The Husband's Secret in Around the World in 80 Books

Jul 29, 2016 Linda Martin rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, geo-australia, 2016

This was a somewhat tedious psychological romance drama. I thought it could have been much deeper, but the author did try to make it more intriguing by rotating the chapters between three women and their individual storylines

At first it isn't clear how the women are at all related, but a few chapters in, the relationships are finally revealed... as is the terrible secret one of the husbands had hidden from his wife. The suspense leading up to the secret's revelation ends, but then there's the su ...more

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Mar 10, 2021 Andrea rated it it was ok · review of another edition

For me, this book was a waste of time. The mystery was easily solved by anyone with common sense, every single damn female character was obsessed with trivialities and the male characters were mostly toxic and stupid. If you like emotional rollercoaster rides for the sake of a few tears, you might like this. But I didn’t care enough about most of these smug annoyingly small, petty people to shed a tear over them. The only character I felt some sympathy for had become embittered and basically des ...more

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Jun 06, 2014 Mary rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Cecilia is leading the perfect suburban life. She's the envy of other school mothers, and she managed to marry one of the handsome Fitzpatrick boys. While her husband is away on a business trip, Cecilia accidentally finds a note to be opened in the event of his death. His alarmed reaction to her discovery and immediate early return from his trip pique Cecilia's curiosity, and she opens the letter. A secret from her husband's past is about to bring her perfectly sculpted world crumbling down. Wea ...more

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