Thank you Netgalley and Avon Books for this Advanced Copy of The Serial Killer's wife.

I am a huge fan of thrillers and there is something about a serial killer that chills you to your bone. The title of the book is what initially drew me to want to read this book and I was not disappointed. I enjoyed this book and the twists and turns along the way.

I would recommend this book to people who enjoy thrillers

This is what I refer to as a beach read. Quick easy read with not much too it. Beth is married to Tom and they have a 3 yo Poppy. They both work and are seemingly happy. Then one night, the police show up looking for Tom and he has not yet arrive home from work yet. Tom comes in and he is take by the police to be questioned about his ex-girlfriend who went missing 8 years ago. Beth is appalled and completely in the dark about the possibility of this entire crime. Tom ends up being held and the police station and eventually being charged with the crime of murdering her. In the meantime, Beth is at home with her daughter and continuing to work while going over this entire situation in her head continually. Beth is not the brightest bulb. I don't understand what kind of wife doesn't go see her husband once he is arrested and imprisoned but she doesn't until, finally she does go once to see what he has to say for himself. Many details are slowly revealed and it turns out that not only did Beth know a lot more than she let on but eventually she thinks her husband isn't the saint she initially had painted him to be. She begins a friendship with a recent widow in her neighborhood which soon turns into more. The whole book is pretty shallow and Beth is really unlikeable, as is her killer husband. There is a big twist but it comes far too late to make the story any better. I was pretty disappointed with the book but I kept reading to see what happened in the end. It was a quick read.

A low-tier psychological thriller that wastes a decent premise. The characters are shallow and unlikable across the board and if you've read even a couple of books in this genre, you'll know exactly how everything is going to end. I wanted to like this book but between the stilted writing and the by-the-numbers "twists", there's not much here to recommend it.

Great read! This twisty atmospheric thriller is driven by rich, believable characters and a well written crazy storyline. I was hooked from the first page! I figured out the big twist, but was thoroughly satisfied with the unexpected ending. A great beach or pool read!

Beth and Tom have the perfect marriage don't they? Even if Tom is a little controlling, he adores their daughter Poppy and provides a good life for them all. When Tom is arrested on suspicion of murdering an old girlfriend, Beth doesn't know what to think. People talk in their small village they live in, and Beth's world starts to unravel.
As more and more is revealed of Tom's character, Beth wonders if she really knew her husband at all! Who does really know someone else truly?
The other Mum's in the village like to gossip but widowed dad, Adam is there to listen to Beth and provide support and a good ear.
We follow the story through the murder charges and trial, until there was a brilliant twist at the end which was a great surprise. Very cleverly written.

I enjoyed this book when the ending came. I don’t mean that in a unforgiving way but when the ending came and the plot thickened, I felt somewhat pleased. I’ll tell you why.

The main protagonist throughout, the wife, is not only presented as annoyingly naive but she’s a bit of a lush. She moves on quick, she’s a wimp and just frustrating.

Without giving too much away, I am normally quick at solving the ‘Whodunnit’ scenario but I was surprisingly whipped off my feet with this.

It’s an progressively slow read and then BAM! Read it!

Wow what a book this book had me gripped for a whole day I Coulnt put it down as I was hooked from the 1st Page .

This book has amazing characters and wow what some twist this book has esp with the twist at the end

This book tells the story of Beth & Tom who live the perfect life but is all what it seems behind the door ?

With thanks to Netgalley & Avon books for the arc of this book in exchange for this honest review

I enjoyed this book. Beth and Tom seem to be the perfect couple with their young daughter and lovely home. But one evening the police come knocking and Tom is charged with the murder of an ex girlfriend. Surely Beth would know if her husband was a killer? This is a fast paced story which I think was a bit far fetched at times, especially the big twist at the end, but it kept me on the edge of my seat. Thanks to NetGalley for a preview copy.
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This was a super fun read and was hard to put down. I really liked that the chapters were short because late at night when it was time to go to bed, I'd keep reading the next chapter, then the next, then the next, just because they were only several pages long.

The story itself kept rolling, and my mind was on overdrive the whole time, thinking, there's got to be some sort of twist here - maybe he wasn't the killer, maybe she was, or maybe the handsome widower is the one who did it and framed the husband. So many crazy ideas came to mind, which I loved. Very well written from many POVs. This is the kind of book I've been looking to read!

Gave 4 stars, but it's really a 4.5. I liked the twist at the end, but I sort of guessed that might be the case, so a little disappointed that there wasn't a bigger shocker.

The Serial Killer's Wife is the debut novel of Alice Hunter, who uses her experience of working with violent prisoners to give the book added authenticity.
Beth and Tom Hardcastle are a devoted couple who have moved from London to the small village of Lower Tew with their young daughter Poppy. Tom commutes to his high-flying job while Beth runs a small cafe. When the usually reliable Tom doesn't arrive back from work at the usual time Beth starts to worry,more so when the Police arrive before he eventually turns up. Tom is taken away and questioned about the death of a former girlfriend.
The story is told from the perspectives of the main characters and tells not only the story of the murders,, I don't do spoilers but the title kind of gives things away,but the effect they have on Beth and Poppy as Tom is taken away from them.
The book is very well written,the narrative flows making it a quick and easy read. There's not actually much tension as it's pretty obvious from the start what has been done and by who but there are a couple of good twists,though I suspect old hands at crime thrillers won't be entirely surprised at most of them.
I really enjoyed the book,it doesn't stretch the brain and is very entertaining. My only issue is with the title, which is basically a massive spoiler that takes away a lot of potential suspense from the tale ,I realise it's mostly Beth's story something less plot-revealing would have been much more preferable.

This. Was. GOOD! “The Serial Killer’s Wife” starts out with an apparently nice, normal couple, just living life, when suddenly one night the husband is late and the police show up at their door. The wife is startled thinking maybe he was involved in an accident, but turns out he can be involved in a murder… And everything pretty much goes downhill from that.

Plot: ★★★★★
Absolutely loved it! There were some great twists, only one of them I was expecting, but even that one was written in such a way that my head was spinning and I wanted to scream. I recently read a book with a similar premise but the plot played out completely different, loved them both. And the ending is just CRAZY, I love it when little clues are put into the story and you forget about them, just so the writer can come back and hit you in the face with it.

Structure: ★★★★★
Excellent pace, I took a while to pick it up but for other reasons, when I sat down to read it I read it all in one day, even slept late because I was just so close to finishing it! It is constructed with 4 POVs: the wife’s nowadays, the ex-girlfriend’s 8 years ago, the husband’s nowadays and 8 years ago and a mysterious woman’s, undated. They are all pretty exciting and alternated, my least favorite was probably the husband nowadays because it doesn’t add much, but they really are all very well written.

Characters: ★★★★
You can’t really trust anyone!! Maybe Poppy, but I wouldn’t vouch for her either. I liked how well Beth’s character was built, slowly and well-executed. With Tom you have different sides of him according to which POV is being presented at the moment, so at the end you can fully understand his essence. You don’t really get to know/understand a few other characters, but it isn’t an actual problem, and maybe too much information on everyone would just slow the story down.

4.7 ★

I wanted this ARC so much I went on twitter to bother Alice Hunter and ask for it, and I wasn’t let down AT ALL! Such exciting and impossible to put down suspense. Looking forward to any new things coming from this author!

Thank you NetGalley for this Advance Review Copy in exchange for my honest review!

I have to say, this didn't turn out the way I expected! The twist seems obvious in hindsight, but I had convinced myself this was going in another direction entirely!

Short chapters kept the pace moving, but some parts seemed to drag on with unnecessary information.

I expected the author to lean more into the media frenzy and gossip mongering this would create for the wife of a serial killer. While the media hounds certainly came for Beth, her reaction just seemed a little bland to it all. Especially the running of her own business! Like your manager is acting very odd towards you, like she doesn't want anything to do with you, but you hand over the running of the entire business to her? Didn't make much sense to me.

I don't know why, but I kept getting pretty creepy vibes off of Adam. Is he really Mr. Perfect?

Interested to read more from this author.

Thank you to Avon via NetGalley for providing a digital review copy.

Drew me right in a plot that kept me reading late into the night.Really well written so many twist and turns kept me guessing till the end.An author to follow,#netgalley#avonbooksuj

Great quick read....I was trying to guess the ending but I was way off, so that is good! I wish there was a bit more backstory on the main characters. Things were hinted at but not explained. Overall, I enjoyed it.

Beth Hardcastle is settling her daughter Poppy into bed for the night when there is a knock at the door. She assumes it is her husband Tom, who is late and must have forgotten his key, but is surprised to find two police detectives instead. As the police wait to speak with her husband regarding the disappearance and possible murder of his former girlfriend Katie, who has been missing for years, Beth is worried about what is keeping her husband. When he finally arrives home he is taken into custody for questioning.

Beth always thought she had the perfect life but now she wonders if that illusion is about to be shattered. There is more to this couple than they project to the world.

I was really looking forward to this book and for the most part it delivered. There were sections of the book that I found to be a little boring and dragged a bit but the plot was a good one even if it was a little predictable and there were a few little surprises that kept it interesting although I was also able to guess the ending well in advance. A decent thriller with disturbing characters that reminded me a bit of Gillian Flynn's writing.

The Serial Killer’s Wife is a pacy and a totally addictive thriller by Alice Hunter. Whenever serial killers are reported on in the news, people often think about the killer’s family. How is it possible that they didn’t know what was going on right under their nose? If they did know, why didn’t they have the courage to come forward and tell the police? It’s what Alice Hunter explores in her novel as she tells it from the point of view of Beth, the wife of the killer, Tom Hardcastle. Beth and their daughter mean everything to Tom. At one time, Beth thought the same about him. But police arrest him following the discovery of new evidence in an old murder case, she begins to question everything she thought she knew. It also puts her in a very uncomfortable position as people begin to look at her in a different light than they did before.

I really wanted to know what the bigger picture was here. As more cases that are linked to Tom come to light, I wanted to know if Beth played any involvement at all in what happened. It made for really gripping reading as Sam explored her character further. I felt as though I couldn’t quite trust her as the story developed.

Tom is a really intriguing character as well. As the police come closer to uncovering the truth about him, we begin to see his true colours emerge. I thought Alice Hunter developed his character really well and Beth’s character too, as she comes to terms with what is happening around her. It makes for really tense reading as the narrative flicks between their viewpoints.

The tension in the book really turns up a notch as Alice Hunter reveals what is really going on. The characters kept me gripped and turning the pages faster and faster as I raced towards the end. Alice Hunter made me think about how I would react if I was in the same position as them.

The Serial Killer’s Wife is an addictive psychological thriller, and I was desperate to find out how things were going to pan out in the end. If you’re looking for a twisty read that will grip you right from the first page, I highly recommend it.

This was an interesting spin on the usual serial killer thriller and not what I was expecting. I had thought from the title that I would feel some sympathy for the ‘poor wife’ but I never quite took to Beth. I know I always wonder about how much wives or close family knew when someone is accused of murder and particularly so when the murder occurred some years ago. So how much did Beth know? I guess you need to read it yourself and find out.

I loved this fast paced book. It kept me guessing.

Thank you NetGalley and Avon UK publishing for a copy of the book for my honest opinion.

Suspense! Intrigue! Just when you think you know you have no idea.
A thriller that will keep you entertained for pages.

Really loved this book. Lots of suspense. Lots of red herrings and twist and turns. Well developed characters and great dialog. I was actually sorry to see this story end...it was quite an enjoyable read.Thank you NetGalley for the advanced readers copy for review.