I had high hopes for this one based on the Goodreads reviews and the news of the Netflix show but unfortunately it didn't work for me. The first third of the book was compelling, but then once I figured out what was happening (maybe I read too many thrillers?) I had to push myself to finish it. The twist was pretty obvious once I started picking up on the clues being dropped, and it was dependent on an overused trope that I find to be unoriginal and somewhat offensive (the author's note seemed to try to explain the motivation behind this but it still wasn't convincing to me). While this book is sure to be successful, I wish that the story was stronger.

So... Uhm. Yeah. This was filled with so much twists and turns that it pushed toward unbelievable. However, what a great tale that explores a gripping subject matter. Sadie, her husband, Will move into the home his sister killed herself in and left her teenaged daughter, Imogen. All I can say is that this was the kind of read where each chapter unfolded events that brought you toward a conclusion, I didn't see coming.

Sadie and Will Foust have had the share of problems, and when Will inherits his sister’s house in a sleepy little town on the coast of Maine, so they pack up their two boys and move. See, Sadie is still reeling from the bombshell that Will dropped on her about his affair and this is suppose to be a fresh start for them. It’s a beautiful house but with the house comes the daughter of Will’s late sister. She is rebellious and resentful of Sadie and Will. But that isn’t all that they are going to have to face once they settle in. It isn’t long before the neighbor is found dead and things start to unravel for Sadie and Will.

The story in given in multiple points of view. Of course we have Sadie, the other woman Camille, a young girl called Mouse and Sadie’s husband. It sound like it would be a lot to keep up with with but it really wasn’t. Getting to see everything from all sides is always a bonus when reading a book like this. The little girl Mouse, was the one I kept trying to figure out.

The main character is Sadie, is a doctor who now works in a small practice seeing the mundane head-colds and minor sprains which is no comparison to working in a large hospital like she is used to. Will is a part time professor and keeps up with the house and their boys and get them back and forth to school and has also taken on the responsibility of his niece Immogene. She is a handful to say the least. Camille is the “other woman” who is madly in love with Will and will do anything for him. There is quite a difference between Sadie and Camille. Sadie is more reserved and kinda quiet while Camille is Sadie’s former room mate and is more outgoing and kinda has a screw loose. Mouse’s story is one that just tears at your heartstrings. Definitely an interesting cast of characters to say the least.

From the start Sadie had this strange feeling about the house and the vibe it gave off was eerrie. This old house had a personality of it’s own. But this was a fresh start so she is trying to make the best of things but when she is suspected of murdering the woman next door questions start flooding her mind. She knows she didn’t kill her but there are things that just aren’t adding up. I won’t give away anymore than that and there are so many little twists and turns that I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough to find out what was really going on. There were so many questions! Who really killed the neighbor? Who is Mouse and how did she fit into it all? And so many more… The big reveal was one that made my jaw drop as I did not even go down that path of possibilities. It was pretty great!

The Other Mrs. had all the things that I look for in a psychological thriller. A mystery that keeps me guessing, just enough suspense and characters that you question but want to believe and an ending that brings it all together. It was such a great read and I hope I have made you curious enough to read it too.

I was in the mood for a thriller. I wanted one that was atmospheric, compulsively readable, and fast-paced. I picked up *The Other Mrs.* on my kindle and my day was taken over! Though there were a few parts in the middle that dragged, it was a great ride! Psychological thrillers are really circulating right now and this book is sure to be fan favorite.

(4.5/5) What a super, spine-chilling, creepy psychological thriller! The switching of characters was well done and kept me guessing to the very end. And the twist at the end was amazing. Very well done! I highly recommend this page-turner of a book. You will not be able to put this one down.

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for the review copy.

The other Mrs. was great! It was absolutely terrifying and exciting at the same time. I could not put the book down. I was a little confused at first with the switching of the characters and I could not figure out who was who for the longest time. The book seriously kept me guessing the whole entire time, even when I thought I knew what was happening, I was still wrong. Mary Kubica did an amazing job with this one even though parts of it were a little terrifying. There was such a surprise twist and it was the perfect ending to a book.

What a great thriller! I could not put this down and was thoroughly creeped out by the twist!!
I always look for this author's work!
Thank you so much for this early copy. Ive already also reviewed on Goodreads and Instagram!

This is another domestic thriller from the American author of such books as 'The Good Girl' and 'Pretty Baby'. Her most recent novel was 'When The Lights Go Out'. In this one we follow the lives of Will and Sadie. When Will's sister dies he inherits a home on an island off the coast of Maine and guardianship of an angry 16 year old niece. Wanting a fresh start, they pack up and move their two sons to live on the island. When a neighbour is murdered and strange things start happening, Sadie investigates. This is a good recommendation for domestic thriller fans and is my favourite book of hers to date.

I have to say I'm a definite fan of a twisty tale that keeps me guessing (for the most part) until close to the end of the book. Ms. Kubica did a great job with The Other Mrs. I was hooked and had to figure out "who did it" so I kept flipping the pages until the mystery resolved itself.

You meet a seemingly normal family - - Sadie and Will Foust and their two sons. They have recently moved to take over his deceased sister's home and the guardianship of their sixteen year old niece. However, their marriage is apparently a bit rocky and they have moved there for a "fresh start." You can tell right from the onset that there is a great deal of stress still between Sadie and Will. She seems to be unhappy with the move in general and is also having difficulty trusting her husband's faithfulness. Their niece is also struggling and doesn't want them there and one of their sons is battling his own issues. All in all, there is a lot going on. Then, to complicate things even further, the neighbor is murdered and an already stressful existence gets even worse.

I really enjoyed how Ms. Kubica took us through the emotions at play in Sadie's mind. She was trying to be the perfect wife, mother and doctor. All the while, she didn't know who she could really trust and had moved to a city where she didn't really have any friends. I loved the suspense of it all.

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for my honest review.

So, this book was pretty good! I spent a good portion of the book trying to figure out how this story was gonna go. I had a few different ideas but then I’d be like, “well that can’t be right because...” At the point where I did figure it out, there was still a bit of a surprise left that was pretty clever. I think the author did a good job writing this in a way that keeps the reader confused (in a good way) and that kept up the suspense. This is a great thriller that’ll keep you guessing.

I really loved the blurb for Mary Kubica’s newest book, but this one fell a bit short for me. This one was told in three perspectives…Sadie, Camille and Mouse, although, the reader is trying to figure out who Camille and Mouse are for most of the book. I found myself bored through most of this story.

Will’s sister, Alice, committed suicide and left her 16 year old daughter, Imogen, in his care. Will and his family move into his sister’s house to help care for Imogen, who is an angry 16-year-old who wants nothing to do with her new family living with her.

Most of the story revolves around a murder in their neighborhood, while throwing in a few twists and turns. I figured out the ending about halfway through the book which is why I gave it three stars. This one missed the mark for me. I was hoping for more creepiness, not so many character perspectives, etc.

I sat down to read this book and I could not put it down. Very good writing and intriguing story.
I will definitely recommend this book to my book club ladies.

This is a slow build thriller that relies on the big twisty reveal to compensate for the lack of thrills throughout. There was so many great plot devices sprinkled into this book and ultimately not utilized, the biggest one being the island itself. What's creepier than living on an island where you can only ferry on and off during certain times of the day? Once you're on, you're on. Once you're off, you're off. That gave me chills when I first read the author's introduction of this plot point. Sadly, she abandoned it. It had no part in the story and did nothing to forward any of the plots.

What are the dogs' names? I don't remember them being given names, and if they were, the author used the dogs so little that they might as well have been removed from the book. Also, there are multiple ways they could have tied into the big reveal. My mind races with all the ways they could have been used wonderfully! What gives?

After reading this book, I thought of so many plot holes that made this book not only unrealistic, but offensive to an educated, thoughtful reader. How is Sadie, a DOCTOR, this stupid? She just can't be, except to the extent that it allows the ending to be tied up with a big fat bow.

Although I hung onto every word and was excited to get to the whodunnit, I was left disappointed.

Mary Kubica has done it again with The Other Mrs. I will officially devour anything she writes!

The Other Mrs. is a character-driven psychological mystery. The small island that Sadie and Will live on almost feels like a haunted house and Kubica does a wonderful job creating a creepy atmosphere the permeates throughout the novel.

Without giving away too much, this book delivers twists and turns that engage the reader and handles mental illness and the manipulation of those with mental illness (which is real and terrifying) with respect and finesse.

Kubica is a master at multiple POVs and is able to create unique voices for each character and integrate each POV into the overall narrative without causing confusion.

Definitely recommend this book!

Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin Trade Publishing for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

This book has it all! There are so many twists and turns you will not know which is up and which is down! The novel has the trademark alternating POV, which sometimes for me does not always work, but it does in this case. There are times when I have not enjoyed Kubica's books as much as others, but this one really delivers. There are some times when things seem to work out in a way that may not be realistic, but once again, I can look past that and simply enjoy the book. I think this has to be my favorite book she has written so far. Thank you to the author, publisher, and Netgalley for the honor of reading this book in advance in exchange for an honest review. Four stars!

Didn't finish the book. Tired of books with a bunch of twists and turns that seem silly. So many books are trying to emulate Gone Girl and its exhausting.

Such an amazing book! A dysfunctional family, affair with another woman, who is jealous as all can be of the wife, a suspicious wife, a little girl being abused by her mother-in-law, and a woman dead, found by her step-daughter. That sentence reads like a movie, but I promise this book is even better than that could ever be!

While I had an inkling of an idea about what was going on with Sadie, I really wasn't sure. Camille was so believable that I tended to take what she said for face value, over Sadie. And Mouse? I definitely believed her, too. Heck, I even believed Sadie! As far as Will and Morgan, that I never saw coming! Or even Imogen. It makes me wonder what Imogen saw that Sadie didn't realize she saw, to make her hate her and call her messed up. How confusing it would be for Imogen, Tate, and Otto to see one thing and hear their mom say another, yet claim that she would never do or say those things. Who do you believe? Which mom is the real mom?

Such a great read!

Wow, what an excellent read! Complex characters and a plot kept me hooked! The numerous twists left me breathless and were so well executed that I didn't see them coming! The ending was satisfying!

Wow! 4.5 stars.

Sadie and her family move to Maine to live in her sister-in-laws house. They are there to take care of her niece, Imogen, after the suicide of her mom. Imogen is 16 and kind of scary, doesn’t communicate with family except with profanity and anger, wears all black, doesn’t always go to school, etc. Sadie and Will have two sons, 14 year old Otto, and Tate who I think was 7 or 8. Otto has problems of his own, as he was terribly bullied at his former school.

After living in the small Maine island town a few months, a neighbor woman, Morgan, is murdered. During the course of the book, Sadie is trying to piece together and find out who the killer is - wondering if the killer is in fact in her own house or someone else on the island. We also hear two other points of view: Camille, mistress of Will, and Mouse, a 6 year old girl abused by her step-mother.

That’s all I’m going to say, but I really loved this thriller. The author crafted an intriguing plot and was hard to put down. I highly recommend this book!

Thank you to the NetGalley and the publisher, Park Row Books, for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

I adore Mary Kubica’s books, and this one is another exceptional thriller!

Sadie and her family have moved to an isolated island to care for their recently orphaned niece. Sadie starts to feel paranoid about strange occurrences on their island.

This story is told through multiple POVs, which I did not care for at first, because I did not understand how they all connected. But once I figured it out, about 70% into the book, I wanted it to last longer and have more backstories!