Tear Me Apart

Ridiculously contrived. If a who-done-it is resolved with two killers marrying each other, each unaware at that time of the other's guilt, the reader feels tricked/betrayed. How did this plot get past an editor? There is also a huge problem of a soldier who is supposedly a man of highest integrity placing a “service animal” label on his dog for travel convenience. He is the voice of calm and reason when meeting the people who raised his abducted daughter - any reasonable person would be outraged/demanding answers.

Two stars because the author uses a few very interesting descriptive phrases.

Real rating: 3.6/5

I liked this read it was a bit long for what it ultimately turned out to be. No real shocking revelations here and kinda surprised/ disappointed that a female author would employ the TIRED hysterical woman/mother trope here l, but I digress.

Audio notes: The cast did a perfectly acceptable job narrating this book.

Domestic thrillers usually bore me to tears BUT a Bookstagram friend raved about this one and well I already had this sitting on my shelf as I loved the cover