Compulsive Readers Blogtours: My Husband´s Lies by Maryann Webb

Some of the best psychological thrillers are inspired by everyday life, interactions and...relationships. Nothing special at the first sight, maybe a burgeoning love story, a happy marriage, a bright future...until...boom, an unexpected thunder put everything in jeopardy. Past may be rewritten, present is hard to cope with and future, there is none.

My Husband´s Lies by Maryann Webb is based on such a ´normal´ plot: Aria is in love with Ethan, they got married and life is following its course after a lovely honeymoon. Suddenly, all turns into a curse: Ethan works late, Maryann wishes for a baby but nothing happens so far. And it gets only worse: after a girls´ night out, her beautiful friend Isla is brutally murdered. As the police investigation advances, Aria is becoming more and more aware that the man she loves may be a completely different, dangerous person.

It was very difficult to get away from this book until the end. It has a very elaborated plot, with twists placed when you expect less and unexpected turns of events. This is what one may expect in a psychological thriller, indeed, but in this case, Webb forced the borders of psychological surprise with her game of smoked mirrors confusing not only the characters, but the readers themselves as well. 

Webb wrote series as well, but My Husband´s Lies reads as a stand-alone. 

Rating: 4.5 stars

Disclaimer: Book offered as part of the book tour but the opinions are, as usual, my own