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Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Review: “Bad Apple” by Alice Hunter
★★★★★ From the author of bestselling sensation "The Serial Killer's Wife", now a Paramount+ TV show About the Book "Bad Apple" by Alice Hunter What would you do if you found out the man you loved was rotten to the core? Beck…
From the author of bestselling sensation "The Serial Killer's Wife", now a Paramount+ TV show
About the Book
"Bad Apple" by Alice Hunter
What would you do if you found out the man you loved was rotten to the core?
Becky Lawson's life has been shattered.
When she discovered her husband, John – a trusted policeman – was a monster, she reported him. But her faith in the system was crushed when it didn't lead to any charges or consequences.
Now, John lives freely with a new girlfriend and her young daughter, while Becky battles guilt over missing the obvious signs.
Determined for justice, Becky hunts him down. But John wants her silenced – at any cost. Becky knows only one of them can survive, and she'll do anything to make sure it's her.
Becky must tread carefully though, because John isn't the only bad apple lurking in the shadows…
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My Review
Becky Lawson thought she and her husband John had a good marriage. Both detectives on the police force, they'd spent the past five years together in career and wedded bliss. But when she finds a burner phone containing texts that reveal her husband as a rapist, the life she thought she had crumbles around her. Horrified by his crimes and determined to bring him to justice, she reports him immediately. However, when the investigation clears John of all charges, it's Becky without a job and John more powerful than ever. But she isn't giving up. Resolved to prove his guilt, Becky goes after him on her own with the support of some former colleagues. She has to be careful who she trusts, though. John's not the only bad apple on the police force. He and those doing his bidding will see Becky dead rather than allow her to expose him for the monster that he is.
Filled to the brim with moments of white-knuckled suspense and clever twists, "Bad Apple" is the new, addictive thriller from author Alice Hunter. Propelled forward by continual action and plenty of tense, heart-in-your-throat moments, the story moves along at a good clip without slowing down. Hunter writes with a smooth, easy-to-read writing style. She never bogs down the pace with lengthy descriptions or unneeded details. The story is compelling, but her way of writing makes it nearly impossible not to become completely immersed in it.
Told mainly from Becky's point-of-view in present day, as well as from a year before when she found the text messages, Becky struggles with realizing she missed signs that would have clued her in to the truth about her husband. This gives her character depth and makes her relatable. But more than anything, she wants justice for his victims and him behind bars where he can't hurt anyone again -- even if it means putting her own life at risk. The other characters in the book are periphery, even John. He's a menacing, dark shadow that lurks over the pages and makes for some harrowing, anxiety inducing scenes in the book. However, he's not a multi-dimensional character. He's scary and evil. He's all he needs to be.
I got sucked into "Bad Apple" early on. It's an addictive story that's hard to put down. That said, though, it was the ending that blew me away! Typically, epilogues serve as a conclusion to a story. Often times, they are set a few months or years after the last chapter ends and wrap things up. But the epilogue in "Bad Apple"? It isn't like that! Not at all. It leaves you with a final twist that'll knock off your socks and leave your jaw on the floor. It's that much of a shocker. It makes me wonder, too... is "Bad Apple" the first book in another series by Alice Hunter? Let's hope so! She's one of my auto-read authors for a reason.
Thank you to Avon Books UK and Alice Hunter for the complimentary eARC in exchange for a fair and unbiased review.
After completing a psychology degree, Alice Hunter became an interventions facilitator in a prison. There, she was part of a team offering rehabilitation programmes to men serving sentences for a wide range of offences, often working with prisoners who'd committed serious violent crimes. Previously, Alice had been a nurse, working in the NHS. She now puts her experiences to good use in fiction. The Serial Killer's Wife, The Serial Killer's Daughter and The Serial Killer's Sister all draw heavily on her knowledge of psychology and the criminal mind.
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