Thankyou to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for allowing me to read this ARC.
This book is full of secrets, lies, betrayal and surprises.
You dont know who you can trust and i love books like that.
This is my first book by this author and i will be reading more for them.
It had a great plot and was very well written.
I would recommend this to anyone wanting to read a great thriller that keeps you on the edge of your seat.
Thankyou
5/5 stars

Great Thriller. Kirsten's husband is one of two men shot dead in a warehouse in Austin. Only he wasn't supposed to be in Austin. So now she needs to talk to the widow of the other murdered man to try and work out why he was there. And that threatens to bring a lot of old history out into the open. Great pacing and plotting, well crafted and enjoyable.

For sheer, straight out enjoyment it is hard to beat Jeff Abbott’s An Ambush of Widows (Canelo, 2023). This fast paced, twisty thriller reminded me of those pre-Gone Girl, unpretentious, action thrillers about untrustworthy spouses by authors such as Campbell Armstrong and Christopher Reich, that grabbed you in the opening pages and kept you hooked till the end.

An Ambush Of Widows opens with Kirsten North getting an anonymous phone call: ‘Your husband is dead in Austin’. The only trouble is that Henry North, a down-on-his-luck cybersecurity expert from New Orleans, is supposed to be in New York. Rushing to Austin, Kirsten discovers that Henry and Adam Zhang, cofounder of one of Austin’s most successful venture capitalist firms, have been found murdered together in a warehouse. As far as Kirsten, and everyone else knows, the two men did not know each other and had never met, yet they are found shot together. As Kirsten investigates what happened to her husband, she joins reluctant forces with Zhang’s wife, Flora. Together they uncover a deadly plot and a determined killer.

An Ambush Of Widows is great fun. The book starts with a bang and Abbott keeps the twists, surprises and suspense coming at a rapid rate. There is an enjoyable cast of suspicious characters and plenty of old secrets that indicate that everyone, including Kirsten, are not who they seem. Some suspension of disbelief is required towards the end, but most readers will be too busy turning the pages to notice or care.

Overall, this is just a good fun read. I had a suspicion of where it was all going, but there were certainly lots of surprises I did not see coming. Highly recommended.

4.5 upped to 5
It's an excellent thriller, full of surprises and gripping. A book about secretes, about not knowing who you can trust and two strong women who join forces.
Well plotted and well told, i loved it.
Highly recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher for this arc, all opinions are mine

Book Review - An Ambush Of Widows by Jeff Abbott

Thank you to Netgalley and Canelo for the digital copy in exchange for my review.

What a great crime thriller!

Two men dead, killed together in a warehouse, that don’t appear to know each other. Two widows trying to establish what happened to them.

I enjoyed this from the very beginning when Kristen is called from her husbands phone to tell her he’s been found dead. What a great start.

From there we discover twists and turns about both of the mens ‘private lives’ and also their wives. I very much enjoyed Kirsten and Zach’s backstory, it was woven into the present day situation very nicely without taking us off track.

The kick arse researching crime investigating widows were a real bonus for me, Flora was quieter and this balanced out nicely with Kirsten the fearless I think.

Often with this type of storyline I get bored in the mid section and need it to move on, but that absolutely didn’t happen with this book, every part of the story was necessary and it didn’t get repeated or dragged out.

The reveal was good, without being too complicated or far fetched. My only slight criticism would be the chapter afterwards could be tipping over into sickly sweet happily ever after, which is a shame as this book is better than that.

Overall a great read and if I’m looking for a juicy crime thriller to read in the future I will know to head for Jeff Abotts other books.

4 Stars.