Homewrecker by J M Dalgliesh and narrated by Alison Campbell, Tamsin Kennard was brilliance personified. I am a huge fan of Tamsin Kennard as a narrator and the balance between Kennard and Campbell was sheer perfection and so well suited to this book

The book itself... oh my life, did not see THAT coming! Let me rewind, Sophie has an ideal life. She is a TV anchor who has buily great success, but as she gets older, is enduring the misogyny of her boss who expects her to change her style to be more alluring as she sits besides her vile co-host on set. At home, she has the perfect husband Scott, fit, attractive and only has eyes for her. Their daughter, Katie, is acting out big at school and has been thrown out, again, meaning the family needs a tutor to get her up to speed to find another school. This, is where things really start to swerve.

Deanna is attractive, intelligent and as Sophie observes, very manipulative. Why is she forcing her way into the family, and her home?

I am going to leave the description there so as not to give the plot away, but by eckers this was an absolute blinder! How Dagliesh got to that ending, was so skillful, so articulate, that it cam out of nowhere and sideswiped me into next week. The absolute epitome of a Grade A psychological thriller.Brilliant!

Thank you to NetGalley, Bookouture Audio, JM Dalgliesh and the narrators for this excellent ALC. My review is left voluntarily and all opinions are my own

I really enjoyed this domestic thriller. It had everything that I enjoy in a thriller - captivating characters, a good storyline, and a surprising reveal. I really liked the ending and how everything played out. It felt so justified and like sweet justice. These are my favorite types of storylines. Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Homewrecker by J M Dalgliesh and narrated by Alison Campbell and Tamsin Kennard was an excellent and gripping psychological thriller with a brilliant twist that will have sitting on the edge of your seat, It was a fast paced book that will have your gripped from the beginning and you will find it hard to put the audiobook off or your kindle down. I loved this book, especially as it had brilliant twists and turns throughout with great characters. I really enjoyed this book and the narrators Alison Campbell and Tamsin Kennard were superb.

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What a fantastic story!

I listened to this as an audiobook, and found that the story flowed very well. I tend to listed to audiobooks while I'm out running, and I was able to follow the story without having to go back to bits that I'd missed.

What was great about this novel was that it gave you just enough information to keep you intrigued: I found myself wanting to keep listening to find out exactly what was going on.

The story itself kept you guessing until the very end: Sophie is struggling with the demands of her life, and finds that she doesn't know who to trust. You go through times of trusting and mistrusting her husband Scott, and the same with Deanna (the new tutor for their daughter Katie), or trying to work out whether Sophie is really suffering from a mental illness. The ending was shocking and unexpected, but not out of the realms of possibility.

All in all, a great listen! Thank you to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen to this fantastic novel!

Unfortunately this book wasnt for me I found the audiobook very bland but also it was also heavily dragging and i ended up dnfing this quite early on I was really excited for this release however I was really disappointed and it wasnt for me at all

Got to listen to this one and it was one that I wanted to continue listening to.
Twist and turns and a total mind twister. This one would be a great read as well.
The books throws so much at you at the right timing but then throws a loop in there that just keeps you wanting more.
The beginning starts a little humdrum but then it quickly picks up and once the middle comes there is more twists then boom the end just is well....you do not see it coming!!!

I have whiplash from the ending! The crazy unexpected plot twist was insane!! I was hooked on this book since listening to the first chapter. It’s that good! I look forward to reading more from this author cuz this was a big hit with me. Revamped my love for thrillers! Thank you for the opportunity to read this!

The book was good and had good twist. Some parts are slow. Overall I enjoyed it, but it’s not on my list to read again.

Thank you to NetGalley and Bookouture Audio for an audio copy in exchange for an honest review.

Sophie has everything she could ever hope for, a wonderful husband, two children. a fancy home and a career on national morning television, so why is she panicked that it will all collapse? When her 12yr old daughter is suspended from school they hire, Deanna as her tutor. The family immediately takes to Deanna except for Sophie. As ghosts from Sophie's past begin to surface, her mental health quickly declines and she starts to spiral. She sees Deanna as a threat to her family and suspects she there is more to her being in their home than helping her daughter. Will she wreck everything Sophie has built?

This was my first book from J.M. Dagliesh and I really enjoyed her writing. The story is a slow burn with a lot of character background but kept me intrigued enough to want to find out what would happen. It is told from the POV of Sophie and Deanna. I liked that there were enough twists in the character development that I was not truly sure who was behind everything. I was not a huge fan of the ending because a lot of the twist came out of no where and the resolve seemed a little weird. Overall this was an enjoyable domestic thriller and I would like to read more of Dalgliesh's work.

I had the audio version read by Tamsin Kennard and Alison Campbell. I am a huge fan of Kennard and her performance does not disappoint. This was the first narration from Campbell I have had but enjoyed her work as well. Having two narrators was a great choice for this story.

Thank you Netgalley, Bookouture and J M Dalgliesh for the eAudio of Homewrecker.
Narrated by Alison Campbell, Tamsin Kennard

This is a dual POV psychological thriller of a family who has a school age teen, Katie who needs to be homeschooled. In steps Deena a tutor who seems to gel with Katie immediately as well as Sophie's Husband, Scott. First half of the book is mainly from Sophie's POV, which you get a very good sense of who she is and how she is perceiving this new women in the household. Things are not as they seem though and even with the foreshadowing, the twists and the finale are worth the time reading. The other POV is from Deena. Again, Dalgliesh builds some great characteristics and you get a very good sense who Deena is. Or do you?

Really enjoyed this medium paced, well written thriller. As always, I really enjoy listening to both Tasmin Kennard and Alison Campbell as narrators. They have superb voices for these type of thriller

4 stars

Homewrecker - J M Dalgliesh

ARGHHH this book had me in a TIZZ!!!! I couldn’t figure out which way was up or down!! THE ENDING ALMOST BROKE MY BRAIN!!! This is my kind of psychological thriller.

So when Sophie and Scott have issues with their teenage daughter at school, Scott hires a tutor to keep up her studies at home. Things start to go down hill for Sophie with her mental health and it feels like someone is out to get her or is there?

All the characters had this edge to them. You never know whether to trust or like them but you don’t have any cause to not to trust so it sets you on edge. I love that. When you can feel something up the back of your neck. The book wasn’t as fast paced as I normally like but it gave the book a more sinister undertone.

I loved it. The ending was perfection! This book had me whipped up in a frenzy. If you need a book to get your heart racing… THIS ONE IS IT!

4.5 stars

In all honesty, I did not finish the book. I love the narrator. Her voice is perfect for the work, but I only made it through the first quarter of the book before I quit. The book is called Homewrecker, so we know it's coming, but it took so long to get to anything- 25% through and still....nothing. I also found the main character to be unrelatable and a bit unlikable, so I didn't really care about what happened with her.

Thank you for the opportunity to preview.

Very well written story I found myself completely immersed with it. I really liked the main character and even though towards the Middle she started to become an unreliable narrator, I was still fixed on her account of things. Many hidden secrets to be discovered and a great read.

Home Wrecker by J M Dalgliesh and Narrated by Alison Campbell, Tamsin Kennard.
The story is about a family that is struggling with a teen who keeps getting kicked out of school for behavior. So the husband hires a tutor who ends up moving in with the family. Things take a turn and Mom isn't so sure about the intentions of the tutor toward her handsome husband. Also the 12-year-old daughter seems to prefer the tutor to her own mother.
The story is great! And you won't expect what happens. The narration is excellent, with the correct speed and inflection. I highly recommend this book. Very well written and told. I feel I enjoyed the audio version but the written would still give me the same anticipation.
Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture Audio.

A suspenseful thriller with a big bang ending.

Sophies family life is taken over by a governess, and it goes completely awry in a few days. Rebel daughter, workplace harassment, a husband lusting after the governess, and a governess trying to take her place. Sophie's mental health is also a little precarious, and everyone around her starts using her illness against her.

The ending was surprising, as with many in the genre with red herrings.

The narrator was expressive and did the various voices well.

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JM Dalgliesh kept me hooked from the start!
She tells the story of Sophie and Scott, who seem to have everything going for them. A loving marriage, amazing careers, and two beautiful children. As their story unfolds; we learn their daughter is a bit of a trouble maker at school- resulting in her needing a tutor. Queue Deanna, a young and beautiful tutor who comes to the families aid but to everyone’s delight- except Sophie. She thinks Deanna is too comfortable in her home; and way too comfortable with her husband.
As time passes, Sophie begins to lose grip on her home life and balance. Soon things are coming to a head and no one knows what to expect, least of all Sophie.

Kudos to JM Dagliesh for keeping me on the hook and giving me twists I didn’t see coming!

What an incredible psychological thriller and what a wild ride it’s been. So many twist and turns! The character development, the captivating and quite addictive storyline makes for one unputdownable book!

The narrator did a fantastic job bringing this one to life. I loved the unreliableness of the narrator. The characters brought out perfectly each one unique and interesting. Cannot wait to read another by the author and narrator

Home Wrecker by J.M. Dalgliesh was so crazy I did not come close to guessing the ending. If you like gripping, tension-filled, psychological thrillers then you will love this book!!

Sophie and Scott are married with successful careers and have two children Katie and Chas. Katie, her twelve-year-old daughter gets into some trouble at school, and they decide they need to hire a tutor named Deana. It’s not long before Sophie starts to feel like something is wrong and questions whether she made the right choice in hiring Deana. Sophie soon feels that Deanna is making herself a little too comfortable in their home and questions her true motives.

Dalgliesh did such a good job with the storyline and plot. He also wrote about mental health, what it was like for Sophie to feel like she was losing her mind missing out on periods of time and how it affected her family. There were so many twists and turns in this book and that ending was not even close to what I expected. This audiobook kept me hooked and I didn’t want to stop listening. I was mad, confused, suspicious, and flabbergasted lol. Alison Campbell did such a great job narrating all of the parts. I enjoyed her narration. I highly recommend this audiobook. Thank you to Bookoutre and NetGalley for letting me listen to this ARC in exchange for my honest thoughts and opinion’s.

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Homewrecker
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This is certainly a tricky one to review as there's very little I can tell you about the plot that won't give you spoilers.

Sophie seems to have the perfect life. A loving husband, 2 beautiful children, a large exclusive home and successful TV career.
That is until her daughter gets in trouble at school and they invite a tutor into their home and things start to go wrong for Sophie bit by bit....

This was a pretty complex plot overall and there were times I was a little confused - but this could be because I was listening to it over a longer period than I'd normally read a physical book.

I loved the way that the author managed to have me feeling a certain way about the characters for the majority of the book and then to completely change my mind towards the ending - there were so many twists that I didn't see coming - even though I suspected some of the events, I had no clue who or why things were happening.

I feel that this disjointedness was maybe done on purpose to create the right atmosphere as Sophie gradually loses grip on reality.

I did like the ending which pulled together all of the different strands of the storyline together perfectly - at this point, so many of the confusing elements from earlier, had made total sense - so I'm definitely thinking the confusion was just me!

A clever and well written story and I'd definitely give this author another read - and the narration was perfection as ever.



💕Thank you to the author and NetGalley for my ARC copy - this is my honest review 💕

I have mixed feelings about this book. The beginning was far too slow and, quite honestly rather boring in terms of the setting up of the storyline about Katie’s expulsion from school, Sophie’s work-life balance, the arrival of Deana to home school Katie and the general domestic set-up. This took so long that I started to lose interest. However, the story picks up about a third of the way in with the description of the decline in Sophie’s mental health and the introduction of Deana’s voice into the narrative. Once this happens, the story becomes far more suspenseful and the escalating sense of jeopardy makes it a very compelling story right up to the end. Readers and listeners have to get over the very boring start however to get to this point. The narration was good in the audiobook but I suspect I might have given up on it if I was reading it.

Thanks to NetGalley for the opportunity to listen and review the audiobook.