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The Husband

By: Daniel Hurst
Narrated by: Lucy Paterson, Angus King
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A totally thrilling and addictive psychological thriller

Is the man you love a killer?

I’ve been married to my kind, loving husband Lachlan for over twenty years. He’s my everything. We have two teenage children, a beautiful home and I feel so lucky to live this perfect life. Until my best friend says something that makes me doubt everything…

She whispers it’s strange Lachlan has lived nearby to two unsolved murder cases. First, the murder of the woman in the small, Scottish village where he grew up and more recently the shocking death of a woman who lived round the corner from us. The thought makes my head spin. It’s just a coincidence, surely?

But at home, I can’t help but notice that Lachlan’s becoming angry, not at all like his usual self. It makes me wonder if he’s hiding something from me. It makes me wonder if he could be guilty. I push the thought away, but no matter what, I can’t get rid of this niggle of doubt.

The only way to find out is to go to Scotland and get my husband to face his past. But when secrets start to unravel in the remote Scottish Highlands, I realise the truth is more complicated than I thought, and more than one person could be a killer.

Now my children and I are in terrible danger. And coming here might be the last mistake I ever make.

An utterly addictive psychological thriller that will have you gasping out loud from the master of multiple twists and number 1 bestselling author Daniel Hurst. If you love None Of This Is True, John Marrs, T.M Logan and Freida McFadden you’ll be gripped by The Husband.

©2024 Daniel Hurst (P)2025 Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd.
Crime Thrillers Psychological Thriller & Suspense Crime Highlander Marriage Exciting
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An exciting read with a great ending leaving the reader to ponder the future for the wife & children

The hidden depths of deception

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It's hard to focus on the plot, or feel the emotion in the writing because the female role is narrated by a person who overacts poorly. I wish narrators understood that their performance is to be a reading voice in someone's mind and not a theatrical performance, it really destroys the reading experience. The male narrator overacts too, but I could have ignored that as it's not too much, if it weren't for the one woman show from the other narrator.

The female narrator overacts

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Because she ANNOYING ! Great story , the wife though … utterly painful. I’m surprised the killer didn’t take her out earlier for pure annoyance.

Surprised Jenny Survived…

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Would have made good short story if written differently- too drawn out, every element of story over explained in excrutiating detail as if reader is an imbecile and cant follow abasic plotline so was beyond tedious-, protagonist & antagonist one dimensional annoying characters , Dont understand how rating is above 4. dont waste your time ,disappointing

Not a psychological thriller-Tedious

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I wouldn’t recommend personally. I found it mundane where the characters stated the obvious with an unnecessary amount detail. Tedious and irritating, couldn’t get past chapter 3.

Characters state the obvious.

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