I enjoyed this book and it deals with some complex issues really well.
This is a thought provoking read which put me through a range of emotions.

I had a hard time getting into this book even though the premise was intriguing. Like others have said, the seemed to be more of a family drama story than a murder mystery/psychological thriller. Overall, it was just ok.

So, where do I begine. Firstly, I was expecting a solid crime thriller, just because of the synopsis. And first few percents of the book was a solid start. We had a crime, we had a suspect and we had a detective, who will do all the job.

From the dsescription of the book you can think, that we will be following DS Kennedy and how she tries to solve this crime. But! We meet her in first pages and the she just shows up in the last few pages of the book, We have no idea how investigation is going, what evidence are collected, who are the suspects and so on. So that was my fisrt dissapointment with this book.

The book had two time lines: the trial and few days before the murder. The actual trial was, in my opinion poorly done and didn’t hold my attention at all. Even in the timline of the trial we were more focused of what was on the mind of the kids or on the mind of the husband.

The timeline of that few days before murder reminded me of a soap opera, some kind of domestic suspence. The characters were all over the place and most of the soppy dialogs was totaly unecesary for the story.

Even the ending of the book was very anticlimactic, because it was rushed and left me with more questions, than answers.

I think those, who like domestic dramas, would actually like this book, but if you hope to find a good thriller, you will be disappointed.

In the end I gave it 2 stars.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to read and review this book.

After losing and replacing my broken Kindle and getting a new phone I was unable to download the title again for review as it was no longer available on Netgalley.

I’m really sorry about this and hope that it won’t affect you allowing me to read and review your titles in the future.

Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity.
Natalie.

This story was about a dysfunctional family. The timeline was all over the place. I found I really didnt really connect to the characters. I found the plot very easy to guess. The story is told by many different characters so be on your toes.

I had to DNF and was not able to finish before the archive date.
I read the first few chapters actually... and they were quite promising. Might get me a physical copy.
Thank you Netgalley for the free eArc in exchange for an honest review.

more a family drama than a psychological one but once I got through the initial chapters I did enjoy it and there were some good twists and turns

If you like pure family drama with a lot of sentimental dialogues floating around, then this might just be the book for you. Sadly, this wasn't for me. The topic of an assisted-suicide/murder case caught my attention and I went in expecting a gripping police procedural. I tried my best to really get into the story of Jenny Buckley & her family. I just couldn't! 10%in and I wanted to get it over with. There was a LOT of repetitive dialogues & LOT of sappy family drama with tiny little snippets of the police procedural I thought I was reading - not my cup of tea! This book was saturated with the tears of the Buckley family from start to the end & it just got annoying after sometime.

I'm leaving in 2 stars because I feel this book was miscategorized but might work for someone who really likes emotional reads. It really shouldn't marketed as a thriller/suspense/police procedural.

Thank you, NetGalley, Aria & Adele O'Neill for an arc!

It took me a while to get into it, but once I got halfway through, I cannot lie, it keep me wanting to read more. Some of the story is pretty unrealistic and the main character makes some questionable decisions, my goodness I just kept shaking my head. Once you get half way through it’s an easy read and it had some cool twist and turns.

“Her husband says it’s suicide. The police say it’s murder!” I loved the tag line and it made the book shoot up my mile long TBR list.

the author has created a thought-provoking, heartbreaking plot centering on the Buckley family with the death of terminally ill scorned ex-wife Jennifer. Jennifer made her views on euthanasia and her intention to take her own life very clear, she was losing the battle against Motor Neuron Disease and wanted to decide when it was time, The police believe Liam killed his wife so he can go back to his happy life with new girlfriend.

The author draws you in with heartwrenching moments with emotive and descriptive language but keeps the pace going and the story moving.

Thank you to NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review - a solid 4/5 stars from me.voluntarily.

This is the first book I have read by this author, and I am looking forward to reading more. A very provoking family drama which kept my interest all way through. Recommended.

I didn’t realise this was the third book in a series until after I’d finished it but it works perfectly as a standalone. This novel follows what happens in the wake of Jenny Buckley’s death. Her estranged husband says it was suicide but the police think it was murder. The novel follows the perspectives of quite a few characters and goes back and time to just before and after Jenny’s death. I loved the way we slowly build up a picture of who everyone is and begin to suspect what might have happened and whether anyone else was involved. I did think there were perhaps too many story strands going on and one in particular involving the detective was distracting. Having said that I was invested in finding out what happened and I did enjoy reading it.

I only found out part way through that this was the third book in a series (which I normally wouldn’t read without reading the first two)! But I did enjoy it nonetheless. It took me a while to get in to, as I didn’t particularly warm to the characters immediately, and I wasn’t expecting all of the family drama involved around the investigation to be quite so heavy. I think the concept is a great idea though, and very insightful. It’s like Me Before You, but with a huge crime twist!

Jenny, Liam’s estranged wife has Motor Neurone disease. He has returned home temporarily to take care of the teenage kids and shortly afterwards Jenny is dead. Who did it?? For me the answer practically jumped out of the page very early on so no mystery there. Not really a “thriller” in the sense of the word but more of a family drama. This is a story which does a lot of jumping around - various times and people, which can be a bit tricky on a kindle should you wish to check on something. It was an easy read but didn’t go into anything in much depth, either characters or their situations, nor was it as thought provoking as might have expected.

A multi-layered, complex and thought-provoking thriller that kept me on the edge of my seat, When the Time Comes is a brilliantly written, shocking and heart-wrenching read from the gifted pen of talented writer Adele O’Neill.

Liam Buckley had shattered the foundations of his family’s life when he had walked out on his marriage and his kids to live with his new lover. His wife Jennifer has never forgiven him for the cruel betrayal that had destroyed her life and ruined her kids’ lives, but when she is diagnosed with a terminal illness, she knows that she needs to let go of her resentment and hatred of her husband as she needs him to come back home to look after their children who cannot cope alone after her shocking diagnosis. But one day after Liam moves back home, Jennifer is found dead. Everybody thinks – including Liam – that Jennifer had taken her own life, but DS Louise Kennedy thinks differently as she is convinced that this isn’t suicide, but murder.

With Liam being the prime suspect, he hires a private detective to clear his name and prove that he had not murdered his former wife, but with so many odds stacked against him, this proves harder than he initially thought. With Jennifer’s best friend Sarah waging war against him and determined to do whatever it takes to ensure that Liam pays for his crime behind bars and is exposed for the liar and cheat he truly is, DS Kennedy finds herself investigating one of her toughest cases yet.

As secrets and deceptions come to light, DS Kennedy has to decide, was Jennifer Buckley murdered? Or did she take her own life? As she delves deeper and deeper into this murky and twisted web, little does she realise that the answers to these questions are going to end up shocking everyone to their very core.

Adele O’Neill has got such a tremendous gift for writing domestic noir and When the Time Comes is an excellent example of her outstanding storytelling prowess. Told from different viewpoints and packed with red herrings, twists and turns, scandalous revelations and compelling family drama, When the Time Comes shocks, teases, delights, entertains and will leave you flabbergasted when what happened to Jennifer is finally revealed.

A nail-biting thriller from an exceptional writer in her field, When the Time Comes is another first-rate tale from Adele O’Neill.

I met the wonderful Adele a while back and she has become such a firm favourite of mine in the whole book world....
Her books are just brilliant and so worth your time.
We meet some brilliant characters in her latest novel When The Time Comes....
This novel is an intense and emotional read let me tell you so be prepared.
We meet Liam Buckley whose wife Jennifer has committed suicide.
Add to this the fact that Jennifer had been diagnosed with a terminal illness, motor neurone and suddenly you realise that this suicide might not have been a suicide at all.
It's so hard to imagine how you would feel if you found yourself in a similar situation.
This storyline is thrown a huge curveball in that Jennifers husband Liam had a day before her death moved back into the home place to care for her after having left her previously for another woman.
And the DS in charge of the case Louise Kennedy is none other than the other woman's sister.....
Are you keeping up? Brilliant right...
I loved the different viewpoint to the story and you can't help wondering who is hiding what....
Please do check this one out if you have a minute..you won't regret it....

I only found out this was the third novel in a detective series after I finished reading the novel. Louise's life did make out part of the story so I presume there are still things I don't know about her and her partner but I never had a feeling of not knowing enough. I can say that the author wrote about the investigators in a realistic way and there were ups and downs in their personal life too. Some readers may find it distracting from the main story, it is sort of a side story after all, but I liked seeing them as people with real problems too, Louise wasn't a detective in the abstract sense after a while anymore.

I might say I could see the novel as divided in three parts. The first was about the side characters mostly, Liam and Alex and Louise and (Tony) Kelly. Then came the part about Jennifer, which built up to the trial in the third part of the novel.

When The Time Comes is a novel that tells the reader everything about Jennifer Buckley, her ex-husband Liam and their two children Josh and Abbie. By extention there's also Liam's new lover involved and her sister, who happens to be the detective who becomes involved in the case. There's quite a few characters but I like how they're all linked and it didn't pose any problems following who's who. The only thing that threw me at the start and I had to get a bit used to were two of the character's names, because Alex is more often a guy's name here and Kelly is always a girl and in this story it's the other way around (well Kelly is a last name but for some reason it's the only character whose first name is only mentioned once).

I thought that the focus of the novel would be largely on the murder investigation and the question whether Liam - suspect numero uno - did or didn't kill his ex-wife but the author kept me in suspense as the investigation is mostly covered in the final part of the novel. Although this was of course what I was waiting for and therefore one of my favorite parts of the novel, I also became more invested in the family themselves in the build up to the trial.

When The Time Comes was almost more of a family drama than a murder mystery, well if it was a murder in the first place that is because Jennifer Buckley was pro euthanasia and didn't make it a secret exactly. She hated that the motor neurone disease she'd been diagnosed with left her feeling more trapped  in her body with each passing day. She called it the 1000 day disease and when 900 of them passed she made arrangements for her children to be looked after by their father. It meant Liam moved back in to take care of them but as soon as he did she wound up dead. Coincidence? I think not ;-).

The impact of her disease and the consequences on everyone around her were prominent and made me care for this little family. The novel deals with some emotional and hard topics but it was still very enjoyable and easy to read.

At first I wondered who would have killed her, or helped her to kill herself, but after a while I had nothing more than a hunch to go on about what happened. The way the truth was revealed left me with a smile on my face though, quite clever from the author!

Thanks to Aria for my invite on to the tour and e copy of ‘When the time comes’ an intriguing psychological thriller from Adele O’Neill.

My first read by this author, this book covers a very interesting premise in regards to assisted suicide and euthanasia.

Liam left his wife, Jenny, 2 years ago. he walked away from her and his 2 children Abbie and Josh. 2 years on, he has to move back home to care for the kids as Jenny has been diagnosed with a terminal illness and the kids can’t cope alone.

The day after he moves home, Jenny is found dead. The Police are convinced Liam has something to do with the death...

This book tells the story of a family tragedy and is part police procedural.

A well written story with a thought-provoking and interesting premise around a subject that is still taboo in society today

3🔥🔥🔥

This book explores in depth family insights and the troubles that sometimes we have to face, for better or worse.
Liam Buckley has left his wife and children but now they need him. Jennifer has a terminal illness and she needs all the help she can get. But soon after he moves in, Jennifer passes away, was it suicide or something totally different? You’ll have to read the book to discover the truth!
This is more than a psychological thriller, it is a discussion about euthanasia, because Jennifer wants to decide what do to in the last moments of her life, that’s why Liam always says that she committed suicide… But not everyone will believe him and after their past together, the police will have a difficult case in their hands. As you can imagine there will be secrets and lies, but don’t worry, you’ll discover everything when the time comes.
This is a complex story, Jennifer will be the main leader of the story, her fight and her pain, because even if there’s an investigation you’ll feel the sadness and fear in your own skin. Because don’t you think that when the time comes it’s your decision to decide how you die? As I always say, your body, your choice.
Be prepared for a read that will make you think about how you want to die, where and how; difficult, but it’s interesting how the author talks about it and puts the reader on Jennifer’s shoes. Ready?

When the Time Comes by Adele O"Neill felt more like a family drama than anything. It was more an examination of familial relationships that a thriller of any kind. I gave up reading about 2/3 of the way through, it just really didn't hold my interest.