Elena Wilkes – The Man I Married

‘The Man I Married’ by Elena Wilkes is a psychological thriller that kept me definitely busy for a couple of days!

Lucy works in the probation office and deals with the type of prisoner that give her the creeps, never mind anyone else. She meets, by accident a psychiatrist, Paul, who sweeps her off her feet. Lucy goes from living in her own place and spending her time with Emma, her best friend, to spending every moment with Paul.

They marry after weeks together and have everything they ever wanted, as a couple. Then comes the day when Lucy discovers a photograph of who she presumes is an ex. She then realises he is receiving texts from someone, she presumes it, again,
is his ex but he denies it. Paul begins to act odd, reacting one way them denying he ever did. Lucy begins to think she is going crazy especially when she is contacted by a man who has been released from prison and he starts sharing things with her that the police and work say he couldn’t be doing.

A true psychological thriller with so many twists to the story you have no clue where it is going. I was really immersed in the book and the found it a suspenseful story that kept me turning the pages! I loved Lucy and understood her trains of thought. I wanted to give her a hug half the time! Paul is one of those characters you just want to smack in the face, a horrible man who pretends to be everything everyone wants, but is sneakily working behind the scenes with his own agenda. Emma, Lucy’s best friend is a woman who really cares about Lucy and is dragged into Paul’s games and causes Lucy so much heartache when she comes to the realisation. I will say I was almost shouting at Lucy and wishing she would just believe in herself and do what she needed to do for herself!

In conclusion, a psychological tale that will definitely have you thinking about that one decision or that one meeting that could change the course of your life, forever and not for the good!

Thank you to Books On The Bright Side and Hera books for the copy of the book to give you my thoughts today.