The Mistake I Made by Sam Hepburn
Genre: Psychological thriller, Suspense
Read: 6th August 2023
Published: 11th August 2023
★★★★ 4 stars
DESCRIPTION:
A man is dead. And only I know why.
As we sit drinking wine by the river and I gaze into his dark brown eyes, I know I have finally met the man of my dreams. I have been hurt before, but this time will be different.
He has a terrible past and everyone tells me he can’t be trusted, but they don’t know what I know. I know deep down that together we can overcome anything.
Because sure he has secrets, but who doesn’t?
But now a man is dead. And the police are knocking on my door.
Was trusting him the biggest mistake I could make…? I don’t know where to go or who to turn to. What if I am next?
This addictive and gripping psychological thriller is perfect for fans of The Housemaid, The Family Across the Street and The Family Upstairs.
MY THOUGHTS:
I'm in danger...but no one will believe me...
I'm not sure what I expected from this book but after devouring her previous domestic thriller "A Good Mother" and loving it, I knew I would be in for a treat. I wasn't wrong. But it was also something completely different. Nothing at all like I could have or might have expected. But I was seriously completely blindsided until BAM! she hit us with the first twist and then BAM! the second coming right before that ending.
Heartbroken after her husband divorced her, Vanessa Dunn is intent on reinventing herself in some form or another by reaching out and helping those less fortunate than others. She volunteers at a men's homeless shelter as well becoming a volunteer visitor at a hospice where she meets Frances Findlay who takes her into her confidence and entrusts her with an important task: to find the child she'd given birth to over two decades ago. And this is where things get interesting.
That aside, Vanessa is also the owner and operator of her own interior design business in which she employs some of the men from the homeless shelter looking to improve themselves after falling on hard times. She finds two such employees in Mick and Jay, much to the annoyance of her manageress, Meghan who doesn't trust them. But Vanessa is intent on giving them a positive outlook on life and something to work towards.
On a personal level, Vanessa's life hasn't been a bed of roses. She grew up in a house where she felt very little loved and where her much younger sister was the deemed favourite. Even now, with her father living abroad and her mother in a care home with dementia, Izzy is still the favoured sibling despite never being around to visit or care for their mother. That's all left up to Vanessa. Her entire life, even that of the new Vanessa is filled with care home visits, hospice visits, homeless shelter volunteering as well as her business.So when Ralph steps into her store one day to buy a wedding gift, Meghan is quick to push Vanessa into going out with him. But Vanessa isn't so sure.
That is Part One. When Part Two begins, I had to go back and see if I was reading it correctly. What just happened? You will just have pick up the book and find out yourself. But prepare to be shocked. Nothing is as it seems.
I read this book in one sitting in bed tonight, so it was a fairly quick read. There really isn't a lot I can say about it except that it was well plotted and cleverly crafted. Throughout the entire book I wasn't sure how I was going to rate it as it really seemed mediocre throughout much of the story. And then BAM! that twist just threw everything sideways and then that final one was just a delicious twist of the knife. So close and yet so far.
What started out as a 3 star read easily ramped up to 4 by the end.
I would like to thank #SamHepburn, #Netgalley and #Bookouture for an ARC of #TheMistakeIMade in exchange for an honest review.
MEET THE AUTHOR:
Sam has worked and travelled widely in Africa and the Middle East, and is a trustee of the Kenyan’s children’s charity, I Afrika. She now lives in London with her husband and children.
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