"How complicated we all are; even the worst among us might still be worthy of love."
Things fall apart for Selena Murphy after she meets a stranger on the 7:45 train in this interesting psychological thriller. The woman calls herself Martha and Selena finds herself telling her about the problems in her life -- including mentioning that Selena thinks her husband, Graham, might be having an affair with their nanny. Of course Selena wishes her problems would all go away and that she might continue to keep up the facade of her perfect family and marriage. well, that's not going to happen. NO SPOILERS.
I'm sure it hasn't escaped most adult women that so much of what happens to women is because of their association with particular types of men. Good or bad, men have a huge influence on their happiness. A large number of incarcerated women are in prison because of men, how they were *mistreated by men, cheated on, lied to, manipulated, hurt -- it goes on. Even so, women are largely have themselves to blame for where they end up. A famous saying, "You are not responsible for what happened to you as a child, but you are 100% responsible, as an adult, for fixing it."
In this book, the women are quite damaged. All of them. Because of the men in their lives and the decisions they made around them. I never really developed any fondness for Selena nor did the pity party come out for Pearl. The writing was good, but the narrative seemed quite drawn out and a bit choppy with the alternating viewpoints and time leaps. I anticipated the twists so wasn't surprised or shocked by the reveals or climax. Always reminded of the fact that the biggest and worst lies are those we tell ourselves.
Thank you to Harlequin Park Row for this e-book ARC to read and review.
This is a standalone and not part of any series.
Genre - psychological thriller, domestic drama, revenge, infidelity, violence
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