The Wife’s House by Arianne Richmonde is a psychological thriller that you will not forget easily once finished. A story that has you glued to the pages from the off. Straight away I loved the house on the cover of this book and the author certainly carried this feeling on throughout the book. Her descriptions created more of a feeling of being there. It seemed like a paradise in my imagination.
This house is occupied by a widow. Her husband purchased it for them both, their dream home. Her husband, Juan, died in a traffic accident and she is left to mourn and live in this fabulous sleek house on a clifftop alone, and she vows never to leave their house. Mrs Trujillo (we are never told her first name) goes for a walk and she meets a set of triplets Jen, Dan and Kate and she finds herself relying on them more frequently. The story then slips into her past and we discover all about the widow.
This is a story that deals with grief, manipulation, loneliness among others. We see how loneliness attributes to manipulation and boy, does the author do it well! There were characters in this book I didn’t trust from the beginning and I thought the widow was so naive at times, I wanted to shake her. This story was atmospheric from the start and then started ramping it up to creepy levels. The twists and turns added to the tension and I was unable to put the book down at one point, food was rather late that day. A thrilling and creepy read for me anyway, another new author discovered!
Thank you to Bookouture Books-On-Tour and Netgalley for the book so I could enjoy getting creeped out for my review today!
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