It Will Keep You Guessing
Description
The perfect husband…
After a difficult pregnancy, Esther is grateful that her forward-thinking husband Robin offers to put his career on hold so that she can return to the job she loves.
The perfect father…
Robin flourishes in his new role of stay-at-home parent, but Esther finds leaving her daughter behind to go to work more challenging than she’d thought, and soon the imbalance in their relationship brings old tensions to the surface.
A perfect lie?
Then one day Esther arrives home from work to find Robin and Riley are missing. As the police investigate their disappearance, it becomes clear that nothing about this modern- day family is what it seems…
Was Robin the perfect father everyone thought he was? Or was it all a perfect lie?
Details
- Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
- Title: The Perfect Father
- Author: Charlotte Duckworth
- Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Suspense, Thriller
- Audience: Adult
- Publisher: Quercus
- Release Date: February 18, 2021
- Recommended for fans of: A Fast-Paced Suspenseful Story
My Thoughts
This book started right out of the gate and moved at a very fast pace. It was a book that was very hard to put down. And the closer I got to the conclusion, the more I wondered how it could possibly end.
After Esther experiences a difficult pregnancy, her husband, Robin, offers to be a stay at home Dad. He can continue working on his career from home while his wife returns to her job.
But a a few years later when Esther gets a text from Robin saying only Sorry, things change quickly. And if you’re like me there will come a time you say, huh? I don’t get it. I even referred to the front of the book to see if I missed anything. Nope. But it didn’t take long to get it. Okay, that was a twist.
And the twisty story kept me quickly flipping through the pages. It is told from two perspectives, Robin’s and Esther’s. And it switches between past and present where the back story offers information leading to the current events.
Things become clearer as the story progresses. As I mentioned earlier, you may, like me, have to back up to clarify something. But it had me on my toes watching for other twists as Esther learns more and more about her missing husband.
However, I think I was expecting a bigger aha moment and twist at the end. It left me with a small amount of disappointment, though I couldn’t think of a better ending.
Concerns
The ending, though fine, left me wanting more. Also, I wasn’t a fan of the name Robin. Maybe I know too many female Robins.
Conclusion
This book was well written and had me engaged from the very beginning. The excitement was there. The mystery and suspense hovered over the pages. And I had a hard time reading fast enough.
This was definitely an enjoyable domestic thriller and I will have Charlotte Duckworth’s new books on my radar.
I received a digital copy of this book from #NetGalley and the publisher and I was free to post my opinion.
Rating
Definitely recommended.
About the Author
Charlotte Duckworth has spent the past fifteen years working as an interiors and lifestyle journalist, writing for a wide range of consumer magazines and websites. She lives in Surrey with her partner and their young daughter. You can find out more on her website: charlotteduckworth.com.
Okay…. Now you need slow down with all these recommendations! My list is getting tooo long! This book sounds great though.
Just think what I would be able to review if I was a speed reader….like some of my friends. 🙂
I think you are getting there! 🙂