Thank you Mobius Books, #partner, for the finished copy of The Lover in exchange for my honest review.
Today, I’m so happy to be a tour stop on the blog tour for The Lover. Thank you Mobius Books for inviting me to participate.
Publisher: Mobius Books
Published: July 12, 2022
Summary:
How can you hide your affair when your lover’s been murdered? From the mind of a psychologist, and the author of The Therapist, comes a gripping story of secrets, lies, extramarital affairs and murder.
“A wonderful storyteller” Chris Whitaker
Is it worse to lie to your husband or the police?
Rikke is deceiving them both. When their upstairs neighbor Jørgen is found dead, she’s questioned alongside her husband Åsmund.
How can Rikke admit in front of Åsmund that Jørgen and she were having an affair? Or explain to the police the complexity of her feelings for Jørgen? The hint of relief that he’s dead. And, as the investigation closes in on the neighborhood, how long can she conceal the affair from her neighbors, her husband, and her teenage daughter?
Rikke knows she can’t hide the phone calls, emails and messages from the police. So she cuts herself a deal. In return for a few days’ grace to tell Åsmund before anyone else does, she’ll share everything about the affair.
But before she can summon the courage to confess, Rikke is struck by a chilling revelation. Jørgen can only have been killed by someone living in their small apartment building.
Translated from the Norwegian by Alison McCullough
My thoughts:
I was thrilled to be asked to take part on this tour. I have Helene Flood’s previous book, The Therapist, sitting on my shelf and after reading this one, I will be moving it to my immediate tbr pile!
This is such a clever, addicting take on a domestic thriller that kept me engaged and curious throughout. It’s definitely a character-driven story but I still enjoyed it immensely. It’s a very atmospheric, detailed look into the relationships of a group of people who live in a building and are dealing with the death of one of their own and I loved how it all unfolds. As the investigation into the murder of Jorgen develops, we see secrets start to unravel and little by little a story about an affair becomes a much bigger issue.
I had no idea where this was headed, and I loved the way there is the sense of guilt and deception running throughout this book. The author is quite clever in the way she plots this story, and I am looking forward to picking up her other book very soon and I do hope her books continue to be translated in English – I quite enjoy her writing style!
