingly happy marriage, disturbing secrets begin to surface. The plot is extremely flimsy and I didn't like any of the characters, particularly the self obsessed and extremely naive, Adrian. It slowed as it neared her and she turned and saw a bus stop to her left, with people standing at it.

Maybe it’s something small – you thought you nailed a job interview only to realize that your skirt was tucked into your underwear. A week after the night she chases but fails to catch a mysterious trespasser outside her town house, some unknown party texts Tempe four images of a corpse that looks as if it’s been chewed by wild hogs, because it has been.

Brooks is a pro at building suspense even if it plays out in some rather spectacularly yucky episodes, one involving a short spear that takes its name from “the sucking sound of pulling it out of the dead man’s heart and lungs. I honestly didn’t like any of the characters, and it goes without saying that I hated Adrian the most.Heavner isn’t exactly mollified when Tempe, aided by retired police detective Skinny Slidell and a host of experts, puts a name to the dead man. Maybe I like this book more than the other readers as I experienced something like that in my family (kids from second marriage and grandkids from my divorced grandparents are growing up together, are good friends almost like siblings, and that continues with each new generation. This is the first book I have read of this author, and stumbled across it on the library shelf whilst looking for The House We Grew Up In.