The Wife's Baby by Daniel Hurst
Genre: Psychological thriller, Domestic thriller
Read: 18th March 2024
Published: 16th March 2024
★★★★ 4 stars
DESCRIPTION:
My husband is not perfect, but our daughter is. But now she’s in danger…
When Tuppence was born, I thought I was complete. Even when my marriage to Leon began to falter, at least I had my baby girl to look after. Adults have problems all the time, but children have a way of making them seem so insignificant.
But then Tuppence goes missing and I realise how my life has been teetering on the brink for so long. Now it’s just me and my husband again, the two of us and all our problems, and we’re forced to work together as a team to get our beloved daughter back.
I don’t know where my baby is, but I will do anything to find her and hold her in my arms again. She’s my little girl and unlike her parents, she is perfect. She’s not made the mistakes we have. She’s not got dark secrets like us. She is better than we are…
We will get her back. I will get her back. But what if it’s already too late?
A gripping psychological thriller from the author of The Couple’s Revenge, The Passenger and the number one bestseller, The Doctor’s Wife.
MY THOUGHTS:
Her baby went missing...but she wouldn't give up...
Daniel Hurst is back firing on all cylinders with this superb psychological thriller with twist after twist. Enough to give you whiplash. After his previous "The Colleagues" which I found to be a huge disappointment, I was thrilled to be racing through the pages of this one which is more the style of of the author I've come to know and love.
Gabby and Leon have been together for seven years and married for four. Happily? Not especially. In fact, not even close. Which is why Gabby decided to book a four day getaway to the historic Scottish city of Stirling for them and their six month old baby Tuppence. It was meant to be a fresh start, to rekindle that spark they had lost in the wake of feeding times, nappies and sleep routines. Intimacy was something that was so far removed after pregnancy and giving birth.
Maybe that's why Leon went looking elsewhere. He claimed it didn't mean anything. He was only looking. But he did more than that, as Gabby discovered he paid a hefty monthly subscription for the pleasure that was to be all his for the taking. Maybe she should she have walked out then. But she loved her husband which is why she gave him another chance. And that's why they now find themselves in Stirling for a mini break.
Everything appears to be going smoothly. Their holiday rental is luxurious and divine. The city is beautiful. And the castle is stunning. Even Leon seems happier. Maybe this holiday is working. Gabby finally sees some hope for her failing marriage.
And then on their final night in the beautiful city, Gabby takes Tuppence out in the pram for their nightly pre-bedtime routine walk. And everything changes. Before the end of the night, Gabby will be distraught, Leon will be blaming her and Tuppence will be gone.
What ensues is a mother's doggedness and tireless desire to find out what happened to her missing daughter. No matter how long it takes. No matter how much of a nuisance she makes of herself. And that she doesn't rather effectively. But despite all this, Tuppence remains missing. Her whereabouts, and her disappearance, a complete mystery. But Gabby knows that the street on which her daughter went missing is key and refuses to give up...even if the police have.
On the anniversary of Tuppence's disappearance, she joins forces with a local crime writer in the hope that two heads are better than one and that together they can uncover the truth about what happened to Tuppence.
This is Daniel Hurst at his best and I devoured every page of this book in record time. And like all of his thrillers, just when you thought you had it figured out Hurst throws in yet another twist - directly after another - and such is his skilful slight of hand is that he peppers his tale with red herrings to keep you looking in a different direction.
Can you figure out what really happened before the big reveal? I have to tell you, even I (a seasoned thriller reader who is very rarely hoodwinked) was scuppered this time. Well played, Mr Hurst.
Now I just have to find time to squeeze in all his other books...
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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