The Serial Killer's Wife is a solid addition to the crowded thriller genre. A recommended purchase for collections where the genre is popular.

The last quarter of this book was the only semi- interesting portion. The entire book resembled every basic husband vs wife murder mystery, unfolding in such a predictable way. I wished for more suspense, more drama and less whining from Poppy about where her dad was. This missed the mark for me. Thanks NetGalley for advanced copy.

Great read! Once again another book I read in a day. Plenty of suspence, twists and turns and an ending I did not predict. One never knows what goes on behind closed doors and how do we ever know who we are really married to. What seems like the ideal family can indeed be very deceptive, secrets hidden and agendas that only each party is aware of, much to the detriment of the others. .The ending also leaves it wide open for a sequel. I will definitely read more of this authors work.Thank you to Netgalley and the author for the chance to read this twisty little tale.

This is complex, head spinning, absolutely disturbing, twisty and truly delicious psychological thriller which introduces us a new debut author Alice Hunter!

As soon as I finished the book and I wanted to read her bio and I found out Ms. Hunter’s main job was interventions facilitator in prisons, working at rehabilitation programs to men serving sentences, especially working with prisoners who’d committed serious brutal crimes!

It really explains how she managed to portray the dangerous mind of a real criminal. Especially BDSM parts of the book and the narration parts explain the killer’s instinct, the motivation and the thirst of committing crimes are blood freezing, terrifyingly bleak but also realistic!

We have four narrators in this book:

Tom: a exemplary, great husband and father is arrested for killing his ex girlfriend...

Tom’s wife Beth who tries to adjust in her new life with their beautiful kid Poppy but after their reputation has been tarnished, she will have to learn to live as killer’s wife!

Katie: 8 years ago she’s met with Tom and she thought she was so lucky to be chosen by him. But later she starts seeing the real face of her controlling lover and she feels trapped in her relationship. What happened to Katie? Is she really dead? Could Tom act such a violent crime against her?

And the unknown narrator who is forced to have BDSM kind of sexual relationship with a man: we’re not sure it’s Tom! And the woman can be anybody! Is she still alive to give us her identity?

Beth and Tom’s perfect marriage will be destroyed after his conviction to kill his ex girlfriend. His loyal wife Beth does anything to protect their daughter but small townies don’t stop gossiping: how cannot she know what kind of monster she’s been married for 8 years! The press, the townies are suspicious about her acts. And Tom needs his wife’s support to be acquitted from the murder charge.

What does really Beth know? Will she help her husband to save him from prison? Does she keep important secrets which may change everything about their lives? And could her husband be a vicious killer?

Don’t worry! All your questions will be answered during this wild ride! I absolutely enjoyed this twisty, surprising, heart pounding reading!
It’s a fresh start and intriguing debut novel earned my four criminal minds, dysfunctional relationships, perfect couple stars!

Special thanks to NetGalley and Avon Books UK for sharing this digital reviewer copy with me in exchange my honest opinions.

I found this to be a fun and page turning book. the Serial Killer's Wife really asks the question, How well do you really know someone? The answers will surprise you. I read this book very quickly and couldn't put it down. It was a fun read and thought provoking. I was guessing all along and didn't guess right, so for me that is a win. The characters are rich and flawed and fantastic. You get a real feel for this little suburb and it is almost a character of it's own. The author described it so well I felt like I could picture it! The author also really gets you inside the minds of the characters, as we do read from a couple of points of view. I love the style of multiple narrators and it really works in this thriller with a great twist!

So first, thanks to Netgalley for this arc, the opinions in this review are completely my own. That said, I also may have set myself up for failure on this one because I requested this arc, and then when it was granted I looked it up on goodreads without paying too close of attention to the author to refresh my memory on what this one was about...and accidentally looked up the wrong book! Same title, different author, oops. So for the first 10% of the book I'm waiting for this other premise I just looked up and am sorely disappointed because, well when is the finger retrieving going to start, where is the kidnapping?! I keep thinking maybe it's just slow and I get increasingly disillusioned only to realize that ... it's not the same book at all! Oops, so I reset expectations, and continue reading but I'm afraid I may have spoiled this one for myself. In the contrast of the more exciting book, this slow burn book was a little too slow. 

The characters / now / earlier I know they likely do it because someone along the way will get confused otherwise but the now/ earlier/ different POVs weren't great. Given that we mostly spend time in a linear fashion for one character having the past POVs for the other one was unnecessary, mostly because I know we're going for the whole unreliable narrator bit, but it wasn't pulled off in my opinion. It just felt a little lazy, trying to rile you up for big reveals that come off as predictable. I saw Beth's reveal a mile away and that made her bits ones to slog through a little bit. There wasn't enough character development that it just left me feeling like the book was creepy and dark and like the author had written it as fan fiction of some better written psychological thrillers. That said, it was a quick read, but just missing something.

Oh, also the epilogue didn't really make sense to me. Why would this particular character go to this other person. I appreciate the sentiment of ending the book this way but, eh.

I requested this book from NetGalley based on the cover blurb and the fact it was getting high ratings and I’m sorry to say it just wasn’t for me.

These days there are so many crime fiction novels coming out that it can seem hard to be heard amongst the crowd. An author really needs to find their ‘voice’ and create a style as well as come up with a stomping good tale. And this , sadly is where I found this book failed.

It’s very slow paced, with almost all details held back until the final chapters. I couldn’t ‘buy into’ either characters story. I found Beth repetitive and a bit bland and the fact she couldn’t wait 5 minutes before pursuing her own selfish interests was just oddly written in... even if it is part of the story.

Tom only became interesting when we were given flash black to 8 years before. But for all his sinister creepiness it’s like the author couldn’t allow herself to really unleash the monster that’s been hiding in plain sight.

We’re told on the back cover that Tom and Beth are fine, upstanding citizens and idealised by their neighbourhood. But the reality it that Tom’s never home and Beth has no friends and is either kept at close quarters by ‘possessive’ Tom or openly left out by the other women in the community. Ultimately there just wasn’t enough substance to hold a plot of this style and I really struggled to see it through to the end 🤞🤞that it would be great.

Overall it just lacked too much for me and I’m just a bit disappointed that I didn’t love it as much as everyone else. Thanks to NetGalley for my advance copy in exchange for my honest review.

A knock on the door changes the family lives forever when two detectives haul Beth’s husband Tom away for questioning. They want to know about a young woman, who had been missing for several years. What begins for them as enquires soon spirals into the unthinkable. Beth has to face the community where they live and where she owns a small business that puts her directly in touch with the public daily. Then there is their daughter who is still in nursery and the effects it will have on her.


What a belting good story it is as it is told between a triangle of the central cast of players, Beth, Tom and the missing girl Katie. Katie had been a former girlfriend of Tom’s before he met Beth. I had to take some deep breathes to read some of these chapters as the relationship between Tom and Katie developed. All three of them have distinctive voices.

I would say to you to read this in a quiet environment to get the most out of it. It scared me to hell when I did, as every noise on the pages came to life. I wasn’t sure just who was a real friend or just curious to know if Beth knew what had gone on. Beth had never really had a friend, and now she needed one more than ever. The story unfolds as the past is revisited by the three of them. Brilliant characters, superbly written.


I wish to thank Net Galley for an e-copy of this book which I have reviewed honestly.

"The Serial Killer's Wife" is an intriguing thriller with many twists and turns - but the problem is the story is slow to actually get to those plot twists.

That said, once the story got going, it was almost impossible to put the book down. The last half of this book is the perfect thriller!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the chance to read this great book!

I would like thank the author, the publisher and NetGalley for giving me the opportunity to read an ARC of this book. It was such a good read with lots of twists and an ending that came out of nowhere, I would definitely recommend this book.

This book blew me away.

Last year, one of my favourite reads was My Lovely Wife by Samantha Downing and this felt very much in the same vein. The pacing was excellent and I consumed the book very quickly, eager to know what happened to Beth and how much she knew or was involved in her husband's crimes. Really well written. Loved it!

I very much enjoyed this read and will definitely read another Alice Hunter book. Will be recommending it to everyone.

Twists and turns even on the last page. Great read! Loved Hunter's writing style, very engaging and made for a hard-to-put-down story! Would love to read more from her!!

Wow. I enjoyed this one-very different keeps you interested all the way through with a very unexpected ending. I am hoping that there will be a follow-up book. Fingers crossed.

Beth and Tom live a perfect and successful life, a happy family with their three-year-old daughter. Until one evening when Tom doesn't come home in time and Beth worries that he has had an accident, especially when the police arrive at her door. But the police actually want to speak to Tom about one of their enquiries. Beth's life is about to get blown apart. Can she trust her husband?

This book was brilliant - the plot was thrilling, exciting, tense and full of twists and turns. I loved the range of characters, the style of writing, and the shocking ending. I really recommend this book and can't wait for Alice Hunter's next one!

Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy of the book in return for my honest feedback.

When the police knock on Beth Hardcastle’s door one night, she’s terrified her husband Tom, who hasn’t returned from work, has been involved in an accident. But the truth is much worse; the perfect marriage, the perfect husband, that Beth thought she had was an illusion. Tom is not a perfect husband or even a good man, if the police are to be believed; he’s a monster. Good, creepy fun

What a great read. A did-he-didn’t-he story. The wife with the idyllic life. The life comes crashing down around her ears when her husband is arrested for the murder of his ex girlfriend who disappeared 8 years ago.
But no body has been found, so what evidence can they possibly have.
Written in the first person from both Beth and her husband, Tom’s, point of view.
She’s dealing with the aftermath of his arrest and the effect it’s having on her and her small daughter in the small village they live in
He’s dealing with the assertive questions the police have whilst maintaining his innocence, but is he, and how much does his wife know
400 pages gone in the blink of an eye

This book was so fast paced and there were so many plot twists! I loved it and couldn't put it down. I read it in 24 hours. I would definitely read more by this author. The plot was very interesting and not like anything I'd read before. I would definitely recommend as a fun fast read. I received a free copy of this book from netgalley and the publisher in exchange for my honest review.

I don’t even know how to process what I just read! I had a feeling the ending was going to be a big twist but did not see that coming!

Alice Hunter did a phenomenal job. I could not put this book down. I had to know what happened! The story alternated POVs which I’m a big fan of. There were clues throughout the story that you kind of catch but when it all ties together in the end it’s just ✨perfection✨

I look forward to more by this author!

Fast paced, plenty of suspense and shock revelations. This book definitely shows that a, seemingly, perfect husband and wife really aren’t as they appear and you really shouldn’t judge based on external appearances or take anything for granted. The way the story is narrated from different perspectives is ingenious and sometimes leads you deliberately along the wrong path.
My allegiances switched countless times during this story, I’m still not totally sure who to trust or who to feel sorry for. There were lots of twists and turns and shocks along the way. An excellent and chilling tale - recommend!

This book was intresting, loved the pace of it. So many twists i didnt see coming.
Im glad i was given a advanced copy of this book. Was well worth the read