Her Three Lives

by Cate Holahan

Review

“In this tempestuous thriller…the couple’s relationship deteriorates as their respective stories unfold in alternating sections, tension and paranoia mounting in tandem…[The] abundant drama and escalating stakes rivet.”– “Publishers Weekly” 

To me, a Domestic Thriller or Psychological Thriller is better than Netflix. When you read, you are totally immersed in someone’s creepy life. You get to know their thoughts, feelings, motives, and macabre plans. Who is feeling the truth? Who hides their plans? Open up “Her Three Lives” and strap into this thrilling rollercoaster.

Thanks to Net Galley, Grand Central Publishing and Meryl Moss Media for a digital advance review copy.

JENA’S REVIEW

Her Three Lives by Cate Holahan
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Her Three Lives, by Cate Holahan is a psychological thriller, and the psychological aspects of this “troubling-in-a good-way book” are convoluted and compelling. Get ready to be thrilled.

Many psychological thrillers showcase unreliable narrators- psychologically stressed characters, with distorted mental perceptions, and complex and tortured relationships. All of these characteristics are at the heart of this novel. There is suave Greg, who in his public life is an artistically talented and highly successful architect, and his fiancé of 6 months, Jade, who in her public life is a successful social media influencer. And then there’s Greg’s first family-a wife, and two young-adult children. (Plus, there is Jade’s Caribbean mom, and two inept police.)

As the book begins, Greg has fallen passionately in love with Jade. He is about 20 years older than she is, but that doesn’t interfere at all with their dreams for a new life together. Until…one early evening when two masked men invade their home, injuring Jade and causing severe head trauma to Greg. Who did it?

Readers will have an intriguing time trying to untangle the clues. Each character has a private life and a secret life and each of these rather paranoid individuals is trying to out-maneuver the others. Is Greg interpreting everything through the fog of a serious brain injury? Is that why he is so enthralled with high-tech surveillance? Is Jade a gold digger? Why does she lie about where she is going and who she is meeting? Are Greg’s children trying to protect their mother a bit too much?

This book is a dark mystery, filled with technology and balanced with relatable characters and Instagram-worthy descriptions of their lifestyles. (I was rooting for Jade.)

Thanks to Net Galley, Grand Central Publishing and Meryl Moss Media for a digital advance review copy. This is my honest review.

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About the Author

Cate Holahan, author of the acclaimed psychological suspense novels The Widowers Wife and Lies She Told, is an award-winning journalist and a former television producer.