I really enjoyed the way the story was told. It was by 3 different points of view of the weeks/days leading up to the crime. Plus, police interviews conducted after the crime. It was an easy read. No big twists, but I still really enjoyed it!

I liked a lot of parts of this author’s last book. This one started off promising. I was instantly intrigued. But then, it just started dragging and I started drifting. The ending had a big reveal kind of feel. I realized that I felt like I was reading a formula. The book was OK but it followed too much in the style and rhythm of the last.

Thank you to @netgalley and Celadon Books for this ARC. A couple is found dead and everyone is guilty. Steven and are found dead in their home - was it the house cleaner Karla, Steven's mistress Jennica, Karla's male roommate Bill or someone else all together? I like how the author made you believe someone couldn't possibly hurt anyone and then quickly made them look guilty. I felt the ending was a little rushed but good read! #TheWomanInside #MTEdvardsson #CeladonBooks #June2023

The Woman Inside was a quick read. It had many colorful characters and I was curious from the start how they would interact. I feel like this story of a wife who is unwell and married to a rich husband has been done over and over again. There were added characters and pieces to the story but it wasn’t necessarily a new plot. The writing was engaging and easy to read and I got mildly invested in the characters. I felt like the whole story was predictable so it wasn’t much of a thriller for me. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the ARC. I would certainly read another book by this author.

M.T. Edvardsson delivers another compelling, compulsively readable Scandi thriller with The Woman Inside. Steven and Regina Rytter, a wealthy pediatrician and his chronically ill wife, are found dead in their upscale home, one done in by a head wound and the other by an overdose. It’s being called a family tragedy by some in the press, but perhaps something more sinister has happened.

The story centers around three POVs: Bill, a recently widowed dad; Karla, a student and the Rytters’ housecleaner; and Jennica, a telephone psychic and Steven Rytter’s girlfriend. Bill is under police suspicion for the deaths, but he’s not the only one who might have had a motive. Excerpts from the police interrogation are interspersed with the three perspectives and help round out the narrative. The story is twisty and entertaining, with a cast of unlikeable but interesting characters and no shortage of potential culprits. It kept me guessing about whodunit and how the three character arcs would come together.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Celadon Books for providing me an advance copy of this book.

This started off as a quick and engaging read but as you get to about the 2/3 or 3/4 mark, it started to slow down for me. I felt I became less engaged and just wanted to “get on with it”. The ending was a little bleh for me and I didn’t love some of the unanswered stuff

Edvardsson has written an other great Swedish thriller/police investigation full of well developed characters including ones to root for and against. An interrogation of people possibly involved in the murder of a rich couple, a doctor and his ailing wife, We meet all the related ‘suspects’ as the details are slowly revealed. You keep reading one more chapter, then one more!

A solid domestic thriller - I didn’t love it but I enjoyed it.

The theme of the ‘nosy maid with the wife upstairs’ is a tad familiar these days but this story was still interesting enough. I liked how it alternates between POVs and excerpts from newspaper articles, the interrogations, etc. The group of characters are perfectly unlikeable and I enjoyed unraveling the way they were all connected. The ending was unexpected but also wasn’t exactly satisfying either.

Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for this eARC!

What I loved
-Each of the POV characters had a well defined voice and motives making it easy to switch between them while keeping track of what was going on.
-Excellent Pacing and use of twists throughout the plot
-interviews regarding the central crime and nestled neatly into the book
What didn't work as well for me
-Some over description was present during the first third of the story.
Who I would recommend this title for
Fans of the Author's previous work A Nearly Normal family will find Edvardsson is still able to deliver.

The Woman Inside
by M. T. Edvardsson
Pub Date: 13 Jun 2023

A great story told in 4 alternative main character prospectives that leave you utterly perplexed until the shocking ending. Definitely a gripping and captivating read! I highly recommend it.

Synopsis:

Bill Olsson, recently widowed, is desperate to provide for his daughter, Sally. Struggling to pay rent, he welcomes a lodger into their home: Karla, a law student and aspiring judge, who works as a housekeeper to make ends meet. Her clients are the Rytters, an incredibly wealthy couple who hide behind closed doors. The wife is ill and hasn’t left the house in months. The husband is controlling and obsessive. Is he just a worried husband, concerned for his wife’s health? Or is there something more sinister at play?

As Bill’s situation becomes more dire, Karla is forced to make a difficult choice. And when the Rytters wind up dead, and Karla is pulled in for questioning, she’s made to defend some parts of her past she’d rather not revisit.

Every person in The Woman Inside is hiding something, but could any of them really have been driven to kill?

Thank you #TheWomanInside #NetGalley for providing me with an advanced copy of this wonderful book that goes on sale 6/13/2023. All opinions are strictly my own.

This book was a nice quick read that I couldn’t put down. I don’t always read this genre of books but I really enjoyed it. This book is released June, 13, 2023. Thank you to Celadon Books, M.T. Edvardsson and Netgalley for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.

Book: The Woman Inside
Author: M.T. Edvardsson
Publisher: Celadon Books
Pub Date: June 13, 2023

A Nearly Normal Family by this author is one of my all time favorite books so I couldn’t wait to read this! The book starts with the murder of a wealthy husband and wife. It’s definitely giving Verity vibes but with a lot more players. The author did a fantastic job of weaving all these characters lives together in ways you couldn’t imagine. It’s very character driven and I thought there was good character development. It’s twisty, manipulating, surprising, captivating and I very much appreciated the short chapters. The story is told from Bill, Karla and Jennica’s point of view as well as the police interrogations. You are going to find that you will not know who or what to believe. I actually wrote in my notes near the end, “I have no clue what’s going on!” The ending was perfect! It’s a great book and a quick read. This book will be in my top 10 easy for 2023.

Thank you Celadon Books and NetGalley for this sneak peak! Publication date is June 13, 2023.

Ummm… what in the blazes did I just read?! Like holy crap this book was twisty and addicting! I was not expecting all of that.

This is the second book I've read by M.T. Edvardsson and I really enjoyed it. It was told from the point of view of three different characters - Jennica, Bill and Karla - leading up to the murders of Steven and Regina Rytter. In between the chapters in each of the characters voices, there were also excerpts from police interrogations and articles about the murder of Steven and Regina Rytter. All three stories held my attention, and it was interesting to see how they all tied together. Steven was a truly despicable character - I wasn't sorry that he was murdered. I liked the relationship between Bill and his daughter, Sally but I would have liked more information about his relationship with his deceased wife, Miranda. There were some surprising and unexpected twists that I didn't see coming at the end. I will definitely be reading any future books by M.T. Edvardsson. Thanks to the publisher, NetGalley and BookishFirst for the ARC.

The Woman Inside is a mystery steeped in lies, twists and dysfunction. It takes place in Sweden but the story could take place anywhere there are cheating husbands, drug addicts and domestic chaos. The three POVs alternate chapters and newspaper articles are intermixed giving a unique texture to the storyline. It takes a while for the characters' background to come to light, to see how they will intersect and find themselves involved in something that could change their lives forever.
Bill's idyllic life was upended when his partner and mother of his child dies from cancer. He is sad, alone and trying to raise Sally by himself. He has lost his job and struggling to find something that will made a dent in his rising debts so in a desperate move, he rents a room in his place to Karla who is studying to be a court Judge, who comes from a very chaotic home life complete with a drug addicted mother and absent father, and who takes a job as a house cleaner and lands a job for a well-to-do doctor and his wife. When she shows up the first time, she discovers the wife is bedridden due contracting a virus a year before and it seems to have invaded her mind in some way. Jennica has been floundering in deciding on a career and flips flops in her studies from this and that. While all her friends have partnered up and started families, she is still on Tinder but thinks like she met the man of her dreams. He's a doctor, handsome, wealthy and a widow. They meet all the time at fancy restaurants, hotels and in his city apartment. Who can complain?
I was intrigued by the story for a long while but about midway through, I got bored, the writing and story began to repeat itself and I began to lose interest. I think this story has so much to it but it needs to be tighter to keep the reader's interest. I felt like the author kept introducing new information that didn't seem relevant but only bogged the characters' backstory down. Karla was the only character I really cared much about though pathetic, desperate Bill comes in second. All three of them are damaged by their backgrounds. The reader is supposed to feel badly for Jennica once the truth comes out but even she is not very likeable in the end.
There is great potential because the story is very twisted and unexpected. Just tighten it up a bit and it's gonna be a winner!
Thanks to Netgalley and Celadon for the opportunity to read this ARC.

I was really drawn into the story initially, but there were a few too many back and forths between the POVs for my liking. This made it a bit confusing to follow. I also didn't really care for the ending. I did think this was a good story and I was really intrigued by the characters, but it didn't quite deliver the way I was hoping. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

A psychological , domestic thriller that will keep you on your toes. Multiple point of views gives of a story that allows you to put pieces together, but not the final piece until the end. A 2023 whodunnit.
I loved the dialogue and the cat named Dog!
Be sure to add this one to your TBR!

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC.

This book has that feeling of “I’ve read this before” and I know which books it reminded me of immediately. That just tells me it fit into its niche quite well.

I definitely enjoyed the inserts of the interviews surrounding the crime, which gave us a sort of dual timeline - watching the story unfold and the criminal investigation after the fact.

This book is a bit wordy and too much for me at times. I did find myself wondering when it was going to get to the point. While the suspense was there, it wasn’t always enough to keep me interested.

3.5⭐️

Bill Olsson, mourning the loss of Miranda, his fiancée, and mother of Sally.
Financial struggles as a single parent are kept at bay by a lodger.

Karla Larsson, law student.
Financial struggles are kept at bay by working as a housekeeper.

Jennica Jungstedt, former girlfriend of Miranda.
Financial struggles are kept at bay by talking to callers for Psychic Advisor.

The story begins with the report written by one of the first patrol officers at the home of Steven and Regina Rytter. Interspersed between segments from the POVs of Bill, Karla, and Jennica are excerpts of Q&As with various individuals as the investigation moves forward.

I loved how the captivating story was written. The short chapters were alluring, built suspense, and unfolded drama, as everyone had secrets. Secrets that created numerous possibilities during the police investigation.

After reading "A Nearly Normal Family," the author's debut thriller, I knew I wanted to read more of his writing. I highly recommend this gripping novel with incomparable pacing and unexpected twists.

Thank you @celadonbooks @macmillan.audio for a copy of this who done it murder. The book starts with the murder of a wealthy husband and wife and I was interested to see what happened. The story is told in multiple POV and the story slowly reveals how these characters intersect. I like the themes explores in the story from being a struggling single parent to doing what's right and wrong. With so many POV, I didn't feel there was much depth into any of the characters