I received a free copy of this book from Harper Collins in exchange for an honest review.

Paul Strom seemingly has the perfect life - a wonderful wife, two great kids, a good job and a lovely house. He is about to go on a romantic weekend away with his wife Mia, but he’s actually ready to complete a plan he’s had in action for a while. This weekend, Mia will die.

This was….not very good for me unfortunately. I felt pretty bored reading this. The story was not as gripping or as thrilling as I expected and overall, it just remained dull and bit silly at times as well. The character Paul did come across as a total slimeball for the entirety of the book and he did definitely give me the creeps 100% So job well done there, I guess - though there’s definitely a part of me that feels this book would have done better if the slimeball factor was concealed better. I’ve seen the lunatic trope before and it done better to the point I actually liked the main character (e.g. You by Caroline Kepnes)

There were some points in the book where Paul just talked so weirdly and unrealistically for me, as did Mia. Some of her actions around everything also had me a bit quizzical

Like how did Buck just come to the conclusion of arsenic poisoning?

I definitely would have liked a better conclusion, and epilogue (though in fairness thriller epilogues are something I hardly ever enjoy), as this one fell rather flat. Overall, I just felt a bit bored with this book which is not what you want unfortunately when reading a thriller.