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Loading... The Other Coupleby Sarah J. Naughton
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'Gripping, electrifying, heartbreaking' - Erin Kelly, author of HE SAID / SHE SAID, on TATTLETALE. This was meant to be the perfect honeymoon. A five-star beach resort in Vietnam, with white sands, private villas and world-class cuisine. A chance for newlyweds Asha and Ollie Graveney to recover from a tragedy that has left them on the verge of collapse. Except things don't go as planned. When Asha wakes up in hospital after a brutal attack, her husband is nowhere to be found. And paradise has turned into a nightmare... Praise for Sarah J. Naughton: 'A perfect example of how a psychological thriller should be written - intricately plotted and full of shocking surprises.' Lisa Hall, author of Between You and Me 'a fast paced, brilliant page-turner...I predict a hit' Liz Nugent '...deliciously clever - I still haven't stopped thinking about the magnificent, twisted construction of it' Emma Kavanagh, author of THE MISSING HOURS 'It's one of the best debuts I've read. It deserves to be MASSIVE.' Julia Crouch No library descriptions found. |
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Asha is a Londoner who grew up without any particular privileges and had to work hard to get where she is. She works as a journalist and her work brings her into contact with Ollie Graveney, the man she will marry. He's very upper crust, very rich and completely different to Asha but they fall in love and have a lavish wedding and a very lavish honeymoon in an exclusive Vietnamese resort.
Vietnam is where the book starts with Asha in hospital with no memory of what has happened to put her there. From there the book flits around a lot between the hospital, the wedding and the honeymoon. A certain amount of concentration is required to keep up but if you can you will be rewarded by an incredibly twisty and well-plotted story.
From the beginning of the honeymoon there is a strong sense, both for Asha and for me as the reader, that something isn't right. Ollie is behaving out of character and Asha keeps seeing things that put the wind up her. To be honest, it started to put the wind up me too, especially when I was reading at night. It's all a bit sinister and a bit scary at times.
The other guests at the resort all fell under suspicion for me. David and Sophie are the people who seem to be on the same wavelength as Ollie but is all as it seems with them? What about the Mulgraves - Travis and Caspar? Their relationship seems unconventional, but is there more to them than meets the eye? And then there's Sean, who is on his own and doesn't seem to quite fit into the opulence of the resort. The big strength of this story is the unknown, the sense of foreboding and that something is afoot. The plotting and the eventual unfolding of the truth is brilliant.
I liked Asha a lot. She's gutsy, sharp, brave and clever. She's a really great creation. It was difficult to know who else to like as I didn't trust most of the other characters, but all are well-drawn.
The Other Couple is the perfect thriller. It's tense, exciting and made me say "oh my God" to myself as I was reading. I thought it was absolutely fantastic and a complete page turner. Thrilling stuff indeed. (