On the surface we were the perfect couple, but no one knows what we’ve been hiding…
Just six hours ago, Alex and I were married. It was a beautiful wedding by the sea, on the beach we’ve always loved. Our guests crowded outside our beach hut to raise a toast before our first midnight swim together as man and wife. And then, suddenly, he was gone, drowning in the water that meant so much to us.
But instead of being able to mourn in peace, to get to grips with my awful new reality, the police are here. It seems they don’t think Alex’s death was an accident. And I’m the main suspect.
I know I’m innocent, but I also know we both had secrets. And to my horror, it seems Alex’s were worth killing for. But who in our wedding party could have wanted him dead?
I thought I knew the man I married but I couldn’t have been more wrong. But then again, he didn’t know the real me either. I’ve been hiding from the truth for so long. And then I realise: what if it wasn’t Alex’s past that was coming back to find him. What if it’s mine? How far will someone go to expose my darkest secret?
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Review
I guess it has already happened to all of us. You meet a couple and you feel like they have the most perfect, loved up relationship in the whole wide world. But do they are is it all an act?
Who do you believe? The man who is good looking, well respected and charming, always looking out for others or is there (some) truth in what his fiancee claims? One thing is for sure. If you cannot solve the problem, you just get rid of it, right…?
I really enjoyed this book, not knowing where the author would take me and I was shocked by the scheming. On the other hand I was cheering one team on, applauding their plans. The others, they had their just deserts, because after all you reap what you sowed..
Sometimes manipulators think they are clever until they meet someone who does an even better job.
Greed and jealousy can push you over the edge.
A great story and having a lovely swim in the cool sea would be ideal with these temperatures. 5 stars
Thank you
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About the author
Lesley Sanderson spends her days writing in coffee shops in Kings Cross where she lives and also works as a librarian in a multicultural school. She has lived and worked in Paris and speaks four languages.
She attended the Curtis Brown Creative novel writing course in 2015/6, and in 2017 was shortlisted for the Lucy Cavendish fiction prize.
Lesley discovered Patricia Highsmith as a teenager and has since been hooked on psychological thrillers. She is particularly interested in the psychology of female relationships.
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