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The First Mistake

The wife, the husband and the best friend - you can't trust anyone in this page-turning, unputdownable thriller

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The First Mistake

By: Sandie Jones
Narrated by: Nathalie Buscombe
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The First Mistake is the stunning second novel from The Other Woman author Sandie Jones, who delivers twist after heart-stopping twist, in this addictively readable domestic suspense about a wife, her husband, and her best friend. Perfect for fans of The Mother-in-Law and My Lovely Wife.

For Alice, life has never been better.

After the death of her first husband, she has remarried, has a successful business, two children and a beautiful house.

In Beth, she also has the best friend she has always wanted. A friend without judgement, she is the most trustworthy and loyal person Alice knows.

So when Alice begins to suspect her husband Nathan is having an affair, Alice turns to Beth to help her find the truth. She can trust Beth, can't she . . .?

 Domestic Thrillers Genre Fiction Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Women's Fiction Heartfelt

Critic Reviews

An absolute corker – wickedly relatable story, wonderful characters and a great twist (T. M. Logan on The Other Woman)
A compulsive, claustrophobic read. It made my heart rate climb (Emma Kavanagh on The Other Woman)
A nice twist . . . I think a lot of readers will probably identify with events in the book (Jojo Moyes on The Other Woman)
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Really enjoyed this book. Found the voice a little monotonous to begin with but story got better and better. Hard to put down in the end.

Good book

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This story just gets muddy, after a promising start and some clever possibilities established. For the final third of the book, I was just saying "umm...what now?" None of the characters are appealing, so I couldn't invest in what happened to them and the story just felt silly by the end. I am happy to believe any outlandish ideas, if they are established and communicated effectively, however this wasn't effective. There were several storylines or elements that never went anywhere and that was frustrating and overall is was just confusing and unconvincing.

Overall, unconvincing

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what a great book absolutely did not pick the ending...keeps you in suspense until the end

awesome twisted tale

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This is a great book, I hate it when you guess the ending halfway through, but right until near the end, I didn’t see the plot opening like this. Really enjoyed it.

The first mistake

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Unbelievable yet predictable plot. Infuriating characters (why, in 2020, are we still painting women to be mindless idiots?!). The ending was acutely bizarre. Lifted up by the narrator who did a superb job.

Beautifully performed, shame about the storyline

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