The Ex

by Alafair Burke

Bestselling author of The Wife and The Better Sister
*The Girl She Was, available to pre-order now*
'Highly addictive' KARIN SLAUGHTER 'A major talent' HARLAN COBEN

DID HE, OR DIDN'T HE?

Olivia Randall is one of New York City's best criminal defence lawyers. When she gets a phone call informing her that her former fiancée has been arrested for a triple homicide there is no doubt in her mind as to his innocence. The only question is who would go to such great lengths to frame him - and why?

But, as the evidence against him mounts, Olivia is soon forced to confront her doubts.

• ISBN10: 0571328164
• ISBN13: 9780571328161
• Publish Date: 14 July 2016 (first published 26 January 2016)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: GB
• Imprint: Faber & Faber
• Edition: Main
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 384
• Language: English

Reviews

[ibeforem]

This is the first Alafair Burke I've picked up, and I'm glad I did. It made me realize it had been a while since I read a good thriller and how much I enjoy them!

The main character here is Olivia Randall, a New York defense attorney who receives a call one morning from the daughter of her ex-fiance, Jack. He's been arrested for murder, and the apparent primary victim is a man connected to the murder of Jack's wife. Jack's story? He was only there to meet a woman he was interested in, and he has no idea what happened.

It's up to Olivia to figure out what really happened. Is Jack telling the truth, or did he really do it? And if he's innocent, why does everything point directly to him? And is it all Olivia's fault? Did she break him, 20 years ago?

There are a lot of good twists and turns here, and I enjoyed the ride!

[dpfaef]

3.5 rating. Good but not great.

[Leah]

This was an interesting read. I kind of wanted more pace - more action, more thrills, just MORE. It lacked something, and it proves that once again, trying to bill a book as the "next Gone Girl" is just tying a noose round the neck of a book like this. This is nothing LIKE Gone Girl. Not in the slightest. Not in tone, not in writing, not in plot and it's getting to be a really old thing for publishers to wheel out for every single thriller published.

I never cared for any of the characters. I tried so hard to like Olivia, but she was too cold. Too unemotional. Jack I couldn't have cared less for. The daughter was the only one who actually jumped out at me, and I can't even remember her name and I only finished reading half an hour or so ago.

The ending would have been a surprise, if it hadn't taken so long to get there that I guessed it.