The Doctor's Widow (The Doctor's Wife #2) by Daniel Hurst
Genre: Domestic thriller, Psychological thriller, Suspense
Read: 18th August, 2023
Published: 23rd August 2023
★★★★★ 4.5 stars (rounded up)
DESCRIPTION:
She trusted him. Now she’s paying the price…
I loved my husband, Doctor Drew Devlin, but he betrayed me. And now he’s dead.
As I put the key in the lock and open the door to the luxurious new home I’ve purchased with Drew’s life insurance money, I’m certain the worst days are behind me. My secret is safe, and I can’t wait to enjoy my new wealth and freedom.
Then I meet handsome Roger. I wasn’t looking for a relationship but as we spend our evenings drinking wine on my sunny terrace, I realise he’s just what I need right now. Roger is nothing like Drew, he’s spontaneous and romantic. And most of all, he’s honest.
He thinks I’m a rich, lonely woman. He’s wrong of course, there’s so much more to me…
But then one night, when we’re curled up in bed together, Roger says something that makes my blood run cold. I think he knows the truth about my life as the doctor’s wife.
I will do anything to stop my past from catching up with me… But is Roger really who he says he is? Or is my life now in danger?
An absolutely gripping psychological thriller packed with jaw-dropping twists from the number one bestselling author of The Doctor’s Wife. If you love Behind Closed Doors, Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train you’ll be hooked on The Doctor’s Widow.
MY THOUGHTS:
"While there are some differences between the two men, namely Drew having a much more prestigious job than Roger has, not to mention my late husband had a far nicer home when I firts met him than the one Roger currently resides in, there is one big difference that makes Roger the clear winner between them when all things are considered.
Unlike Drew, Roger has no secrets."
She's baaack!!
Fern Devlin, the doctor's widow, is back and enjoying the fruits of her labours. That is, the generous life insurance policy hubby Drew took out, not to mention the spoils of his estate left behind for his grieving widow. And boy, has she been enjoying those spoils!
First on the agenda was the sports car - a Mercedes. But now that that novetly has worn off, Fern has just completed the purchase of a large house just shy of a million pounds which she then has repainted and redecorated to her tastes. Unfortunately, that also means the smell of paint fumes. But needs must.
"I am doing even better as the doctor’s widow than I was as the doctor’s wife."
It's been four months since the demise of the illustrious Dr Drew Devlin and the incarceration of his lover Alice Richardson. Fern thought herself quite clever to outsmart the pair, killing off her adulterous husband then setting up his lover to take the fall, and getting the sweetest revenge on them both for the ultimate betrayal. Of course she had help. Alice's poor betrayed husband Rory assisted Fern in her devious plan and when he served no further purpose, she assisted his suicide also.
But no one knows any of this. Not even suspects slightly. All the evidence pointed so clearly to Alice that the police looked no further and the jury wasted no time in convicting. To all intents and purposes, Alice is guilty and paying for her crimes whilst Fern is nothing but the grieving widow.
But Greg knows different. Or at least, he suspects as much. You see, Greg knew Drew and he knew something about Fern no one else did. And now after his friend's demise, Greg is intent on uncovering the truth about what really happened to Drew and how Fern carried out her dastardly plan. Of course he has no evidence. But he intends to get it by any means necessary...
Enter Roger. Fern's new love interest. They met in a bar one night and have tentatively been out on a few casual dates, had a few booty calls and taking it one step at a time. For Fern, it's early days and she wants to see where this will lead, while for Roger, he wants to earn Fern's trust enough that she will confess all to him. For Fern, she's falling in love and thinking babies with her new man, while for Roger, he just wants to get that confession on record and hightail it out of there.
But...Fern's clever. She's devious. She's always been one step ahead of the police and everyone else. Can he outsmart her and get what he needs? Will his plan for entrapment be successful? Or will Fern discover the truth?
I thoroughly enjoyed Daniel Hurst's latest wild ride throughout England's north once again with Fern once again at the wheel. We are joined by Greg, Alice and Detective Tomlin who share the narrative with the doctor's widow. Although this one was lacking Hurst's trademark dark witty humour, I still enjoyed my foray with him in the passenger seat of this thrill ride.
Fern Devlin is a character readers love to hate. She's guilty as sin, we know she is, and yet she's got away with her crimes and continues to do so. But is her luck about to run out? With the insertion of Drew's former tennis buddy Greg, in the form of her new love interest Roger, we are counting down the seconds until BOOM! the inevitable happens. Which is what, exactly? He's found out? Or Fern is?
Hurst cleverly pulls us in as we ride by the seat of our pants in this addictive sequel to "The Doctor's Wife". While there is no mystery aspect to this story - everything is as you see it - Hurst is still able to keep the tension palpable as you turn the pages and race towards the shocking end...or is it?
I admit, I emitted a groan as I flipped that final page. NOOO! Now there HAS to be a third book, which I don't mind, but I really thought everything would be neatly wrapped up this time round. I guess I was wrong. In that, Hurst has pulled a shocker of an ending. Now I eagerly await book 3.
As always, Hurst never fails to thrill or entertain - both of which he has done once again.
I would like to thank #DanielHurst, #Netgalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #TheDoctorsWidow in exchange for an honest review.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
He has been employed in several glamorous roles in his lifetime, including bartending, shelf stacking and procurement administration, all while based in some of the most exotic places on the planet, like Bolton, Preston and South London.
Daniel writes psychological thrillers and loves to tell tales about unusual things happening to normal people. He has written all his life, making the progression from handing scribbled stories to his parents as a boy to writing full length novels in his thirties. He lives in the North West of England and when he isn’t writing, he is usually watching a game of football in a pub where his wife can’t find him.
Since following his lifelong passion for writing in 2020, he has amassed a loyal and devoted set of readers, and regularly has several books in the top 100 of the Psychological Thriller Charts on Amazon. His title The Passenger became the #1 selling psychological thriller in the UK in October 2021. The Doctor's Wife is his first publication with Bookouture.
A prolific writer, Daniel likes to keep readers on their toes by self publishing even more books in between those released through his publisher.
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