I do love a good psychological thriller and whilst I read and enjoy a wide-range of author’s work there are just some ‘go to’ authors where I just have to read everything they produce. C.L. Taylor is one of those authors for me; I’ve never failed to be transfixed by her novels. It’s Always the Husband is her latest release; here is the synopsis:
Welcome to Lowbridge. Where secrets hide behind every door…
When newly divorced Jude arrives in the small town of Lowbridge, she is soon drawn to widower Will, the father of her young daughter’s best friend.
But Will’s past is shrouded in tragedy, with questions that no one knows the answer to – and after two tragedies tore his life apart in just a few short years, gossip and rumours abound about what really happened to the women he loved.
As whispers of murder surround Will, Jude becomes determined to uncover the truth – and with her own father’s tragic fate haunting her, she refuses to let another innocent man suffer.
Yet in Lowbridge the darkness runs deep, and nothing is as it seems. Can Jude protect Will from a community out for blood? Or will she become the next victim in this web of deceit?
Because whilst one dead wife is tragic, two starts to look like murder… (Synopsis courtesy of C.L. Taylor's website.)
This is another great novel by Cally; yet again one where once I’d started it, I couldn’t stop, and I enjoyed it throughout. I noticed some of the descriptions of this novel as being “motherland meets murder/motherland meets Big Little Lies” and these are spot on. It navigates the complexities of the school gate, the cliques, the friendships, and the isolation, but with the added speculation and mystery about what happened to Will’s former partners and what secrets people may be holding. Having lost two partners, is Will as innocent as Jude wants to believe, or is everyone else simply jumping to the wrong conclusions?
I enjoyed the narrative this was told through multiple perspectives which added to the intrigue and breadth of the story. The story is much more than just Jude and Will; there are a number of characters to get to know (other parents) and whilst initially it seemed a lot of names were mentioned it was easy to keep track once I got into it. Also as some were more supporting characters than big parts in the novel this worked fine for me. Chapters were also short and snappy, which I increasingly enjoy.
A good test of my enjoyment is often whether I see things coming and there are a number of twists, dead ends and revelations in this novel which kept me guessing. I never saw the ending coming either and had to take a deep breath. C.L. Taylor can’t produce novels fast enough for me. I thoroughly recommend them!
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