‘Two Widows’ by Laura Wolfe is a psychological thriller that had me immediately. This is the first time I have read anything by this author and if this book is anything to go by, it won’t be the last.

The story is told by two women, Grace and Beth. Beth narrates the past and Grace the present. We learn of Beth’s past marriage and events leading up to her husband Jasons death and we see the tragedy as her perfect life crumbles Beth drew a lot of sympathy from me as I witnessed the carnage around her.

The present chapters are told by Grace as I said previously. We know find out that she has pushed her son, Ethan, out of her life by accident rather than design, and she spends her days in isolation at her farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. Grace is a complex woman and, even now, I still can’t decide if she was just an interfering woman anyway or if her husband’s death had caused this behaviour. I thought the author had made very real characters with real flaws and this made the story a good one too.

Two Widows is a story that weaved together a number of genres such as, murder mystery and psychological thriller and created a story that truly grabs you. The stories of both women keep unfolding as you read and the chapters, slipping back and forth are a natural story progression.

Thank you to Bookouture and Netgalley for the copy of the book to give you my review today.