It's always the husband... Isn't it?
Astrid Webb is missing. The police have found her car crashed near the woods, the driver's door open, the seat spotted with blood. But there's no sign of Astrid herself, a sick woman who rarely left her house, who surely couldn't have left the scene of the accident without help.
Her husband Bryan is sure that she's alive - after all, this isn't the first time she's vanished, only to reappear without explanation. But as the days pass, Bryan starts to look like a suspect in his wife's disappearance, perhaps in her murder. Because Bryan isn't telling the police the whole truth. Not about Astrid's stalker, their broken-in back door, or the threatening messages she received. And it seems as if both Astrid and Bryan have something to hide.
Then a woman's body is found in the woods, her face terribly disfigured. By staying silent, is Bryan protecting Astrid, or protecting himself?
From the bestselling author of The Regret and The Box, this heart-pounding thriller is perfect for readers of Harlan Coben, Mark Billingham and Alex North.
What did I think?
Dan Malakin stole my weekend, in the very best way! I picked up The Wreckage of Us on a Saturday afternoon, thinking it would take me a few days to read it, and I absolutely devoured it. I would definitely have read it in one sitting if I'd picked it up earlier in the day - believe me, it really is THAT good.
The prologue is a massive hook that had me reaching for my virtual running shoes straight away as I knew I was going to race through the novel from the very first page. Astrid Webb has gone missing and there's something not quite right about her ex-copper husband Bryan. As the cover of the book says, "It's always the husband...isn't it?"
The razor-sharp plot completely blindsided me as the story twists and turns, with chapters told from five different points of view: Astrid, Bryan, a young girl called Celine, Detective Inspector Ronson who is leading the case and Zack, Astrid's friend. I simply couldn't read fast enough to discover all of the secrets hidden within the pages of this outstanding book.
Dark, addictive and incredibly gripping, prepare to do nothing but read for the rest of the day when you pick up The Wreckage of Us. It's an easy five stars from me and it's definitely one of my top books of the year. Very highly recommended.
Many thanks to the author for sending me an ARC to read and review; this is my honest and unbiased opinion.
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