My Husband: A gripping read Sunday Times by Amazon.co.uk

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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERPRIZE WINNER OF FRANCE'S FIRST NOVEL AWARD
'One of the most
daring, provocative, unnervingly intimate
thrillers I've read in years. Few writers besides Ruth Rendell and Patricia Highsmith can evoke domestic unease with such sangfroid; fewer still can make it such
delirious fun
' A. J. Finn, #1
NYT
bestselling author of
The Woman in the Window
'What
a wonderfully tense, obsessive, enveloping novel
- almost like a feminist, introspective spin on
Fatal Attraction
! Ventura's deftly spun debut is a sharply observed dissection of marriage that will haunt you for days' Virgina Feito'In this
wry, psychologically complex
debut, a meticulously manicured wife is obsessed with her husband. For the past 13 years, she's made a science of meeting his needs, putting them before her own or even their children's. Her love is a stranglehold; something's gotta give. The winner of France's First Novel Prize,
this riveting emotional thriller requires serious willpower to not devour in a single sitting'
Oprah Daily
From the outside, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she's never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated.Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, charting every mistake and punishing him accordingly to help him improve. And she tests him - setting traps to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met.Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . .With the surprise of
Gone Girl
, the bleakness of
The Talented Mr Ripley
and the sinister charm of the Netflix thriller
You
,
My Husband
is a bold and exhilarating story of passion and the dark secrets that lie beneath a seemingly healthy marriage.'The exceptional
My Husband
has everything I look for in a novel: chic, beguiling and deeply unhinged'
Juno Dawson