Confessions on the 7:45 by Lisa Unger is a suspense novel, beginning with two seemingly-random women and two sets of secrets. Selena knows her husband is cheating, and when her new friend, "Martha" announces that she's having an affair with her boss. From here, the story gets darker and their connection seems less and less like a random encounter.

Selena is kind of the perfect wealthy wife that I couldn't help hating. You could just picture her Instagram updates of her sons' mess in one corner of her massive, decorated house, maybe with a Live-love-laugh or a Gather in the background. She had the goofy money worries of someone who owns a big house and a couple of cars in the suburbs, hires a nanny, works flexible hours in the city, etc.  So, when her marriage began to show cracks, I didn't feel particularly bad for her. I didn't really care that her husband was cheating on her,

Normally, eye-rolling at the scale of the protagonist's problems is not a great sign, but it really  worked here because "Martha" also though Selena's charmed life was annoying. Also, when Selena's actual problems were revealed, it showed how carefully she'd hidden her husband's behavior and her own emotions into her picture-perfect marriage.

This is another gore-free thriller. There's death but it's not gross, because there's not a lot of gory description about the body, the focus is more on what to do about this huge new secret and how to handle the death. I was really glad, because I love suspense novels with dangerous twists, but my tolerance for gore is very, very low.

This novel is so much like The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. If you like one of these books, I'm sure you'll like this one. The same themes of deception, marriages breaking down, and family secrets, in gore-free domestic suspense.

Told from multiple perspectives, this twisty mystery keeps you guessing until the end about how all the characters are connected. There's Selena, the hardworking and loving mother of two, who discovers that her nanny is having an affair with her husband. Geneva, the nanny. Anne, whose affair with her boss's husband may soon come to light. Martha, a seemingly random woman on the train who offers Selena a listening ear. Pearl, a quiet but intelligent teenager who makes a connection with her mother's latest lover.

When Geneva disappears shortly after Selena discovers the affair, it sparks a chain of events which may end up connecting all the dots. Who was the nanny, really? Could Selena's husband Graham really have been involved, as the police seem to think? Everyone has something to hide, and the reader will be kept guessing until the very end when all the secrets are revealed.

Another win from Lisa Unger. I think it is her at her best. The novel is brilliant. Fast paced, twisted plot lines keep the reader guessing until the end. Will definitely keep you up all night in a race to finish.

Wow, wow, wow!! What an intense ride this book took me on! It grabbed me from the beginning and did not let go until I finished! It was absolutely intense, in a way that literally had me up reading into the wee hours to finish! Unputdownable, is one way to describe this brutal, intense, chilling read, as I can guarantee you won’t be going anywhere once you start! This book had such realistic feelings written, I truly could see this happening exactly as Lisa Unger wrote. Shocking for sure, in fact so shocking I was either holding my breathe or gasping when I finally was able to let it go! Goosebump enduring thrills and chills! I highly, highly recommend, as it’s definitely my favorite I’ve read of Lisa Unger and if you are like me and love cheating, murder, and shocking thrillers you will love this one! Preorder today! Not to be missed!
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Lisa Unger never fails her books are so well written.with characters that come alive.Thiis book drew me in from the first pages took me on a multilayered wild ride of a read.Highly recommend grab this book .predict a huge bestseller.#netgalley#harlequinbooks.

Absolutely loved this book by Lisa Unger! All of her books are awesome thrillers but I think she outdid herself with this one. I read it in one sitting and cannot wait to recommend this one. Thank you to NetGalley and the publishers for the advanced copy.

Lisa Unger has outdone herself with her new "Confessions on the 7:45." It's a roller coaster ride that is plotted meticulously and seamlessly, unfolding fast enough to keep you glued to your seat, but slowly enough to keep you on the edge of that seat with your heart racing. Loved it!

When the commuter train Selena Murphy takes home everyday stalls, she strikes up a conversation with fellow traveller, “Martha.” The two exchange confidences the way strangers sometimes do, and Selena learns that Martha has been having an affair with her boss, at which point Selena shares that she believes her own husband has been sleeping with their nanny and where is Selena’s husband? Then out of nowhere, a few days later, Selena’s nanny disappears. She can’t help but wonder if Martha had something to do with the disappearance, but that’s surely not possible. Things like that only happen in the movies or in books, right? This plot line is far from original, but in the hands of the incomparable Unger, the story becomes more twisted and surprising than readers will ever guess