Homewrecker – J.M. Dalgliesh

She’s here to help my daughter. She wants to steal my life.

I have a gorgeous husband, Scott, two lovely children, a successful career and a stylish townhouse. Anyone would think my life is perfect. But it’s all a lie.

My twelve-year-old Katie has been in trouble at school and won’t talk to me. Desperate, we hire young, willowy brunette Deanna – an expert tutor – to help my daughter. I’ve been so worried and my husband blames me. Have I failed as a mother?

Deanna is our last hope, the only person who seems able to help my precious child. But I’m starting to wonder about her intentions…

She’s in my kitchen, touching Scott’s arm. She and Katie seem to be keeping secrets, laughing as they glance at me. And I see her in my bedroom, watching from the window as I leave for work.

Then I find Deanna in Scott’s study, examining an old, framed photograph. And she begins to ask questions about Scott’s beautiful ex-wife.

I know her game; she’s looking for something that will destroy my life. The life she wants for herself.

But Deanna has underestimated me. I won’t give up my perfect family without a fight, and she has no idea how far I’ll go to stop her…

Review

Tamsin Kennard is such a gem, she has become a household name on my audio library, so much so that I gravitate towards books narrated by her now, and then read the synopsis to see if the book is a good fit for me! LOL.

Drama, drama, drama! Can you tell that I love domestic-thrillers? I love them. One of my favourite subgenres right after clinic/medical thrillers. Ugh, they are so good.

Totally thought I had Homewrecker figured out! If you think your years of reading mysteries is going to help you, think again! J.M. Dalgliesh did a great job leading surprising twists.

In general, the writing was fine but there was a part around the 40% where the book stalled a bit and then in the later part of the book everything went from 0 to 100 really quick, and I didn’t really like how the sense of madness or things going sideways wasn’t really felt, just somehow pushed and shown, perhaps because of the way the pacing was set.

That blurb and that cover are such honey traps though!