Genre: Mystery / Suspense / Contemporary
Book Type: Audio
Author: Sarah Vaughan
Narrator: Julie Teal, Luke Thompson, Esther Wane & Sarah Feathers
Pages / Length: 400 pages / 10 hours and 56 minutes
Publisher: Atria/Emily Bestler Books; Reprint edition (October 2, 2018) / Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Description:
Some people’s secrets are darker than others.
Sophie Whitehouse has a lovely home, two adorable children, and a handsome, successful husband. In other words, she has the “perfect” life. But everything changes the night her husband James comes home and confesses an indiscretion. Suddenly, her neat, ordered world is turned upside down. Did she ever really know the man she married?
And, as it turns out, James’s revelation is just the tip of the iceberg. He stands accused of a terrible crime. But, the truth is even more shocking than anyone ever could have thought. Is James the guilty perpetrator or an innocent victim of a toxic agenda?
In this riveting story of love, revenge, and deception, no one’s motives are pure, but some people’s secrets are much darker than others.
Thoughts:
I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf for almost 2 years and when I found out it was coming to Netflix, I jumped on the Audio version and was NOT disappointed! This was so good and now I’m excited to see how it’s adapted into a TV version.
This is about rape allegations made against James, a successful, charming, handsome, married man, who claims the sex with his ex-lover was consensual. This is told in multiple perspectives (which I am a HUGE fan of), from the prosecutor (Kate), Sophie (his wife), and occasionally James. This brought to light many issues that can become problematic and difficult to try these cases, but I thought it was done exceptionally well, although difficult to hear at times. It was full of secrets, revenge, privilege, heartache, lies, love, some mystery, betrayal, and of course – scandal.
Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ – ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
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