Veena’s review of The Marriage Betrayal by Shalini Boland
Psychological Thriller/Women’s Fiction published by Bookouture 08 Jul 19
The for this book blurb clearly states this is a psychological thriller. So I can’t really claim to be surprised, and yet the intensity and the darkness of the story gripped me and held me all the way till the end, which is so unexpected I am still struggling to make sense of it. Psychological is definitely the right word. Faye has planned a perfect summer getaway for her family in the seaside town where her husband and his sister grew up. As the two families drive into town and get settled into the Air BNB she has booked, things are definitely not smooth. Nothing seems to be working to plan – not the weather, not the town, and not the rental house. And then with factitious kids, it definitely does not appear to be the beautiful vacation she’s planned.
They decide to cut their holiday short and go back home early. Her husband takes her six-year-old son for a promised outing, while the rest of the family packs up the cars and gets ready to leave – expect father and son don’t come back. What happened? It seems that they are now stuck in the rental. As the police look for clues, old hidden stories of the another death on the cliffs, which involved Faye’s husband and sister-in-law, surface.
The search for the husband and the son will keep you on the edge of your seat as you follow the twists and turns of the story, but the grand finale will blow your mind. For me the jury is out regarding how I really felt about the book, but I can say that it’s intense…
Grade: C+
Summary:
‘Daddy has been lying.’
Faye Townsend has planned the perfect summer trip for her family. But returning to the small seaside town her husband grew up in does not go to plan, the rain pours and the long days become stifling. And then the unthinkable happens…
Her husband Jake and her six-year-old son Dylan go for an early morning walk along the beautiful, windswept clifftops. They don’t come back.
As the hours tick by, Dylan’s red baseball cap is found on the beach and Faye finds herself being questioned by the police. They want to know everything about the man she married – is Faye ready to face her husband’s dark past? Or will she have to confront her own secrets first?
And just how far will a mother go to save her only child?
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