My Husband’s Wife By Jane Corry

[amazon_link id=”B018WWOEE0″ target=”_blank” ][/amazon_link]’My Husband’s Wife’ is Jane Corry’s first book.

When lawyer Lily marries Ed, she’s determined to make a fresh start. To leave the secrets of the past behind. But when she takes on her first criminal case, she starts to find herself strangely drawn to her client. A man who’s accused of murder. A man she will soon be willing to risk everything for. But is he really innocent?

‘My Husband’s Wife’ is Jane Corry’s debut novel and it’s cracking introduction to this new author, I found the book so gripping that I spent my lunch breaks alone so I could read the book in peace.

The story is seen through the eyes of Lily, a young woman who is just beginning married life and her career as a lawyer, who has been just given a challenging case of proving a man’s innocence when he is being found guilty off killing his girlfriend. it follows Lily has she pieces together evidence in the case as well as adjusting to married life. Her husband, Edward is a struggling artist and swings between moods as together the young couple clash as they both struggle in their professions. Meanwhile in the same apartment building, young Carla deals with her emotional mother and the bullies at her school who torment her for having no father. The young girl is friendless until one day, Lily helps her and the young couple become friend with the little girl and Edward even uses Carla for inspiration for his paintings.

Chapters alternate between both Lily and Carla and begin in 2000 and span over 17 years as Carla become an aspiring lawyer like Lily who she looked up whilst growing up and Lily who is now a successful lawyer in a loveless marriage with a troubled son.

This book is thrilling from the start, as Lily prepares for the case of her life and help prove a man his innocence, as she gets embroiled in the case, both emotionally and intellectually. As the story progresses, it’s gripping seeing the characters progress, as both women grow in confidence and blossom. What I loved about the story was that were so many twists and turns in it, there was murder, betrayal and love and all those elements make this story a dark and atmospheric read.

An observant and insightful book about the dramas of marriage and society, this psychological story was a cleverly written tale. Riddled with tension, deceit and morals, ‘My Husband’s Wife’ is a tremendously chilling story that really hooked me in and had me guessing till the very end.

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