By: David Hurst
Narrators: Tamsin Kennard,
Nathaniel Priestley
ISBN: 9781835251720
Publisher: Hachette UK - Bookouture
Publication Date: 09/30/2023
Format: Audiobook
My Rating: 4.5 Stars (ALC)
My husband made a terrible mistake. Now our children are missing…
This should be the trip of a lifetime – a week in New York with my family. As we stroll along the Hudson River, drinking coffee in the sunshine, anyone would think we’re the perfect family. But the truth is far more complicated.
I’ve been on edge the whole time because fifteen years ago when we were living in this city my husband Jack did something that ripped our lives apart. I swore I would never come back here, but Jack insisted.
One afternoon, in the blur of a crowd, I lose sight of my son. I can’t find him anywhere. Frantic, I call my husband. But what he tells me next shakes me to the core…
My daughter’s gone missing too.
I end the conversation, my whole body shaking with fear. As I’m desperately searching for my children, the phone rings – it’s an anonymous number.
The hard voice at the other end gives me an ultimatum: kill my husband or my children will die.
The clock is ticking. Can I save my family in time?
An absolutely gripping psychological thriller filled with shock twists from the number one bestselling author of The Doctor’s Wife. If you loved Gone Girl and The Night She Disappeared, you’ll be hooked by Her Husband’s Mistake.
My Review
The king of twists, author Daniel Hurst, is back following The Doctor's Widow with a twisty standalone psychological thriller, HER HUSBAND'S MISTAKE —this time taking readers outside of England to NYC on vacation with their family to the scene of the crime.
This is not their first trip to the Big Apple. Jack did a horrific thing years ago, and they swore they would never return. Someone is waiting for them with REVENGE on their mind in this suspenseful race against time. Who will make it out alive?
Lorna and Jack are an English couple who 15 years ago lived in New York with Jack's job. However, one night, a tragedy occurred that would change the trajectory of their lives. A husband's bad mistake will now cost the family. You can't hide forever.
At the time, Jack finally confessed to Lorna (implicating her), and they decided to return to England rather than confessing or going to the authorities. Thus far, they have managed to keep this under the radar.
However, it is the children's upcoming birthday, and Maddie and Alex want to go to NYC to see the sites. They cannot say no to their children. Jack and Lorna think returning to the crime scene is a bad mistake. However, they cannot tell the children about the past, so they agree.
They did not consider social media and the kids posting that would leave them open for REVENGE and a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
Jack made a terrible mistake years ago, and they soon realize they are making a second mistake by going back.
They arrive in New York. Maddie is going to a baseball game with her dad and Alex to the theater with his mom when they both turn up missing.
The kids have no idea that their parents dreaded this trip and what has occurred in the past. Frantic, the parents contact the authorities, but soon, the couple put two and two together, realizing this is about the past and payback. How did they know? Now, they are kidnapped, and it is not money they want. The entire family is in danger.
Their past has caught up with them.
The worst request is what Lorna has to do to free her children. Will she do it? If she does, can she believe the kidnapper will return her children safely? This scene will make you hold your breath.
HER HUSBAND'S MISTAKE is a fun, short, and entertaining thriller that will keep you on edge in this spine-chilling domestic suspense to see how this will turn out. The scary part is that this is a realistic situation and could happen in real life.
I listened to the audiobook narrated by Tamsin Kennard and Nathaniel Priestley, who were fantastic and delivered an engaging performance.
Thanks to Hachette UK - Bookouture for a gifted ALC via NetGalley in exchange for an honest opinion.
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My Rating: 4.5 Stars (Audiobook)
Pub Date: Sept 30, 2023
About the Author
Daniel Hurst is an Amazon #1 bestselling author of fast paced psychological thrillers. His most popular titles include Til Death Do Us Part, The Passenger and The Doctor's Wife, the latter title reaching #1 on the Amazon UK Kindle store in February 2023. A regular KDP Select All Star since he became a full-time author in 2021, Daniel prides himself on writing fast, releasing stories often and engaging with his readers.
You can visit him at www.danielhurstbooks.com, where you can also download a copy of his FREE thriller 'Just One Second.'
