Book Review: The One Day You Were My Husband by Rosie Walsh

{Thank you @prhaudio for the gifted audiobook copy.  It’s narrated by Emilia Fox who I thought did a fantastic job with the pacing, twists & turns and creating an unreliable tension.}

I LOVED Rosie Walsh’s previous novels—Ghosted and The Love of My Life, so I was super excited to get my hands on an early copy of her latest—The One Day You Were My Husband.  I was intrigued from the get go, but be forewarned this one is a bit of a slow burn.  However, when all the pieces eventually came together, I did think it was worth it.  Walsh is a bit of a magician the way she weaves together a story that’s part mystery, some romance, family drama, and absolutely thrilling! 

What to expect:

-Slow Burn

-Genre Bender

(Signature Rosie Walsh!)

-Dual Non-Linear Timelines

-Tension

-Mystery

-Intrique

-Secrets

-Questionable Decisions 

(That Will Stress You Out!)

All in all another solid read from Walsh.  Her books remind me a bit of Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me.  

Carrie and Johan marry on a beach in Thailand only months into their whirlwind romance. Carrie, a British surgical intern, is too happy to care that she’s being impulsive. But as the wedding festivities stretch into the night, a group of armed men suddenly swarm the beach, taking Johan away. She never sees him again.

Twelve years later, Carrie is living in the English countryside with her husband, Robin, and their six-year-old twins, running a holiday cottage rental business on the side. One night, she stumbles across an online post in which she discovers that Johan escaped from Thailand years ago, and has been living in Stockholm ever since. As the memories of their passionate relationship flood her, she becomes obsessed with discovering what happened on their wedding day all those years ago.

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