The Woman Inside: The impossible to put down crime thriller with an ending you won’t see coming

by E. G. Scott

For better, for worse... marriage can be a dangerous game.

'From its seize-you-by-throat opening to that jack-in-the-box finale, this slick, sleek thriller held me breathless. Psychological suspense at its brightest and boldest.' - A. J. Finn, author of THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW

A page-turning thriller about secrets and revenge, told from the perspectives of a husband and wife who are the most perfect, and the most dangerous, match for each other.

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Rebecca didn't know love was possible until she met Paul, a man with a past as dark as her own. Their demons drew them together, but twenty years later, the damage and secrets that ignited their love begin to consume their marriage.

When Paul catches the attention of the police after two women go missing, Rebecca discovers his elaborate plot to build a new life without her. And though Rebecca is quickly spiralling out of control, it doesn't stop her from coming up with her own devastating plan for revenge... they made a promise to each other, afterall.

Til death do us part.

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With a Shakespearean twist that rivals the best books in the genre, THE WOMAN INSIDE is the unmissable thriller of 2019.

Perfect for fans of The Woman in the Window and The Wife Between Us, and of TV shows Big Little Lies and The Affair.

• ISBN10: 1409185338
• ISBN13: 9781409185338
• Publish Date: 22 January 2019
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 23 January 2021
• Publish Country: GB
• Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
• Imprint: Trapeze
• Format: Paperback (UK Trade)
• Pages: 336
• Language: English

Reviews

[stressedrach]

I found this really difficult to read, not because of the plotline but because it jumped around too much from one point of view to the other but also the time changes, I was finding myself completely confused. But, I did finish it and I thought overall it was a good read if you can get past the jumping around.

[zooloo1983]

I have not read a book before where I can not stand the characters, so this is a first for me. Rebecca, high on some sort of concoction of opiates is married to Paul, back up on his luck guy with a crazy ass stalker of an ex-mistress.

The Woman Inside is told in alternating chapters of Rebecca and Paul and Before and After. What it is before and after is a mystery. The first part of the book the scene is being set, your distaste for this couple and then bam! What the bam is? It is a twist and well, you need to read it!

This is two highly toxic people, that together on equal footing just work. But events have caused them to be distant, add paranoia, deception, lies, and my favourite, an unreliable narrator and you are only scratching the surface with Rebecca and Paul’s marriage. I do love the unreliable narrator part of a story, because I love how an author can just pull the rug from out under your feet, turning what you know on its head.

You can easily fall in the guise of one more chapter with the Woman Inside because they are short and snappy and at times leave you breathless. A couple of scenes in the book I found I was holding my breath!

This was written by two people and it has been blended so well I cannot figure who wrote what bit. The writing worked and got me interested in the lives of Paul and Rebecca, just like car crash tv I couldn’t look away and I had to wait with bated breath to see how it was all going to pan out. Especially when you couldn’t tell where Rebecca’s paranoia began and end, and whether it was a drug-induced cloud or not.

It is slow to start, focusing on what is going on without knowing what is going on, but you will be rewarded if you keep turning that page for sure.