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A chilling, compulsively readable novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Dead Lie Down and The Other Woman’s House
Sally Thorning is watching the news with her husband one night when she hears an unexpected name—Mark Bretherick. It’s a name she shouldn’t know, but last year after a business trip canceled at the last minute, Sally treated herself to a secret vacation—away from her hectic family life—and met a man. After their brief affair, the two planned to never meet again. All the details are the same: his job, where he lives, his wife Geraldine and daughter Lucy. But the photograph on the news is not the man Sally knew. And now Geraldine and Lucy are dead. The third book in Sophie Hannah’s acclaimed Zailer and Waterhouse series, The Wrong Mother delivers white knuckle suspense and Hannah’s trademark plot twists, and is perfect for fans of Gillian Flynn and Ruth Rendell.
Sophie Hannah is the author of the international bestsellers Little Face, The Cradle in the Grave, and The Other Woman’s House. In 2004 she won the Daphne Du Maurier Prize for Suspense Fiction, and she is also an awarding-winning poet. She lives in Cambridge, England, with her husband and two children.
The story centers around Sally Thorning & a brief affair she had a year ago with Mark Bretherin. Sally hears on the news that Marks family has been killed & when they show Marks pic-it isnt the man she knows as Mark. Sally tries to sort out who Mark really is, and the story takes off from there. Readers will enjoy the mystery from the cops perspective, and Sally's until it all comes together in the last climatic chapter. I couldnt put this book down. Lots of interwoven storylines and characters makes this a great mystery I couldnt piece together & when it all together-wow!!! Critics were right when they said it was like a ticking time bomb waiting to go off.
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Posted February 25, 2011
Horrible read for people who are not Brittish. Very disappointed in book. It made no sense at all, very hard to follow. I'm sorry I wasted my money on this garbage.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Set in a small city in England, this novel is absolutely riveting. A mother and her young daughter have been murdered - or is it suicide? -and the police are on the job - when they aren't trying to sort out their tangled relationships and resentments. Two other mothers with young daughters are key to the plot as well, and their stories include adultery, obsession, and the stress of parenting small children. This last is a recurring theme in the story, and anyone who has dealt with some of the difficult aspects of child rearing will be sympathetic, perhaps even to the extreme reactions here. Filled with twists and turns, and an unexpected resolution.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Pyscological triller/murder mystery - this book has so many twitsts and turns it keeps you on the edge of your seat. Hang on to the ride with is one. This was the first Sofphie Hannah book I've read and it was worth the read. I'll have to check out some of her other books.
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Posted January 30, 2010
Actually I put it away after reading about a third of the book. There are a zillion characters but no character development. On top of that the author makes significant errors and confuses further by misnaming some of the characters. This was a very odd book, I would recommend it to no one, and if you must, get it from your library, DO NOT waste money buying this one!
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.I've read a lot of crime novels and am somewhat jaded. This book is quite refreshing. Totally unpredictable, even for the experienced crime novel/mystery thriller fan. Can't wait to read more of Sophie Hannah's books.
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Posted December 5, 2009
This book was enthralling - I did not want to put it down - had to keep reading to find out the ending, which was a big surprise!! I definitely have to read Hannah's other books now.
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Was this review helpful? Yes NoThank you for your feedback. Report this reviewThank you, this review has been flagged.Sally had an affair. She was exhausted and in desperate need of a break. When her business trip was unexpectedly cancelled, she decided to get away anyway. She met Mark and their tryst began. They talked about lives they lead, about their work and about their families. When the vacation came to an end, the two parted ways thinking they would never see each other again.
One night while Sally and her husband are watching TV and to Sally's surprise, Mark's name comes up on the news. To her surprise, his wife and child have both been killed. When they show Mark's picture, Sally realizes that the man she was with was not really Mark, her short term lover was using the identity of someone else. Now she is in panic mode and scared for her family. Will she be able to protect her family from this madman that she once shared a bed with?
I'm addicted. Now I have to go out and buy all of her other books. Seriously. This was a phenomenal read that blew my mind. I actually received an ARC of this at the beginning of the summer, so I had actually read it a while ago. I am still in a daze over how wonderfully thrilling this book was. If you aren't going to buy it, at least enter my giveaway because I really think you all could get hooked on Sophie's writing. If you do, maybe we could start a club. LOL.
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Posted July 20, 2012
Love this book !
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Posted July 8, 2012
This book seemed to drag a bit. There were so many characters and story lines I didn't feel like I knew or cared about any of the characters. I did like the way most of the story lines came together at the end with an interesting plot twist.
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Posted April 18, 2012
The book overall was good, but I thought it was a bit confusing and hard to follow.
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Posted March 7, 2011
I was enjoying this book immensely. I couldn't quite figure out who the "scrote" was (the author's word, not mine!) or why s/he did it. About 2/3 of the way through the book, something major happens and the police (who had seemed relatively intelligent up to that point) failed to take some very obvious steps (like looking for a parent's name on a birth certificate or in school records for example!!) that then required a few more days and other plot twists and turns to actually figure out the identity of a person that--duh!--should have been instantaneous. This glaring error by the author just put me off of the book entirely. I finished the book, and, yes, there was a neat twist at the end, but by the this time, I had decided that many of the characters (including the entire police department and the main character's spouse) were a bunch of dolts (my word, not the author's).
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Posted September 12, 2010
Read it!!
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Posted August 23, 2010
I read the back of the book and thought this would be a good thriller. But it wasn't that good of a book. The author seems to drag out the story. It doesn't have much drama or thrill to it until the end. There are some good parts in the book but overall I feel it was a waste of money. I really don't care for Sophie Hannah's writing style. I read one of her other books, only because I bought both books at the same time. I didn't like either one. I will not buy another Sophie Hannah book again.
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Posted March 21, 2010
I enjoy many books but it's a rare one that captures my attention on page 1. I absolutely could not put this one down and spent my weekend doing nothing but reading. READ IT! I loved the mystery rather than the blood and gore that is mass-produced these days. Thank you, Sophie Hannah.
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Overview
A chilling, compulsively readable novel of psychological suspense from the author of The Dead Lie Down and The Other Woman’s House
Sally Thorning is watching the news with her husband one night when she hears an unexpected name—Mark Bretherick. It’s a name she shouldn’t know, but last year after a business trip canceled at the last minute, Sally treated herself to a secret vacation—away from her hectic family life—and met a man. After their brief affair, the two planned to never...