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I will say, I was pleasantly surprised by this thriller! It had an interesting premise, and was written quite well. We have 3 rotating perspectives, with three very different storylines; this helped me differentiate between the characters. I also liked the inclusion of excerpts from a Ted Talk – it kept me wanting to know more! The story does take a while to build up, but I appreciated that the author had a methodical way of explaining things to the reader. The last 20% of the book is where things really ramped up with the revenge plot I was hoping for – I only wish this had been delivered sooner! If you are looking for a well-developed story with slower pacing, this might be one to check out.
The Three Mrs Wrights.
Its been a long time since I've read a book that is just pure unadulterated easy reading fun. I loved this book. It made me laugh, it made me cry and it made me furious...and I enjoyed every single page.
Linda Keir is a pen name for 2 very talented authors that wrote this book together and I think the mixture of voices in this book came across wonderfully.
All 3 women - Holly, Jessica and Lark are strong, ambitious and motivated women. They are also every woman that has ever fell deeply in love and been blindsided and lied too. They are all of us and that came across beautifully. I felt their pain and I also wanted to shake them and say "put it together faster"...knowing full well in that situation, when you are that in love, you trust and the fact they weren't putting it together faster was no indication of their intelligence...just the awful situation. There is no victims in these women...just very human and very well rounded characters and I felt very connected to them all.
This is a great book...I read it so quickly and felt so much for all 3 women and hated their tormenter so much.
It unravelled very well and I enjoyed how it all linked together and the ending was great.
Would love to read another book by Linda Keir ...they are clearly a dream team!
Thanks to the authors, publisher and Netgalley for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Reading this book was like knowing an awful accident is about to happen, but you can't look away. It was fascinating. How someone so self-centered, who thinks that he can get away with everything, doesn't see his lies mixed up like this... I had fun!
Many thanks to Lake Union Publishing for the complimentary e-copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.
I enjoyed this book. It was gripping and easy to read. I like that it's told by the three women's point of views, although I kept getting confused who was who lol. Would recommend.
This book was incredibly fun. I normally pass on domestic thrillers, anything with "husband" or "mrs" in the title, because you read one, you've read them all. I'm glad I was wrong and gave this one a fair shot, because I had a great time reading it. This dude, this dumb man, someone cons three women AT THE SAME TIME. They each think they're in a picture perfect relationship with Jack/Jon/Trip, a wealthy, successful businessman, and decide to do something about it when they discover what a pathological liar he is.
It reminded me a little (a LITTLE) of a very forgettable comedy movie called "The Other Women", where three women involved with the same man join forces to take him down. That movie was ridiculous, but The Three Mrs. Wrights is not. It took me a little bit to get into it, but once I did, I could not put it down. I love when thrillers have a tease of something at the end of each chapter, whether it's a police report for the event we don't know about yet, or flashbacks told in little tidbits. This one has snippets from this dumb, dumb man's TED Talks about his success, which made me laugh. Chapters are short and mostly fast paced, and the ending is very satisfying. I definitely recommend to anyone who is looking for a domestic "thriller" that's not quite a thriller, but something out of the ordinary.
I enjoyed this book, but overall it was just an ok read, it wasn’t anything special!
Reading the synopsis I was anticipating a really gritty story of infidelity. What I actually got was a bit lacklustre and fell a bit flat for me. The twists and surprises just weren’t enough for me and I found it quite predictable.
I enjoyed that the story was told form multiple POV’s and each of the three female characters were likeable enough.
As you may have guessed from the synopsis, this book does deal with infidelity and all the aftermath that it creates so if this is something you are sensitive about, I would suggest skipping it!
Linda Keir is the pseudonym for the co authors, Linda Hull and Keir Graff. Linda Hull writes mystery and contemporary fiction, and Keir Graff focuses on thrillers as well as contemporary fiction. Together they have previously published Drowning with Others and The Swing of Things.
The Three Mrs. Wright's combines serial bigamy with a medical thriller. Jonathan Wright is a charismatic con man who uses each of his wives (Holly, Jessica, and Lark) to further his plans for building a fortune based on medical fraud. Similar to the Thanatos scandal, Jonathan claims to have developed a simple way to predict childhood cancer. His efforts to promote funding for his schemes give him the opportunity to establish relationships with three effective women who have great potential. Told using the POV of his wives, the reader watches as Jonathan deceptively romances his way into intimacy. Happily these women are not victims. They are savvy enough to find a way to design a revenge that goes beyond mere fantasy. A thoroughly satisfying read.
In this case, three Wrights do make a wrong.
High recommendation for readers of thrillers and suspenseful romance.
Full disclosure: I received this ARC from netgalley and Lake Union Publishing in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for this opportunity.
Very enjoyable! A light read with a solid revenge plot. All three Mrs. Wrights are very likeable. Overall if your looking for a thriller thats not very intense this is it.
I’m eternally suspicious of domestic suspense novels. The market is over saturated, the stories are usually predictable, and the characters are often insufferable. However, I was pleasantly surprised by The Three Mrs Wrights! I enjoyed the alternating perspectives (though Lark was hands down my favorite) and thought the scorned-women-seeking-revenge was well done. Jon is obviously horrible and it was painful to hear him refer to his female counterparts as crazy, mentally unstable, etc., but I’m happy to see that the authors didn’t take advantage of this ploy we so often see in domestic suspense and truly make the women crazy. Overall I thought this was a fun page turner and I would be curious to read more by the authors! 4/5 stars.
Thanks Lake Union Publishing and NetGalley for my advanced review copy! All thoughts are my own.
This was an enjoyable read which was defined by REVENGE. Although not very realistic (how could one man pull this off for so long) it was very entertaining. I recommend this one!
Many thanks to Lake Union Publishing and to NetGalley for providing me with a galley in exchange for my honest opinion.
Fast paced book and I really enjoyed it. Good story line and I think people are gonna love it. I would definitely read again and recommend
The cover of the book, along with the title, caught my attention. After reading the blurb, I knew I had to read it, and I have to say, that I was not disappointed. The story is written from the points of view of the women in the story, each one a bit different than the other. It is interesting to see how each one handles the absences of their boyfriend/fiancée/husband. It is easy to see how each one of these women was taken in by their significant other. This is a fun, fast paced read that I found to be extremely enjoyable. Thank you to NetGalley, the author and publisher for the opportunity to review this book.
Such an interesting premise but it fell a little too far into Lifetime movie territory for me. The biggest issue for me was that this book was just wayyyy too long, it took 300 pages until the women ~finally~ started figuring out the lies and secrets.
What a freaking page turner. Book had me guessing from page to page and I never wanted to put it down. Literally did not see the end coming. At all. I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.
I once saw a Dateline special featuring smart, intelligent, attractive professional women duped by a con man and still remain amazed that the women fell for him. I’m sure the three women in this book felt the same way before they met Mr Wright. Hell, they probably scoffed at the Dateline program. Yet here we all are, all gooey eyed again. A fast, twisty story where I kept thinking ‘this ending has to be really good when they find out the truth, please let it be really good”.. Oh it is. Thank you.
I was pleasantly surprised with The Three Mrs. Wrights. Based on the title, I think it's clear what the book is about, but it was an enjoyable and entertaining read. I particularly found all three women to be captivating characters, which can be tricky to do. Well done!
Thank you the Netgalley and the publisher for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.
Not really for me - the plot was quite obvious and clunkily written. The characters felt quite thin and not particularly engaging.
I really enjoyed this fun, mysterious book about three women who are all in love with the same man- the perfect man. Jonathan, Jack, Trip, whoever he is, seems to be a great guy. He's good looking, super wealthy and successful and and all-around perfect catch. I really enjoyed the different viewpoints from the three women, Lark, Holly, and Jessica. I feel like in some books, this kind of premise is tired and annoying but it really worked here. All three women were in very different places in their lives and I could relate to all of them. As for Mr. Wright, ohhh, he was so deliciously hateable! Lol. Super fun, distracting read!
4 out of 5 stars for The Three Mrs. Wrights by Linda Keir. A huge thank you to the author, NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for providing me a copy of this book in exchange for my honest, unbiased review. All opinions are completely my own.
I was immediately intrigued by the premise of this book as it is certainly not an easy subject to tackle. The author did a great job of creating strong characters and weaving the story together. It is a fast-paced and easy read that throws in some twists and turns along the way. I will certainly be checking out other books by this author.
Thank you to Lake Union Publishing for the advance copy.
I absolutely love that one of the characters in this book is a board-game designer!! This was a great read that I read so quickly! I also adore that this book is written by two authors!