Thank you so much Celadon Books and NetGalley for my eARC!

I also received an ALC and listened along side my eARC. The audiobook included an author's note and I REALLY wish it was included in the ebook. It brought SO much meaning and insight to the book to me. Having that insight on what the term "A Family Tragedy" means and the inspiration of the book pushed this from an average read to a really good read for me!

As for the story itself, I liked it! I loved the writing style and the pacing. I'm starting to think this Nordic style is really made for me. I enjoyed each of the characters, their back stories, and flaws that made them each seem real and believable. This was a slow-burn suspense, but I couldn't listen/read quick enough. The plot itself definitely had parts that have been done before, but I had no idea how each of the storylines would come together. I was surprised how everything unfolded, but I didn't love the wrap up. Ugh, while the author's note made me LOVE the concept of the book, it also made me want a different ending.

I LOVED A Nearly Normal Family. Can't wait to see what M.T. Edvardsson comes out with next!

I absolutely loved this whodunnit, with multiple POV and complex characters. One thing I really love about a book like this is getting to know the backgrounds of each character, so you can understand how they are driven by personal experiences you may not uncover until later in the story. So while this is a thriller/mystery, I feel like it has that element of family drama that makes it just that much more juicy of a story.

The pacing was spot on, and allowed me to get absorbed in the story. And I really love how there were police reports, newspaper articles and interviews from police interrogations interspersed throughout, so fans of police procedurals might enjoy this one as well.

Definitely consider this for a summer thriller! It would be an excellent book club selection for a character-driven murder mystery.

While admittedly I didn’t read the author’s previous work, A Nearly Normal Family, so have no baseline to compare it to, I will definitely be checking it out because I enjoyed this one a lot!

Out now, The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson is a five star thriller set in Sweden. Grab yours now!

Bill is having a hard time providing for his daughter Sally since his wife died, so he offers a room to law student Karla. Their lives intertwine living in the same space, and Sally grows close to Karla. Bill is doing everything he can to make enough money so they don't have to move, and in a moment of caring, Karla does something she shouldn't to help him out. But that one thing starts a string on events that no one saw coming.

Steven and Regina are a rich couple Karla cleans for, trying to earn money while studying for her law program test. Regina has been sick for over a year, barely able to get out of bed, but she tries to befriend Karla since she never sees anyone else. Steven is a doctor, always away and not taking care of his wife.

When she was alive, Melinda, Bill's wife, had a close group of friends, but years ago there was a falling out with Jennica over a misunderstanding. In a moment of weakness, Bill reaches out to Jennica to tell her what he really thinks about how she treated Melinda while she was sick. Jennica's life isn't much better than Bill's, but she's met a man and things are looking up.

Throughout the novel, we know that the couple has died, but we don't know how or by who. The chapters switch between Bill, Karla, and Jennica with some police interrogations thrown in now and then. We see the story leading up to the deaths unfold, never being sure of motive or opportunity. The end had a twist I didn't see coming, although I did have my theories. At some points, it wasn't clear what the different storylines had to do with each other, but they intersected nicely in the end.

All in all, a great thriller with a twist to be believed. With multiple viewpoints, it doesn't become confusing. Bill is a sympathetic character, Karla is just trying to make it through, Steven is charismatic, Regina is alone and clueless, and Jennica wants her happy ending. Will Bill be considered a suspect, will Karla move back with her mother, and will Jennica's happiness bubble burst? You'll have to read it to find out!!

Well written with a lot of twists and turns.Enjoyed from beginning to end an author I will be following.#netgalley #celadonbooks

A good thriller always gets me pumped up. I enjoyed this title from Edvardsson. It was not too original but the writing and setting were great. Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC. I'm rating it three stars.

We start with finding dead bodies, then we learn who, what, where, when and why, but not until the very end.
First we get to know the main characters, Bill the widower and his daughter Sally are barely getting by and need to take in Karla, a boarder, to not lose their home. Karla cleans the home of Steven and Regina. Regina is an invalid and Steven is dating Jennica who has a job of acting as psychic to those who call for advice.

Jennica and Bill have a past relationship that spills over into the present. Her past history of witnessing marital cheating carries over into her present day with trauma and makes her cautious with men. Karla really wants to get into the law studies, but her confidence is low, pressure from her druggie mother keeps trying to pull her away and she really has taken a liking to Sally and admires how Bill has parented her.

All these personalities come together in different combinations and for different purposes. The story could have been shorter and I would have liked it better, but it pulled off an ending I had not imagined. Thank you NetGalley for an advance reader copy in exchange for an honest opinion.

Thank you kindly to NetGalley and Celadon Books for the gifted eARC!

This was an enjoyable read and my first from this author. I love a good whodunnit, especially ones with dual first-person POVs with flushed out, flawed characters and short chapters. The police interrogation elements were a nice touch as well!

When this book started out with a husband hiring a cleaner and telling her his wife is upstairs and sick…I was ready. As the characters we’re following continued to make questionable choices, I was lost. I sat there trying to figure out how they all connect? Who I’m rooting for? Who I think it responsible? What the difference is between the two female leads who for the love of all that is good I couldn’t tell apart? This book left me with more questions than answers. We really didn’t have much closure by then end. That said, I did enjoy the read.

I’m wary of books with the “is the wife sick or is the husband poisoning her?” aspect. I understand similarities in books but at some point it does seem like there may be cases where the author is trying to make their own spin off of an idea. Ya know? I’m not saying that was the case here, but it’s not something I can completely not mention at all. When it’s that specific of an idea to base the story around…

Thank you to the publisher for the gifted copy.

There are lots of perspectives in this book, but it all comes together well! I wasn't sure who to trust!

*many thanks to Celadon for the gifted early copy for review considerations. All opinions expressed are my own.

When Bill Olsson receives a valuable family heirloom from his new roommate Karla, he feels financial relief. After all, it's not easy being a newly widowed and raising a daughter alone. Yet when Karla's housecleaning clients are found dead in their mansion, who is to blame?

I did enjoy The Woman Inside because of the drama with the three main characters, the fascinating police interviews, and the unpredictability of the story. However, at certain times the story was slow.

I was disappointed by the lack of unique differences in the characters' dialogue. Although, the author did provide backgrounds on each of the three characters. However, with a dialogue-driven story, I would have expected more distinguishable voices.

Please keep in mind that some sensitive topics come up in this story. Some content warnings include; drug abuse, gambling addiction, infidelity, murder, etc.

I especially appreciated the brief chapters, multiple points of view, and the criminal investigation interviews scattered about.

Thank you to NetGalley for the advanced readers copy of The Woman Inside. I really enjoyed A Nearly Normal Family and this was a highly anticipated read of 2023! Unfortunately this did not quite live up to my expectations compared to A Nearly Normal Family, but it was still good. I do really love a book with multiple POVs. I enjoyed Karla and Sally as characters. It would’ve added to the story to maybe have a POV from the Rytters? This book read like many other thrillers I’ve read with maids and a wife upstairs…so honestly I was kind of put off from the beginning seeing that it’s not different from my other recent thrillers. (This could really just be a me thing since I obviously need to broaden my thriller horizons and not read the same story over and over with different titles) This was a quick read where the different POVs and interrogations led to me continuing on with the story. Plot hole though: did Miranda actually cheat or not? Wish we could’ve cleared that up and then had some resolve between Jennica and Bill. Overall, I wanted more. This is still a fine book that I can see many people enjoying. Thank you again NetGalley for the ARC of The Woman Inside!

A wealthy couple is found dead in their home. Is the murderer their house cleaner, the guy the house cleaner is renting a room from, or the dead husband’s mistress?

It was a fun read. I was engaged through most of it. However, I feel like the characters were one dimensional. There were definitely plenty of characters to hate. I also didn’t like the ending. There were no twists or aha moments.

A few highlights from The Woman Inside: a philandering husband, a housekeeper who knows something, a sprinkling of police interviews, and not to mention the murder of a wealthy couple.
This book was quite enjoyable once I got all the characters straight. Every chapter is from a different point-of-view, which I love in a book. Short, fast-paced chapters make this slow-burn story even better!
I recommend this to all Nordic reads fans! While I did not read M.T. Edvardsson's first book, the style of the writing here, makes me want to check it out.

I read “The Woman Inside” by M.T. Edvarsson in nearly one sitting. Set in a suburb of Sweden, it has multiple narrators and each are suspects in the murders of Dr. and Mrs. Rytter. Through the point of views of Karla, Bill, and Jennica the mystery begins to unravel. I enjoyed the story though wished it was a little shorter. The chapters were short but some were a bit repetitive. Overall, a good psychological thriller.

I really loved this book! The plot was very engaging and I couldn't put it down!

Thank you to netgalley and the publisher for allowing me to read this arc in exchange for an honest review!

The Woman Inside by M.T. Edvardsson ⭐️⭐️💫 published by @celadonbooks

This one was just meh for me. It was told from three different POVs, and I couldn’t ever connect with any of them. I did enjoy that each character was morally gray and none of them were reliable. The book itself moved along, and I kept reading to find out what happened, but I was let down by the reveal. I’m not sure what I would’ve liked, but the ending left me scratching my head. I also found the title to be a bit misleading as I didn’t think it was about the woman inside.

The cleaner. The mistress. The desperate man. When a couple is found dead in the wealthy part of town, these three are potential suspects, but did any of them really have the motive to kill? “The Woman Inside” by M. T. Edvardsson dives deep into the heart of this mystery to uncover the truth.

For starters, I really enjoyed most of the characters in this book. They have these diverse stories that really add something to the plot and give them each a believability in their part of the story. I especially liked Karla. She wants to be good and have a life so different from her childhood, but she’s still learning and growing into who she wants to be.

In the end, this book was a solid 4 star read for me. It maintained pretty good pacing throughout the book and it had little interview clips from newspapers and the police that kept things interesting.

Thanks to Celadon Books and NetGalley for an eARC in exchange for my honest review! This book is available now!

I could not put this one down! I read it in one sitting and was falling asleep at the end because of how late I stayed up but I HAD TO FINISH IT! I wasn’t expecting the ending at all and I liked how the story came together. The interviews and news articles between chapters were a great break and a great way to helped tell the story! Highly recommend!!

The Woman Inside is about all the secrets that we hide. Some secrets are difficult to hide because we are intertwined with them, and when they are revealed, it's difficult to hide anymore.

Bill, Karla, Jennica, and the Rytters are intertwined with each other. Who is a murderer and what are all these people hiding? The novel is a thriller and is interesting until the last page. It's a slow burn thriller and has a relatively slower pace. Each of these characters has a backstory that has impacted their lives and compelling them to behave a certain way. Trauma galore in this novel.

However, I was not a fan of either character. Karla was the only character that I sort of liked. It probably could be due to the translation, but I could not feel any emotions or feelings coming through in this novel. It was one dimensional and just matter of fact. Overall, though, I liked the novel.

Thank you, Celadon Books, for the book.

CW: Addiction, Infidelity

Many thanks to NetGalley, Celadon Books and Macmillan Audio for gifting me both a digital and audio ARC of the new thriller by M. T. Edvardsson and wonderfully narrated by Josh Dylan; Nathalie Buscombe; and Sofia Engstrand - 4 stars!

Bill, recently widowed and single parent to Sally, is desperate for money so takes in a boarder, Karla, to help with expenses. Karla is an aspiring law student and works as a housekeeper for a wealthy couple. the Rytters. The husband, who appears very controlling, has given Karla strict orders about not disturbing his ill wife, who seems intent on engaging Karla, leaving Karla to question if she is really ill. Jennica lives along with her cat, Dog, and works on a phone advice line. She meets a new man on Tinder but is he what he professes to be? When the Rytters are both found dead, all these characters are questioned about their activities.

I loved the way this story spooled out - interwoven with the events leading up to the crime from their different POV are police interrogation tapes with all the suspects, so you get lots of different sources of information. It's a bit of a slow burn as we learn how interwoven these characters are and learn all the secrets they are keeping. And that ending - you won't see it coming!