After the superb Behind her Eyes, I eagerly awaited Sarah Pinborough's novel. Whilst it was definitely different to the multitude of thrillers-like the previous contribution- the characters and subject matter ,an array of money grabbing social climbers who' desires for power was only outweighed by their sexual desire , it didn't deliver.
The Voodoo element didn't appeal to me,along with the repeated graphic sexual descriptions.
Bitching, unlikable protagonists, did nothing to enhance the book.
A disappointment read.

The perfect book for insomniacs-not because it will help you sleep but because it will give you a reason to stay awake ! It left me gasping for breath in parts. What initially appears an aga saga holding a mirror to the almost incestuous relationships of the upper class Savannah set, evolves into the most thrilling psychological nailbiter, involving voodoo, murder,gaslighting, and embezzling topped up with a soupçon of sexual intrigue. This book has it all, a virtual smorgasbord of literary delights. More please!

Yet another can't put down novel from the very talented Sarah Pinborough. Hot and steamy like the Savannah weather. Intrigue, sex and some horrible characters all go to make a delicious read.

Really enjoyed this book it’s a good read which I didn’t want to put down.
This is a book I’ve devoured in just hours.

Jason's boss returns from a trip to London with a new, much younger and exotically beautiful wife. Keisha steps into the shadow of William's first wife, Eleanor and tries to learn the ropes of being a rich, society wife. Jason's wife, Marcie, a second wife as well as a result of their affair, also feels like an outsider to the blue blooded aristocracy of Savannah. The two second wives, both from poor backgrounds, bond quickly as neither is fully accepted by the elite gentrified society in Savannah. Marcie suspects Jason of having an affair and Keisha wishes Billy dead. With murder, voodoo and talk of ghosts, this sounds like a great story and my kind of read.

Unfortunately no, not for me anyway. Long-winded, repetitive, definitely not thrilling or mysterious, completely unnecessary sex scenes and to be honest, I found it more than a little boring. I forced myself to continue as Behind Her Eyes was one of my favourite reads that kept me thinking about it for weeks after, but the twists here came and went and did nothing for me. With flat and very unlikable characters, I didn't make a connection with any of them and had nobody to root for. Not for me unfortunately, but thank you for the opportunity to read it and give an honest review.

I am a big Sarah Pinborough fan. Dead to Her was a very more-ish read set in the heat and intrigue of Savannah, Georgia. It makes for a great raunchy holiday read with second wives behaving badly and secrets taken to the grave.

Unfortunately I really struggled with this book. I started it and stopped reading it and then eventually went back to it. I can’t quite put my finger on why I didn’t enjoy it but sadly it just wasn’t for me. I read the previous 2 books by this author and loved one and didn’t enjoy the other and I really wanted to like this one. I found this book quite confusing and disliked most of the character . At times it seemed to be quite far fetched.

I have to admit that this book was not at all what I had expected - rather than crime fiction the first two thirds of the book had more than its fair share of graphic sex and the characters were unlikeable - money and position was more important than love and fidelity. Add to that the element of Voodoo and although it was readable the plot was slow to develop. Suddenly at 80% the pace increased and I did want to know who had done what and there was a twist or two in the tale.
Many thanks to Netgalley/Sarah Pinborough/Harper Collins UK for a digital copy of this title. All opinions expressed are my own.

Wow, what a read! I've struggled to find a good thriller for a while now but Dead to Her proved to be one hell of a rollercoaster. I kind of thought I knew what I was in for (rich people, fraught marriages, affairs etc) but then I'd forgotten the author is great at throwing twists you simply don't expect - it took a couple of directions I was simply not expecting. I liked the alternating chapters between Marcie and Keisha, enjoying discovering their similarities and their differences. Both were very intriguing as well as untrustworthy narrators which I always enjoy and this built up a sense of unease throughout the story. Admittedly, there are not really any likeable characters in this book and while this won't bother some people, I'm aware it will others. There are also elements of the supernatural in this story - something that seems to be the author's modus operandi - which adds an intriguing angle to the plot. The story definitely starts off slow but it soon picks up in the second half, building to an exciting climax.

Thanks NetGalley for the ARC of this book.

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and the author for this copy of 'Dead to Her' received after the publication date. Firstly, I loved the premise of this and fitting right in to my genre of choice, I was excited to start. From the first couple of chapters I was somewhat overwhelmed by the large cast of characters and wondered if I'd ever get my head round who's who. Once my concentration ensued and I read deep into the night, I got to know each of the character; their foibles and personas and liked how Pinborough developed them throughout the book.

I liked the setting of Savannah, Georgia and felt the atmospheric heat build along with the plot. The four main characters of Marcie & Jason and Keisha & Billy we're developed well and I enjoyed how they embodied they theme of money - the concept of keeping up appearances and demonstrating personal worth through their money (or lack of). There were secrets, lies and deceptions and even though I feel that these are key ingredients of the genre I love, I felt that this just missed the mark and failed to hook me as much as I'd wished. All the same, it's worth a read as a worthy contender in the genre.

Thank you to NetGalley and HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction for the arc of Dead to Her by Sarah Pinborough,

Thank you Sarah Pinborough for writing this book, I have read your other book "Behind Her Eyes" and loved that book so i got really excited when i got approved to read your latest book and i wasn't disappointed at all wow just wow!

This follows two females whom are called Keisha and Marcie and both of their perspectives. Both of these women are the second wives of their husbands. You get to indulge and see the backgrounds of these two women how they both came from poor backgrounds from nothing to now married to their husbands. But Keisha manages to get the attention of Jason who is Marcie's husband... and Marcie she will go to the extreme lengths to get what she wants when she wants to. But the question is how far will she actually go?

Like with Behind her eyes i was sucked in by the first page and no exceptions this one really did the same, there is so much on edge suspense which really had me hooked and on the edge of my seat.

I recommend this to anyone who likes a good thriller or have read behind her eyes.
5 Stars⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I always look forward to reading Sarah's books and this didn't disappoint. It was a slow burner that really took off a third of the way in. Filled with secrets, lies, mystery and some black magic, I was hooked until the very end. In classic Pinborough style, there's a twist, but I'll say no more.

I was over the moon to be given the newest Sarah Pinborough novel as I have really enjoyed her other novels.
The description had me hooked and I couldn’t wait to get started, however, I sadly found the book hard to get into and I just could not get into the characters and honestly struggled to finish it.
I wasn’t engrossed and at times I felt it was a steamy romance rather than a thriller which really disappointed me. Sadly this was a no go for me.

2.5 stars rounded up to 3

Marcie watches her husband, Jason flirt with his boss's new wife Keisha. No matter how Marcie feels about Keisha, she must play nice in front of the boss William. Keisha doesn't suffer fools gladly. The women belong to a group know to themselves as "the second wife's". Marcie thinks that Jason is going to have an affair with Keisha. After all, once a cheater always a cheater.

The story is told from multiple points of view. I didn't like any of the characters, they were all quite shallow. It does take a little while to bet into the bookas it's a it confusing for the first 30%. There's also quite a lot of pointless graphic sex. There's plenty of twists but they are all quite predictable. They all had secrets. Some of the book was a little far fetched.

I would like to thank NetGalley, HarperCollins UK, HarperFiction and the author Sarah Pinborough for my ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Dynasty 2020
Kind of
A longish,words packed onto each line,book about Southern State America and ‘old money’ families, those that interlope into it as the dreaded ‘2nd younger model wives’ and what happens to them all when people take revenge
Add a dose of murder, over decadent parties, wonderful bitch fests between ‘friends’, some eye watering sex scenes, voodoo, and a woman scorned and you have the general idea of this book
The characters are loathsome by nature they really are, hedonistic money seeking, thrill loving, tennis club gossiping wretches but some of the interactions were delicious in their back biting spite between each other
I am not surprised this has been optioned for T.V. as you can see it in your minds eye playing out in Netflix HD with big budgets and high colours
The ending is actually very dramatic and scary and there is also a very clever part early on in the book where the author suddenly takes a u turn on a part of the story you think is fairly obvious and it changes the whole direction of the book
Different, mostly enjoyable, wonderful dialogue between the star players and on the whole a worthwhile read
7.5/10
4 Stars

I really enjoyed this book. It's the first novel by Sarah Pinborouh that I've read, but the way I was absolutely glued to it means I will be looking for her other books. A brilliant twisty, sexy thriller.

Marcie isn’t the only second wife. When her husband’s business partner comes back from Europe with a much younger wife himself, Marcie starts to wonder about her own husband’s wandering eye. He’s got form.

So when Keisha and Marcie strike up a friendship that develops into something more, she realised that it can’t go any further. She’s got too much to risk. And it wasn’t Jason Keisha was after, it’s her.

They throw a huge Fourth of July party at Keisha’s mansion, but with Keisha off her Valium and her paranoid thoughts about ‘bad Juju’ resurfacing it’s a disaster, leading to her husband wanting her taken out of his will and filing for divorce. It’s no shock the next morning that he’s has a convenient heart attack and cracks his head after his morning treadmill run.

An investigation into embezzlement and attempted murder amongst a web of lies and deceit puts them all in the frame - but who was it??

What a brilliant read! It kept me enthralled right to the end and I loved the voodoo theme running through this. I wasn’t expecting half of what happened to happen and I loved all the unexpected twists and turns. Definitely one to give a go.

I wanted to love this book, the description had my intrigue. But after reading 40% it just wasn’t for me. It seemed quite slow pace and I just couldn’t get a handle on it.

A not for me but am sure others will love it.

Marcie is Jason’s second wife. She has it all. The gorgeous husband, Money,the mansion. She’s come from nothing and now she’s hanging with the money people in the south.
However, after William Radford. The owner of the firm Jason is a partner at. Returns from a trip to Europe to get over the loss of his first wife. He brings a new second wife back with him. Keisha. A stunning beauty. Young enough to be his daughter. Like Marcie she’s come from nothing. She’s left behind her family her London. Glad to escape them.
However, Marcie feels threatened byKeisha. She’s adamant that the woman just wants her husband. Add to that Jason’s ex wife suddenly reappears back in town.
She finds herself fighting for everything.
This book has everything, sex power ,death and black magic. Are the people really who they seem are does everyone have their own secrets to hide.
A really easy to read, entertaining book.
Thank you to the publisher and Netgalley for the arc in return for an honest review.

Thank you to netgalley for this advance review copy. (For reference I read this during Covid 19 lockdown)

The plot of this book made it propelling and I never would have guessed the ending but all of the different strands were superficial in my opinion. I would have preferred if their was less going on as every character seemed to have two or three secrets. I can like unlikable characters but only if it’s realistic.